4 myths about diabetes

Diabetes - a disease very common throughout the world. Around the disease there were many speculations and myths. Experts are taken to deny some of them.

Myth №1. Diabetics always need insulin .

In fact:   with people Type 1 diabetes   (from 5% to 10% of patients with diabetes) really can not live without insulin . Patients with Type 2 diabetes   They can do without it. They use special drugs that serve a good substitute for insulin. And 16 percent of patients with controlled blood sugar levels with diet and exercise.

Myth №2. Insulin injections are painful.

In fact:   Professor Jill Crandall of the Albert Einstein College (New York, USA) argues that it is not. It depends on the diameter of the needle. Special needle syringe do insulin injections virtually painless.

Myth №3. Insulin can lead to dangerously low blood sugar.

In fact:   it is possible, but unlikely. People with diabetes   Type 2 is generally less risk of getting hypoglycemia Than patients with Type 1 diabetes . Most people with Type 2 diabetes   easily recognize the symptoms hypoglycemia   - Nervousness, trembling hands, sweating, the desire to eat. Slightly sweet diluted juice or glucose tablets - and the problem is solved.

Myth № 4. Lack of insulin - is forever.

In fact:   not necessary. Some people with Type 2 diabetes   temporarily require insulin. For example, immediately after detection of the disease, or during pregnancy. Sometimes, after a significant weight loss of patients it appears that insulin-treated patients is no longer needed. Although it happens not always.

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