4.03.2012

What is Diabetes and Diabetic Amyotrophy

By Douglas Kidder


There are many medical names to the diabetic amyotrophy. Proximal neuropathy and Bruns-Garland Syndrome refers to one and the same affliction. The medical society is still trying to come up with one universal term for it. Diabetic amyotrophy is rare and in contrast to the most common diabetic neuropathy that manifests its symptoms at the extremities, the effects are usually first felt in the opposite.

The symptoms for diabetic amyotrophy start in the hips, buttocks, stomach and tight areas and are usually one-sided on the onset. Gradually the pain will travel to cover both sides and the whole limb, down to the ends. Other symptoms are bloating of the stomach, wasting and weakness of the affected limbs and difficulty in movements. The symptoms, including pain are expected to intensify and last for over few months.

The Type 2 diabetes has been listed as the main cause of the diabetic amyotrophy. What is Type 2 diabetes and what is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease that affects the metabolism of the person triggered by the lack of functioning insulin in the body. This could either be the result of the body's failure to produce or the inability of the insulin to work effectively in absorbing sugar that comes from the food intake. Type 1 diabetes is common among children whose bodies do not produce enough or any insulin. Diabetes that occurs among adults is the Type 2 diabetes and is the result of pancreas malfunction, or insulin production due to some other illness or a case of over-indulgence.

Type 1 diabetes is often hereditary, caused by certain infections or a genetic disorder. Thus, we don't have much control over the development of the disease. That is the opposite of the Type 2 diabetes that triggers the diabetic amyotrophy. Type 2 diabetes is the result of over-indulging in unhealthy food, vices and excessive lifestyle. It commonly struck obese people, especially those who smoke, do prohibited drugs and drink alcohol. These unhealthy habits disrupt the natural processes of the body, including the insulin production and performance.

Suspect patients or those that are high risk in developing Type 2 diabetes are advised to take the glucose tolerance test. This is a medical blood test designed to determine how your body is adapting to high level of sugar intake. Normal and healthy bodies are able to absorb levels of glucose in a short span of time, in the case of diabetics, the sugar stays in the blood, flooding the sugar level dangerously. The test would require a short fasting period, usually lasts for a few hours, before you will given a dose of glucose and on timed intervals, blood samples will be taken to check the sugar levels.

Regardless of the glucose tolerance test results, everyone is advised to take on the healthy Type 2 diabetes diet. This will help the patient lose excess weight and lower bad cholesterol levels by incorporating healthy, lean and low fat foods. Together with a healthier and more active lifestyle and exercises the diet will effectively bring back strength and health to the body as well as lead Type 2 diabetes and diabetic amyotrophy away.




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