Las Vegas, NV.- The Hispanic community could be one of the most affected by a silent disease, diabetes, poor diet is one of the possible causes of this condition.Mainly with the rhythm of life that takes place in the United States, it is common for people to feed in places of ‘fast food’, which save time but in some cases they are not exactly the healthiest.
Recent statistics indicate that 16 percent of people of Latin American origin suffer from diabetes, unlike 10 percent of other ethnic origins.This number is alarming for young people and children.
In the country of the ‘bars and stars’ there may be more teenagers with diabetes than it is estimated, it is currently believed that 0.8 percent of adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age suffer from this disease.
Symptoms to detect this problem may seem harmless, however, the community is recommended to be attentive to these conditions to prevent and treat diabetes before the problem is more serious.
The signals that can occur in type 1 diabetes are: constant need to urinate, a lot of thirst and hunger, unusual weight loss, fatigue and tiredness.
While the symptoms of type 2 diabetes are the previous signals, additionally there could be: frequent infections (skin, bladder, gums), poor vision, cuts or bruises that take time to heal, numbness in hands and feet.
To learn more about this disease, you can access the official site of the American Diabetes Association to www.diabetes.org/es and to the JDRF site, an organization that is responsible for informing and helping those who have type 1 diabetes, www.jdrf.org
