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Are you at risk of diabetes?

 We are all connected to diabetes in a way or another. Maybe right now, your risk for having type 2 diabetes is low. However, your risk changes over time. Be sure to schedule regular check-ups with your doctor and take healthy steps toward preventing or delaying diabetes. .Understanding how sugar (glucose) and insulin work in your body is the foundation for knowing how diabetes works. knowing what can affect your blood sugar levels and how to better manage it.

Read the below 9 real connection with Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes​

If your age is over 50

People 50 and older automatically grow a connction with diabetes. While we cannot stop our aging process, we can choose to advocate healthy aging through adopting a healthy lifestyle. After 65 years both incidence and prevalence seem to level off

if you are male

Men are more likely than women to have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes; one reason may be that they are less likely to see their doctor regularly.

 If you are a woman with a history of gestational diabetes 

 Many women who have gestational diabetes go on to develop type 2 diabetes later in life.

If you are a woman and have been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Women with PCOS have a high prevalence of glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes. They also display multiple risk factors for the progression of glucose intolerance and the development of frank fasting hyperglycemia

If you have a close diabetic relative

There is a link between type 2 diabetes and family history, having a mother, father, sister or brother with diabetes increases your risk . Although Genes alone are not enough, the risk also relates to environmental and lifestyle factors that family members share.

If you have High blood pressure

That raises the risk for type 2 diabetes, but also increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, eye problems, and kidney disease.

If you do not exercise

Exercising regularly lowers your risk for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes

If you have a high BMI

Body Mass Index is a measure of your height vs. weight. Having a higher BMI raises your risk for type 2 diabetes.

You will find that type 2 diabetes is clearly linked to increasing rates of overweight and obesity

If you have low HDL cholesterol and/or high triglycerides

Low levels of HDL cholesterol and high levels of triglycerides are part of diabetic dyslipidemia, and high levels of triglycerides have recently been shown to be a marker of type 2 diabetes rather than playing a causal role

It is time to control your diabetes. All it takes is one conversation to start reducing your risk.

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References

https://idf.org/our-network/regions-members/middle-east-and-north-africa/members/34-egypt.html

https://www.diabetes.org/diabetes/genetics-diabetes

Diabetes Prevalence and Risk Factors in Polycystic Ovary Syndrom lRichard S.LegroMD* https://doi.org/10.1016/S0889-8545(05)70188-1

https://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/64/9/3328