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Precision Medicine
4 May 2021
It is a condition in which blood sugar level is higher than normal, so there is already a risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases if preventive actions are not taken, since your body is not processing sugar in the right way, accumulating in the blood instead of providing energy to cells and tissues.
The cause of prediabetes is unknown, but family history and genetics are thought to be risk factors, as are being sedentary and overweight.
It usually appears more frequently in adults from the age of 40, but currently, there is also a high incidence in children and adolescents.
With a healthy diet, physical activity program, and weight loss, it is possible to reverse prediabetes and delay or prevent its progression to type 2 diabetes.
Prediabetes does not show any symptoms, except that sometimes the pigmentation of the skin increases, especially on the knees, elbows, and neck.
When the symptoms are clearly present, it means that prediabetes has progressed to type 2 diabetes, whose symptoms are:
Potential risks:
Possible complications if it progresses to type 2 diabetes:
The main tests to diagnose prediabetes are:
Treatment to prevent prediabetes from progressing to type 2 diabetes includes eating a healthy diet, engaging in regular physical activity, losing weight, having regular blood sugar tests, glucose-lowering medications, and quitting smoking.
At ABC Medical Center’s Internal Medicine Department, we offer health care services with the highest quality and safety, from the prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, and monitoring of infectious, respiratory, endocrinological, dermatological, rheumatic, nephrological, gastrointestinal, and hematological pathologies of both chronic-degenerative diseases and acute conditions, through a comprehensive and multidisciplinary model.
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