Link between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Type2 Diabetes

Introduction

In the simplest of words, diabetes is a medical condition which causes a person's body to react adversely to the intake of certain glucose filled substances such as sugar. A person suffering from this disease is restricted from the intake of several food items such as ice creams, cakes, chocolates and soft drinks. Currently, it is estimated that more than 346 million people worldwide have diabetes. Diabetes is predicted to evolve into the seventh leading cause of demise in the world by the year 2030. This is followed by cardiovascular diseases (diseases related to the human heart) which are responsible for deaths between 50% and 80% in people with diabetes. In 2004, a projected 3.4 million people died from consequences of elevated blood sugar. 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. In urbanized countries most people with diabetes are over the age of retirement, whereas in emergent countries those most frequently affected are aged between 35 and 64. Diabetes is deemed as a leading cause of illnesses such as blindness, body amputation and kidney failure. The lack of knowledge about diabetes, joint with insufficient admittance to health services and essential medicines, can lead to complications such as blindness, body amputation, and kidney failure. Thirty minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most days and a sufficiently healthy diet can significantly reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented and comes genetically.

Diabetes Type 2

Type 2 Diabetes (Mellitus) is a devastating disease where the human body's cells fail to react to insulin (which is produced by the body) or there isn't sufficient insulin being formed to meet the body's glucose storage supplies. This resistance mostly occurs in the fat and muscle of the body along with the incapacity of pancreatic beta cells to reimburse for the resistance. Due to this, the blood carries an amplified concentration of glucose which cannot be easily consumed by the cells.

Since our body (especially the muscles) is unable to use to glucose, it definitely cannot produce the level of energy required by the human body to function properly and efficiently. The initial symptoms of diabetes simply happen to normalize this 'hyperglycemic' state of the human body. This chain of events causes an increased thirst because of the fact that the blood contains an augmented concentration of glucose which makes it hard to maintain appropriate circulation in the body. With augmented liquid levels in the body there is an augment in the amount of blood which is usually helpful for circulation and to lessen the turbulence of excess blood. This also causes the frequency of urination to drastically increase. Usually, doctors and physicians use the symptom of frequent urination to diagnose diabetes mellitus in its early stages. Even during the prehistoric times, it was one of the first symptoms to be observed by the Egyptian, Latin and Indian physicians close to 1500 BC when this disease was first discovered. There is repeated ...