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Diabetes is a never-ending disease, which currently affects over 246 million people worldwide and over half of these are women. Researchers have expected<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> that these rates tend to increase to 380 million by the year 2025. It has been proved<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> in various studies that diabetes is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States alone.<\/p>\n

The number of diabetes is 2-4 times higher among Afro Americans, American Indians, Latino, and Asian\/Pacific than white women. Moreover, it has been studied that the risk of diabetes increases with age. Diabetes is very hard for women because its burden on women is unique, because it can affect both mothers and their unborn children. Women with diabetes are at high risk of getting a heart attack at a younger age as compared with women without diabetes.<\/p>\n

Detailing diabetes and its types:<\/h1>\n

Diabetes is a very serious condition and is referred by the doctors as diabetes mellitus. Basically, diabetes is a group of diseases in which a person\u2019s insulin production rate behaves inadequately or the body’s cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both resulting in high blood glucose level<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>. Patients with diabetes have to experience frequent urination, increasing thirst and hunger problems as symptoms.<\/p>\n

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Diabetes problem is categorized into two main types including Type 1 and Type 2. The condition in which the immune system is attacked by various cells in the body is regarded as Type 1 diabetes, which usually develops quickly, over a few days to weeks. Whereas, type 2 is the common form of diabetes and is affecting almost 10 million American women. Obesity and lack of physical activity are the two most common causes of this form of diabetes.<\/p>\n

Women suffering with type 2 diabetes don\u2019t<\/span><\/span> know initially that they are suffering from diabetes. One of the first symptoms that type 2 diabetic patients may experience would be an increase in thirst, which is accompanied by additional problems like frequent urination, dry mouth, increased appetite, and unusual weight loss.<\/p>\n

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How diabetes affect<\/span><\/span> women differently?<\/h1>\n

Teen and young adult years:<\/h1>\n

Diabetes affect<\/span><\/span> differently, one of the main causes is eating disorders, which is higher among young women with diabetes<\/a><\/strong><\/span> as compared to women in the general population. Moreover, at the starting of the puberty, hormones swing and blood glucose levels are difficult to control. A woman\u2019s menstrual cycle creates havoc with her blood sugar levels in teen years<\/span><\/span> and beyond.<\/p>\n

During reproductive years:<\/h1>\n

An estimated 1.3 million women of reproductive age have diabetes and out of the above mentioned figure half of them do not know that they have the disease. This period is very important for women because diabetes can have an impact on many aspects including health during these years. These include:<\/p>\n