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- Medical Video: Type 2 Diabetes | Nucleus Health
- Myth about type 2 diabetes
- 1. "Diabetes is not a serious disease."
- 2. "Fat people who will experience type 2 diabetes"
- 3. "People with diabetes should not exercise"
- 4. "Insulin is dangerous"
- 5. "Diabetes means that your body cannot produce enough insulin."
- 6. "Too much eating sweets can cause diabetes."
- 7. "I know when my blood sugar is high or low."
- 8. "People with diabetes should not eat sweets."
- 9. "Diabetics are more susceptible to flu and fever."
Medical Video: Type 2 Diabetes | Nucleus Health
Unlike type 1 diabetes which cannot be avoided or prevented, type 2 diabetes usually only appears in adulthood, and this is the type of diabetes that is most prevalent. But the amount of information and rumors surrounding this disease actually makes us often mistaken and believe the wrong assumption. The following are nine of the most common but incorrect myths about type 2 diabetes, which many believe in Indonesia.
Myth about type 2 diabetes
1. "Diabetes is not a serious disease."
Wrong, diabetes is a serious disease. Although classified as a chronic disease, diabetes can still be controlled and treated correctly. But still, diabetes causes more deaths than breast cancer and AIDS if added together
So, being diagnosed with diabetes is not immediately the end of your life, you can still, how come, live the rest of a long life. But this can only happen if you change your lifestyle, diet, and your awareness of health.
2. "Fat people who will experience type 2 diabetes"
Not really. Excess weight is not the main factor causing diabetes. There are other factors, such as family history, which also play an important part.
There are many people who are overweight but do not have type 2 diabetes for the rest of their lives, and many people with normal weight suffer from type 2 diabetes. However, people who are overweight tend to be at higher risk of developing diabetes.
3. "People with diabetes should not exercise"
If you use insulin or drugs to increase insulin production in the body, you really have to consult with a sports doctor what is safe. However, basically everyone must exercise, including diabetes.
Most, people who have type 2 diabetes, do not need to use insulin injections, especially if it is still in its early stages. Medications given to people with type 2 diabetes such as metformin and sitagliptin also don't cause low sugar levels at all, no matter how often and how hard you exercise. In fact, exercise is very important to control type 2 diabetes, as well as to reduce weight.
4. "Insulin is dangerous"
Insulin is important for the body, but it is also difficult for most people to control. It is important to test your sugar levels every day if you use insulin, to avoid low sugar reactions that can harm you.
5. "Diabetes means that your body cannot produce enough insulin."
This only applies to people with type 1 diabetes. However, in people with type 2 diabetes, the body continues to produce insulin hormone normally and sufficiently.
Well, the problem is that insulin does not work properly and this inhibits the absorption of glucose from food that enters the body. Over time the pancreas of people with type 2 diabetes will also stop producing insulin, so you will need additional insulin through injections every day.
6. "Too much eating sweets can cause diabetes."
The myth of eating sweet foods is not the only cause of diabetes. Sweet foods, especially sugar, are not the exact cause of diabetes.
Actually, sugar in sweet foods is the cause of being overweight, which is one of the main factors of type 2 diabetes. People who are overweight tend to like to eat lots of sweet foods.
However, that does not mean sweet foods are the only culprit. Other foods that also trigger obesity are junk food and other foods that contain high carbohydrates.
Sugar is not good for diabetes because it can increase blood sugar, but so do other foods that can quickly split into glucose in the blood, such as pasta, white bread, noodles, and white rice.
7. "I know when my blood sugar is high or low."
You cannot know blood sugar levels only from feeling. When you are trembling, dizzy, and your head feels floating, maybe your blood sugar levels are indeed low, or you might find it due to low blood pressure, or even the flu.
If you urinate suddenly, this could be because your glucose is high, but it could also be due to bladder infection. The longer you have diabetes, the more inaccurate "feeling"You are about whether blood sugar is high or low.
The only way to find out for sure is to check your blood sugar levels.
8. "People with diabetes should not eat sweets."
There is no reason to prohibit people with type 2 diabetes from eating sweet foods. As long as these sweet foods are only consumed in small portions or occasionally, of course it's okay.
The problem is that if sweet foods are your favorite food, you will usually eat too much. Diabetes also doesn't mean you can't eat cake again.
You can still eat cake, only in small portions, and you must be careful not to eat other sweet foods if you have eaten a piece cake. Eating sweet foods 2-3 times a week is not a problem, but certainly not every day.
9. "Diabetics are more susceptible to flu and fever."
Diabetes does not make you susceptible to infectious diseases. However, if you have a cold, treat it immediately because people with diabetes tend to be more susceptible to flu complications.
If you have diabetes for several months, and then one day the doctor asks you to use insulin, that means you don't control your diabetes properly.
When you are first diagnosed with diabetes, your blood sugar should be able to stay in control of diet, exercise and / or treatment that helps your body absorb glucose.
However, if you have had diabetes for years, your pancreas may produce very little insulin. And at this stage, you will need an insulin injection. This is not your fault, but the stages of the disease have increased.
