Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that consists of the high presence of blood glucose.The consequence of this excess blood sugar can lead to multiple diseases such as retinopathy (retina lesions).As always, a way of living with this disease is to lead a healthy life, exercise, follow a balanced diet, and maintain strict control of our body.If you want to know some curiosities about this disease, keep reading, because these 7 points will surprise you.
1.There are more diabetics than redheads
As we have already told you, there are 415 million diabetics worldwide, which is equivalent to almost 6% of the world's population, while redheads represent less than 1% of the population.Yes, you are more likely to have a relative, friend, neighbor or diabetic couple than to meet a redhead, so it begins to pay more attention to this important disease.
2.They have the most faithful friends
Being a friend of a diabetic means knowing your pathology perfectly and helping you feel comfortable in any situation.Within the strict schedules that a person with diabetes carries, the people who accompany him are a fundamental part, either breakfast at the same time or reminding them that they have a glucose control.
3.The dog is his ideal pet
Recent studies have shown that a trained dog can prevent hypoglycemia before the person begins to show her symptoms.Several people with diabetes had observed that their pets altered in a strange way just before they suffered a hypoglycemia attack.Science also observed this curious behavior and discovered that after several training sessions, a dog could predict an attack without its owner showing the typical symptoms.
4.Travel without problems
The idea that being diabetic you cannot travel, it is part of the past.Nothing like following the fixed routines, carrying a control of the disease and following the advice of your health professionals, will make the only obstacle choose destiny.
5.It has its own day
Yes, November 14 is World Diabetes Day.In addition, events such as Experience Day diabetes recently celebrated in Madrid help to raise awareness about this disease, to educate a little more to those who do not know it closely and to present new advances in this sector.Great laboratories such as Abbott, collaborate with these types of events to show diabetics and family all innovations that are developed in this field.
6.Aces of the numbers
The constant contact with figures, calculations, percentages, etc.They make people with diabetes have very good capacity for mathematics.
7.Glucose monitoring flash system
There are currently systems such as the Abbott glucose monitoring flash system, which can be used in children from 4 years, and consists of a sensor attached to the back of the arm that measures the levels of glucose day and night by means of a scan.
