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Diabetes is a big threat to men’s health
November 15, 2005
Diabetes is a serious incurable disease that is
reaching epidemic proportions in so many parts of the world. There
are three types of diabetes; however, type 2 diabetes affects most
people, accounting for 90 percent of all cases. Type 2 diabetes
occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or cannot
efficiently use the insulin produced. Lifestyle and the onset of
type 2 diabetes are very closely linked.
Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include being
overweight, having a family history of diabetes, and being over
the age of 40. The longer a person has diabetes, the more likely
the person is to have complications. Common health complications
include blindness, heart disease, kidney problems, amputations,
nerve damage and erectile dysfunction. Diabetes can hamper men’s
sexual health by causing
erectile dysfunction or impotence.
To read more, visit…
http://www.northernlife.ca/localnewsarticle.asp?view=99143 | 
