Overview

Chronic diseases are a disease that persist or recurs over time. Diabetes and Arthritis is prolonged chronic diseases in U.S. Chronic diseases cannot prevent by vaccines. To prevent these diseases one should take nutritious foods, physically active and avoiding smoking can prevent this diseases.

What is a chronic disease?

Such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease (primarily heart disease and stroke). These diseases are common and healthy problems in U.S.

How common are these conditions in USA

Chronic diseases are major health diseases in U.S. About 90 millions Americans are affected by this diseases. These diseases per year in Usa affect 35 million people.

Diabetes mellitus-

Diabetes is a chronic disease. These diseases are caused by disorder of carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism. They are two types type 1 and type 2. 14 million people Americans have diabetes or about 5%of the American populations are affected by these diseases.

Causes and Symptoms-

Diabetes is cause by genetic factor. Starvation, obese, feeling tired, excessive thirst, excessive hunger, and weight loss are the common symptoms of diabetes.

Diagnosis-

Diabetes can be diagnosis based on symptoms. Its can be diagnosed by urine and blood tests.

Treatment-

Currently there is no cure for diabetes. But its can be cure by taking carbohydrate, fat and protein in right proportion and doing exercise.

In diabetes patients, to find fasting glucose level one should take oral glucose tolerance test. In type1 diabetes they lack insulin but in type 2 diabetes they produce enough insulin.