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Among the chronic-degenerative most dangerous, diabetes is one of the most difficult to treat. Prevention can save many lives.

Diabetes mellitus is a disease in Mexico is one of the leading causes of death. According to the INEGI, the mortality from diabetes mellitus in 2006 amounted to 13.8%. It is rather a disease that encompasses a heterogeneous group of systemic and chronic diseases of unknown variables which affect metabolism consequently resulting in abnormal elevation of blood glucose in the body.

According to WHO, diabetes rates are divided as follows:

* Diabetes Mellitus 1: Also known as juvenile diabetes. It is characterized by a failure associated with the pancreas, an organ where the Islets of Langerhans. They stop producing insulin and glucose starts to rise. This type of diabetes is also called insulin to require the controlled application of the hormone to regulate.
* Diabetes Mellitus 2: This type of diabetes is associated with development of insulin resistance by tissues, causing the glucose can not be utilized by the body and blood remain high.
* Gestational Diabetes: This type of diabetes occurs during pregnancy and may be a conditioning factor for the later development of a permanent or temporary diabetes in both the mother and the offspring.
* Other types of diabetes: This group includes all types of diabetes that are unrelated DM1, DM2 and Gestational Diabetes. It was named as the incidence of these diseases is very small and not enough to generate a classification group.

Manifestations and Symptoms

The ways in which become manifest diabetes are polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia and weight loss. They occur in almost all types of diabetes and is characterized by the following disorders:

* Polyuria: The patient suffers from excessive urination throughout the day and during most of the night.
* Polydipsia: Due to excessive urination, the patient constantly thirsty.
* Excessive hunger: Because the patient can not use the glucose in their body organs to the brain sends a signal activating the hunger center.
* Weight Loss: The patient begins to lose muscle tone due to poor utilization of nutrients in your body.

Risk Factors and Complications

As mentioned above, diabetes is a multifactorial disease, so it can not be attributed the condition to a single factor but to a large set of them. Mainly predisposition is associated with genetics, obesity, poor eating habits, alcoholism, smoking, stress, sedentary lifestyle, and high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.

The disease brings with it complications such as hypoglycemia, characterized by a sparse supply of glucose in tissues and nervous system, manifesting as dizziness, loss of consciousness and sometimes coma arrival. Also can produce hyperglycemia, favoring the occurrence of neuropathy and fungal infections, to name a few ailments.

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