Poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, pollution… the potential causes of diabetes do not miss. Our body, still not accustomed to these new factors, which have recently entered the history of man, must face ever more numerous attacks. Result: diseases such as diabetes appear, sometimes leading to complications that can become very serious.
Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of excess sugar in the blood, this is called hyperglycemia. There are two types of diabetes: so-called type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. The latter is the most common, according to the health insurance website 92% of diabetics have type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes, a common chronic disease
Let’s take stock of this condition, which affects an ever-increasing number of people, in France and around the world.
In the south of Belgium, a research team is working on a somewhat unusual subject. By using venom taken from wild animals, scientists hope to develop treatments against diabetes, allergies or obesity. The Euronews channel tells us more during this episode of Futuris. © Euronews
In this file devoted to diabetes, we will see the difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the particularities of this disease and how to reduce the risk of being affected by it.