Syndrome of insulin resistance, Syndrome X

Causes

Metabolic syndrome is becoming increasingly common in the United States. Researchers are not sure whether the syndrome is due to a single cause, but all risk factors are associated with obesity.

The metabolic syndrome is associated with many conditions and risk factors. The two most important risk factors are:

* Extra weight around the middle of the body (central obesity). The body can be described as “apple shape”.

* Resistance to insulin, in which the body does not use insulin effectively. Insulin is needed to help control the amount of sugar in the body.

Insulin helps sugar (glucose) from the blood into cells. If you have insulin resistance, the body does not respond to it and the sugar in the blood can not enter cells. As a result, the body produces more insulin. The levels of insulin and blood sugar rise, affecting kidney function and raising the level of blood fats such as triglycerides.

Other risk factors include:

* Aging
* Genes that make you have more chance of developing this condition (genetic predisposition)
* Hormonal changes
* Lack of exercise

Symptoms

* Extra weight around the waist (central or abdominal obesity)

Exams and Tests

According to the American Heart Association (American Heart Association) and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), metabolic syndrome is present if you have three or more of the following signs :

* Blood pressure less than 130/85 mmHg
* Blood sugar (glucose) in the fasted less than 100 mg / dL
* Waist circumference (length around the waist):
o Men: 101.6 cm (40 inch) or greater
or Female: 88.9 cm (35 inches) or more
* Low HDL cholesterol:
or Males under 40 mg / dL
o Women: below 50 mg / dL
* Triglycerides at or above 150 mg / dL

Tests that can be done to diagnose metabolic syndrome include:

* Blood pressure measurement
* Glucose test
* HDL cholesterol level
* LDL cholesterol level
* Total cholesterol level
* Triglyceride level

* For the present, the cells can be deprived of energy;
* Over time, high levels of blood glucose can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves or heart.

Discovering that one suffers from diabetes is frightening. But do not despair. Type 2 diabetes is a serious disease, but people with diabetes can live healthy and happy and live for many years.

While people of all ages and races can suffer from diabetes, some groups are more at risk than others of developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is more common among African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and Asian Americans / Pacific Islander, and the elderly.

Conditions and treatment
In this section, may collect information on conditions related to type 2 diabetes and how to prevent them. Among the conditions associated with type 2 diabetes are hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. You’ll also find valuable information about insulin, the drugs are administered orally, the various diagnostic tests (with the inclusion of an A1c test), the management and control of blood glucose and tips on how you can help the health professional.

Complications
Having type 2 diabetes increases the risk of developing many serious complications. Some complications of type 2 diabetes include: heart disease (cardiovascular disease), blindness (retinopathy), nerve damage (neuropathy) and kidney damage (nephropathy). Read more about these complications and how to handle them.

The Welfare of Your Body
Have them take good care of your body be your highest priority. The time now devoted to care for their eyes, feet and skin, as well as oral and heart health, could delay or prevent the onset of dangerous complications of type 2 diabetes in the future. Moreover, some of the best things you can do for your body are to stop smoking and reduce the amount of alcohol you drink.

Common Concerns
This section is devoted to various topics that can help you live with type 1 diabetes. What do you do when you feel sick? What do you do when you travel? Can you get a flu shot if you have diabetes? How do bears have type 1 diabetes? Do you discriminate because you have diabetes? In this section you will find answers to these questions and more information.

In the U.S., there are 20.8 million people, or 7% of the population suffering from diabetes. While already been diagnosed with diabetes about 14.6 million people, unfortunately 6.2 million (or nearly one-third) are unaware they have the disease.

To determine whether a patient has diabetes or latent diabetes, health professionals perform a glucose test fasting plasma (FPG) or an oral glucose tolerance (OGTT). With either of these two tests can be diagnosed diabetes or latent diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends the FPG test because it is more economical, fast and easy.

If the FPG test is detected glucose level fasting blood between 100 and 125 mg / dl, mean that the person has a latent diabetes. A person with a level of blood glucose fasting 126 mg / dl or higher has diabetes.
The main types of diabetes

Diabetes type 2
It is the result of insulin resistance (a condition in which the body can not properly use insulin) combined with relative insulin deficiency. It is estimated that approximately between 90 and 95% of Americans (17 million) diagnosed with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.

Gestational Diabetes
Diabetes during pregnancy affects about 4% of all pregnant women (approximately 135,000 cases in the U.S. each year).

Diabetes Symptoms
Often diabetes goes undiagnosed because many of the symptoms appear to be harmless. In this section we tell you what they are.

Diabetes Risk Test
There are 20.8 million Americans have diabetes … And one in three does not know! Take our diabetes risk test to see if at risk of having diabetes. Diabetes is more common among African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.