Most people, especially males believe that diabetes afflicts people on the same way. Although some may experience the same effects, it is still proven that diabetes afflicts different individuals in a different way. Moreover, these effects vary depending on the different risk factors of diabetes such as mobility of a person, lifestyle, family hereditary, gender and ethnicity.
Circulation released a report in 2006 about the higher possibilities for diabetes to develop in men. According to this report, the lack of knowledge and awareness of males about this lifelong disease contributes to the fast development of different complications. In addition to that, males are also more likely to experience the premature development of complications like heart and cardiac arrests, improper functioning of kidneys, blindness and other eye-sight problems, and amputation of lower and upper extremities such as hands, legs and feet. This may also cause erectile dysfunction.
Possibly due to the male genders need to appear “macho” or “manly” many do not make the critical lifestyle changes that are essential to controlling their blood sugar levels. This puts them at even greater risks of severe complications. Men, for still unproven reasons, are two to three times more likely to need an amputation and are found to go blind more quickly than women.
Lifestyle changes that males fail to make include changes in their diets. Males are more likely to continue eating lots of fast foods, foods high in saturated fats, tans-fats, processed foods, junk foods, foods high in sodium, starches, as well as high in sugars. It is very rare that a male will order a salad when eating out with the guys. It is very important to eat a well balanced diet that includes vegetables, Omega 3 fatty acids (found in salmon) lean meats, fish, poultry, fiber, and other whole grains.
Another thing that males fail to do is to quit consuming of alcohol. The liver treats alcohol as a pollutant in the body and works to rid the body of alcohol as rapidly as possible. The liver will not manufacture glucose again until the alcohol has been processed and removed from the body causing the blood sugar levels to drop dangerously. The American Diabetes Association suggests that if a diabetic chooses to drink, that they do not drink on an empty stomach in order to guard themselves from low blood sugar, drinking only after eating a meal or a snack.
Males also fail to see how quitting smoking will benefit them. People with diabetes who smoke are three times more likely to die of heart disease than other people with diabetes. Smoking increases one’s blood pressure and raises the blood sugar levels, making it harder to control diabetes. Smoking causes damage to and narrows the blood vessels. This harm can worsen foot ulcers and lead to atherosclerosis and leg and foot infections. Diabetic smokers are more likely to suffer nerve damage and kidney disease. Smokers get colds and respiratory infections easier.
Men are also not very particular in monitoring the level of their blood sugar. This is very dangerous especially when they are diagnosed with diabetes. Continuous and regular rising and falling of blood sugar level is unsafe and fetal.
From everything that was mentioned above, it is easy to say that men are more hard-headed than women. Just because they want to maintain their macho and strong image, they tend to neglect their health and deny the fact that they should go to hospital or consult with doctors. That is why instead of having an early diagnosis for diabetes, the disease aggravates without getting diagnosed. This will then cause a more complicated treatment and riskier and more dangerous complications. All of these can be avoided, however, if males continue to be very stubborn, it might be difficult to recover from having diabetes.
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Julia Hanf author of the book How To Play the diabetes diet Game and Win Through a real life crisis Julia figured out how to live diabetes free. Visit http://www.yourdiabetescure.com and learn more about your solution for diabetes.
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