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Diabetic amyotrophy is a type of diabetic neuropathy. Neuropathy is a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system or those parts of the nervous system outside of the spinal cord and the brain. These are the four major types of neuropathy for diabetes:

1. Autonomic Neuropathy ? autonomous parts of the body are affected and are the most commonly internal organs like bladders, intestines, heart, lungs and even the eyes and sex organs.

2. Peripheral Neuropathy ? This neuropathy affects the limbs of the patient and usually starts from the extremities up.

3. Mononeuropathy ? A disorder that damages a certain nerve in the body. It could strike any nerve, temporary and extremely painful.

4. Diabetic Amyotrophy ? Common to Type 2 diabetics and also referred to as proximal neuropathy, femoral neuropathy or radiculoplexus neuropathy.

The usual diabetic neuropathy starts from the ends and develops towards the body. With the diabetic amyotrophy, the progression of the condition is inverted. It starts from the hip area going down to the toes to from the arms to the fingers. Symptoms include sudden and extreme pain, covering one side of the body at first, but will progress to cover both sides and will eventually travel down to the extremities. Pain will also intensify. The condition usually lasts for at least six months, and will subside back to normality over a period of two to three years. Patients may also suffer from weight loss, swelling of the stomach, numbness and weakened limbs and atrophy.

Diabetic amyotrophy is most common with people who have Type 2 diabetes. What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disorder affecting the metabolism or the body?s process of digesting food and turning it into usable energy. The food eaten is turned into sugar or glucose which is then absorbed by the body through the use of insulin produced by our pancreas. People with diabetes do not produce enough insulin, do not produce insulin at all or their insulin is not working to absorb the sugar in the blood.

Type 1 diabetics aren?t producing the needed insulin at all. This disorder is usually developed while young. Type 2 diabetes is the result of the patients? lifestyle and gradually develops over the years of adulthood. With Type 2 diabetes, the insulin production is disrupted resulting to the deficiency. Inability to absorb the glucose will increase the sugar level in the blood dangerously. Insulin shots are needed to stabilize the sugar levels. Diabetes is incurable and symptoms can only be controlled with insulin shots, medicines and proper diet.

Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes diet should be maintained. As all diets, healthy foods rich in carbohydrates, starches and fibers are recommended. Vegetables and fruits should be taken in abundance. To be avoided are processed meats, fatty diary products and sweets.

Keeping healthy by avoiding excessive and abusive lifestyle, exercising regularly and eating healthy is the best way to avoid diabetes and diabetic amyotrophy. Maintaining our ideal weight will prevent the inception of the disease as excessive presence of fatty lipids will trigger diabetes while regular glucose tolerance test will detect diabetes at the earliest state.

For more information abouttype 2 diabetes diet, feel free to visit Douglas Kidder?s excellent free report on diabetic amyotrophy.

Source: http://newhealthandfitness.org/2012/03/06/all-about-diabetes-and-diabetic-amyotrophy/

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