Around 9.4 percent of Americans (more than 30 million people) are affected by diabetes. One of the worst features of this disease is that so many people suffer from it without being aware of the fact. Close to 25 percent of the 30 million people mentioned above don\u2019t know they have diabetes. Apart from that a further 84 million Americans have elevated blood glucose levels – a condition known as prediabetes – and 90 percent of them are unaware of this fact. No wonder the American Diabetes Association decided to establish a diabetes alert day to make sure people are better informed.<\/span><\/p>\n If at this stage your first question is probably: \u201cCan you live a long life with diabetes?\u201d, the answer is fortunately yes, provided you get <\/span>the right treatment<\/span><\/a> and make the necessary lifestyle changes.<\/span><\/p>\n There are different types of diabetes but the two most common types are:<\/span><\/p>\n Diabetes can affect organs such as your kidneys, eyes, nerves, blood vessels, and heart. It is associated with the following conditions:<\/span><\/p>\n We are sure at this stage you are asking yourself: Can you live a long life with diabetes? Luckily the answer is yes. As long as you make the necessary lifestyle adjustments and get proper treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n The following factors could increase someone\u2019s risk of getting diabetes, particularly type 2:<\/span><\/p>\n Risk Test For Diabetes<\/span><\/p>\n As you will realize after reading the first part of this article, you might have diabetes without being aware of it. And you will only be one of the millions of Americans who are in the same position. The sooner you know whether or not you are at risk of getting diabetes, or maybe already has it, the sooner you can take the first step toward managing the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n The American Diabetes Association has developed a risk test for diabetes that you can access from this <\/span>page<\/span><\/a>. Please also read the section below on How To Avoid Diabetes If It Runs In Your Family.<\/span><\/p>\n Apart from the healthy lifestyle choice mentioned above, people who have prediabetes might also ask their doctor to prescribe an oral diabetes medication such as metformin. This could reduce the chances of getting type 2 diabetes. This medication is typically prescribed for people who are overweight and unable to make the necessary lifestyle changes recommended above. In their case they have to learn how to fight prediabetes in a different way.<\/span><\/p>\n If you want to avoid type 2 diabetes, even if one or more of your biological relatives are suffering from the disease, you will have to make a couple of healthy lifestyle choices. The same is true if you are suffering from prediabetes. These choices include:<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s not all bad news though. Although diabetes is not curable, it can be well managed with medication, exercise, and diet. So the answer to the question \u201cCan you live a long life with Diabetes?\u201d is yes. Many people live long, active lives while suffering from this disease.<\/span><\/p>\n The American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day is observed on the fourth Tuesday in March every year. In 2021 it will, therefore, be on March 23. The diabetes alert day is a single-day warning to make the public more aware of exactly how serious diabetes is and how important it is to fully understand your possibility. We would like to use this opportunity to encourage readers to make sure you – or somebody you love – aren\u2019t perhaps at risk of developing type 2 diabetes aside by taking the risk test for diabetes mentioned earlier in this article.<\/span><\/p>\n At this stage you might wonder if there are warning signs that you might be suffering from diabetes. Unfortunately not everybody who has diabetes has warning signs. This is exactly why it is often referred to as the \u2018silent disease\u2019. But if you have any of the following symptoms you should have yourself tested for diabetes as soon as possible:<\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve read this far, you are clearly eager to learn more about the topic of diabetes. We hope this article has answered most of your questions, but please feel free to leave a comment below if there\u2019s something else you want to know more about. You are also welcome to visit our <\/span>website <\/span><\/a>to learn more about who we are and the services we offer related to testing for diabetes and treating the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a condition in which your body is unable to regulate sugar properly. This happens if the body either can\u2019t make insulin very well or doesn\u2019t make it at all. Insulin is the hormone that regulates how much sugar (glucose) is released into your bloodstream. Elevated blood sugar levels can cause<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[61,6],"tags":[64,65,63,62,66],"class_list":["post-1669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diabetes","category-general-health","tag-can-you-live-a-long-life-with-diabetes","tag-diabetes-alert-day","tag-how-to-avoid-diabetes-if-it-runs-in-your-family","tag-how-to-fight-prediabetes","tag-risk-test-for-diabetes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/pemc-florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Different Types of Diabetes<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nWhy Is Diabetes So Dangerous?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Who Is At High Risk Of Diabetes?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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How To Fight Prediabetes<\/b><\/h2>\n
How To Avoid Diabetes If It Runs In Your Family<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Can You Live A Long Life With Diabetes?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDiabetes Alert Day<\/b><\/h2>\n
Ten Warning Signs That You Might Have Diabetes<\/b><\/h2>\n
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The Bottom Line<\/b><\/h2>\n