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How Diabetes Affects Men

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A person may very well think that the disease, diabetes, affects every diabetic the same way. This statement could not be farther from the truth at all; diabetes affects every individual differently. Things that can affect diabetes differ greatly depending upon age, race, gender, weight, lifestyle, activity level, diet, and family history.

The biggest leap in those diagnosed with diabetes seems to be in the men, according to a report in Circulation published in 2006. Males have a tendency to often ignore the symptoms of diabetes, therefore often tend to have more severe complications later on. The complications due to failure to diagnose and treat diabetes, and make the necessary lifestyle changes, in its early stages for a male may evolve into heart disease, circulatory problems, impotence, impaired vision, kidney disease, nerve damage, and possible amputation of hands, legs, or feet due to unmonitored symptoms of nerve damage and uncontrolled infections.

Males tend to be very egoistic. They want to maintain their male strength and machismo by not getting help from the doctors and medical experts. They also do not want to enliven the changes they need to apply in their lifestyle. Because of this, the risks of getting complications from diabetes are aggravated. Certain studies also show that males are more prone to having visual problems that may eventually lead to blindness.

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 has been a habit to men and one of the things that men tend to stick on is alcohol drinking. While alcohol may pose good effects in the body, this is only true if alcohol is moderately taken. However, to those who are suffering from diabetes, their livers tend to be very sensitive to alcohol substances. When the liver detects the presence of alcohol in the body, it stops producing glucose and this may lead to the decrease and fall of blood sugar level. This event is fetal and may even be deadly. Because males cannot be easily stopped from drinking alcohol, The American Diabetes Association suggests that it is alright for diabetic males to drink alcohol as long as they do this after eating meals or snacks.

One of the hardest to stop is smoking. Although several lessons and information about how smoking harms the body and about how a person will benefit from quitting, men still do not care. People diagnosed with diabetes are said to be more prone to different types of heart and cardiovascular disease. In worse cases, these are often the cause of death of these people. Cigarettes contain substances that can make the blood pressure rise as well as the level of blood sugar. When this happens, it will be very difficult to control the diabetes from getting severe. Moreover, smoking may damage the blood vessels and continuous occurrence of this may lead to foot ulcers, foot and leg infections and atherosclerosis. People smoking are also very sensitive to infections that may cause colds and respiratory diseases.

Males are also considered to be very stubborn most especially in checking their blood sugar level. This is extremely bad for diabetic patients. As much as possible, they should monitor their blood pressure because rising and falling of blood sugar level is not good for patients suffering from diabetes.

Men are stubborn in nature. That is a common knowledge to all. However, stubbornness doesn't help males in recovering from diabetes. Diabetes is treatable and curable only if diagnosed early and given treatment the earliest time possible. If men will continue to maintain their masculine image, it is expected that complications will occur but if men will accept the fact they are in fact suffering from diabetes and will adhere to treatments, medications and lifestyle changes, they are on their way to faster recovery.

About the Author

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.