{"id":16747,"date":"2021-09-17T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=16747"},"modified":"2021-09-17T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:00:28","slug":"what-are-the-main-causes-of-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/diabetes\/what-are-the-main-causes-of-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Main Causes of Diabetes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diabetes is a disease that affects your body\u2019s use of sugar, which is vital to your health. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sugar or glucose is an essential source of energy for your cells and works like your brain\u2019s fuel to function, making diabetes a serious illness that you want to prevent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of its main causes are when your immune system attacks and destroys the pancreas, which produces insulin. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be caused by genes if your family has a history of diabetes, and it can also be caused by your lifestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Symptoms of diabetes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the symptoms of someone with type 1 or type 2 diabetes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increased hunger<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatigue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blurred vision<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increased thirst and urination<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sores that do not heal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unexplained loss of weight<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Numbness or tingling feeling in your hands or feet<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Causes of type 1 diabetes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type 1 diabetes may occur when your immune system attacks the pancreas, the insulin-producing cells of your body. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although there are ways to stop or slow down the symptoms, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trialnet.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">studies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are still looking for new ways to get rid of the disease completely.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Causes of type 2 diabetes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type 2 diabetes is commonly caused by your lifestyle. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being overweight and consuming too much sugar may cause insulin resistance that could lead to more serious illnesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insulin resistance is a condition where your liver, muscle, and fat cells fail to use insulin and as a result, your body will need insulin to help glucose enter the cells. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another main cause of diabetes is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/geneticdisorders.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">genetic mutations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diabetes is a severe illness, so if you want to prevent it, make sure you live a healthy lifestyle and avoid the leading causes that you can avoid on your own, especially if your family has a history of the disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetes is a disease that affects your body\u2019s use of sugar, which is vital to your health. 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