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Living with diabetes isn’t just about blood-sugar control — it’s about balance. With proper care, early screening, and proactive prevention, you can stay healthy, productive, and protect your heart for a sustainable working life.
Diabetes is often called a “silent destroyer” — a condition that quietly damages vital organs long before symptoms appear. Uncontrolled blood sugar, coupled with other risk factors, can harm the eyes, heart, kidneys, brain, and more.
Diabetic retinopathy is a serious complication of diabetes that can lead to vision impairment or even blindness if left untreated. Caused by high blood sugar levels damaging the blood vessels in the retina, this condition can develop silently.
Diabetes has been affecting humanity through thousands of years of recorded history. Yet, it has only been in the last one hundred years that the true causes of diabetes—and insulin—were discovered.
People with diabetes may feel that they can’t enjoy the holidays as comfortably as others when it comes to holiday meals and travelling. But by having a well thought out plan to manage blood sugar levels, they can.
There are certain risk factors that increase a person’s chances of developing type 2 diabetes. Although people know about type 2 diabetes, all the risk factors aren’t always known.
General knowledge on diabetes could help you identify when someone needs emergency medical attention. Learn more about what to do if you encounter someone with a blood sugar level that is too high or too low.
Making good food choices takes on special significance for people living with diabetes. Thai food can be an excellent choice if you know which foods are healthy, which ingredients and spices have properties that help control blood sugar, and which dishes are best avoided.
Preventing diabetes is possible and living with diabetes is manageable which is why it’s so important to know your risk of getting or even having the disease.