New type of diabetes has been misdiagnosed, says study

Currently doctors and researchers are concerned that type 3c diabetes could be far more common than previously thought. In addition, various drugs used for type 2 diabetes may not be as effective for type 3c.

Types of diabetes

Type 1 diabetes:

Type 1 diabetes happens when the production of insulin from the pancreas is insufficient because its cells suffer from autoimmune destruction . The pancreas loses the ability to produce insulin due to a defective immune system, causing our antibodies to attack the cells that produce the hormone. In this scenario, the body ends up attacking the cells that produce insulin because they no longer recognize them as being of the person. Type 1 diabetes occurs in about 5 to 10% of patients with diabetes. Type 1 diabetes patients require daily insulin injections to maintain normal blood glucose and life-threatening if insulin doses are not given daily. Type 1 diabetes, although it occurs at any age, is more commonly diagnosed in children, adolescents, or young adults.

Type 2 diabetes:

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that affects how the body metabolizes glucose, the body's main source of energy. A person with type 2 diabetes may have a resistance to the effects of insulin - the hormone that regulates the entry of sugar into cells - or does not produce enough insulin to maintain a normal glucose level. When untreated, diabetes can be fatal.

Diabetes type 3c

It is a type of caused by damage to the pancreas, such as inflammation in the pancreas, tumors or pancreatic surgery. This type of damage to the pancreas not only impairs the body's ability to produce insulin, but also to produce the proteins needed to digest food (digestive enzymes) and other hormones.

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Hair loss is considered a symptom of Chikungunya

The Ministry of Health has included hair loss as one of the the symptoms of Chikungunya, which may appear after the most acute stage of the disease. The problem, called telogen effluvium, is caused not only by Chikungunya, but also by stress and lack of vitamins. Effluvium occurs when a significant number of hair strands that are in the anagen phase (growth phase) are stimulated to enter the resting phase (they stop growing) and subsequently into the telogen phase (fall).

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Unicef ​​launches campaign to value spontaneous labor

Guide the mother that she wait to go into labor spontaneous so that the baby is born is the goal of the new awareness initiative launched by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday (19). The "Who Waits, Waits" campaign wants to guide women and their families about the importance of babies being born on time, that is, after mothers go into spontaneous labor.

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