Don't take pre-diabetes lightly

 Don't take pre-diabetes lightly

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which the amount of glucose in the patient's blood is high. Diabetes has an adverse effect on many parts of the body, so it is very important to avoid this disease.

To avoid diabetes, we should adopt a healthy lifestyle. Apart from this, staying away from stress can prevent diabetes. Diabetes does not occur suddenly, our body starts giving some signals before this and this condition is called pre-diabetes.

In pre-diabetes, the amount of sugar is slightly higher than normal. In this case it cannot be called diabetes. But it can be more dangerous than diabetes. In such a situation, it is very important to have accurate information about pre-diabetes, so that it can be prevented from progressing.

What is pre-diabetes?

If the amount of sugar in a person's blood is slightly higher than normal, it is called pre-diabetes, and in this case, diabetes has not been identified.

Pre-diabetes refers to the onset of diabetes. In this case, it should not be taken lightly. When tested, the sugar label before eating is 100 to 125 and when tested after eating, it is 146 to 199, and the condition is called pre-diabetic condition. Similarly, pre-diabetes is considered to be present if HbAvNc is between 5.6 and 6.4.

Symptoms of pre-diabetes

Many people do not know about pre-diabetes, but after this, many types of symptoms start appearing in the body, which are as follows.

- Frequent urination

- Feeling tired

- Weight gain

- Feeling very hungry

- Thirst again even after drinking water

- Weakness of vision

- Excessive sweating or swelling of the feet

- Creeping

- Increased blood pressure

– Cause of pre-diabetes

When the insulin hormone is not balanced in the body, a person gets diabetes. Furthermore, when the body is unable to produce or use insulin, it becomes insulin resistant. In both these cases, the amount of glucose keeps increasing which leads to pre-diabetes. Then the person gets diabetes.

Pre-diabetes can be caused by many factors such as poor lifestyle. If someone has the problem of pre-diabetes, they should immediately make necessary changes in their lifestyle. Moreover, family history i.e. if someone in the family already has diabetes, it is more likely to develop it. Obesity also increases the risk of pre-diabetes. In this case, special attention should be paid to food.

Pre-diabetes risk for other diseases

Pre-diabetes increases the risk of heart attack or stroke. It increases blood sugar levels and also increases blood pressure and cholesterol. Apart from the heart, it can cause serious damage to the kidneys and blood vessels.

How to detect pre-diabetes?

As pre-diabetes can prove to be very dangerous, a person should get their blood tested as soon as they know the symptoms. If you are over 30 years old and there is a family history of diabetes, you should get tested for diabetes.

Who is more at risk of pre-diabetes?

People who are overweight have a higher risk of developing pre-diabetes. It can also happen if you have PCOD problem.

Something to note

Pre-diabetes condition is the condition before the onset of the disease. So don't worry too much. But one should be aware of how to control it. If you are overweight, you should gradually lose weight. Pre-diabetes can be controlled if you exercise daily and eat healthy food.