The diabetes It is a chronic disease that affects the way the body converts food into energy, the researchers say. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States (CDC). Many celebrities live with this disease or suffered from it in life and here we tell you who they are.
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When a person lives with diabetesyour body does not produce enough of insulin or you cannot properly use what your body produces. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas and acts as a key that allows the sugar in the blood enters the body’s cells to be used as energy.
When you don’t have enough insulin or your cells stop responding to it, there is too much sugar left in your bloodstream, which can cause health problems serious diseases, such as heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease.
In Mexico, the National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut) 2021 indicates that 12 million 400 thousand people suffer from diabetes. Diabetes mellitus or type 2 is the most common in people over 60 years of age, but it can occur at any age. Meet the famous who, regardless of their age, have faced a diagnosis of this disease sometime.
Celebrities what live with diabetes or suffered from the disease
In recent years, reports Health Secretarythe incidence of diabetes has increased one percentage point, going from 9.2% to 10.2%, with a higher proportion among women. Celebrities are not immune to these figures and this is how they live with diabetes:
The young singer of the American band Jonas Brothers was diagnosed with Diabetes type 1 when he was only 13 years old and his first symptoms occurred while he was on tour with his brothers.
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The author of musical hits such as Love Bug and SOS began to have excessive thirst, frequent urges to urinate, weight loss and alterations in his mood, so he went to the doctor and by doing various tests, type diabetes was confirmed. 1.
However, the disease has not been an impediment for the singer to achieve his goals in music and acting, although he remembers that accepting his diagnosis was very difficult. He currently has to be aware of his glucose and he uses a special device to monitor himself, but he learned to live with it and it doesn’t stop him.
After the singer’s death, doctors revealed that he lived with diabeteswhich caused a significant deterioration in his health that, unfortunately, led to his death.
Reports indicate that Juan Gabriel also had other conditions such as hypertension, obesity and atherosclerotic disease, very common diseases in the Mexican population due to habits such as high consumption of sugar and fats and lack of physical activity.
“Being overweight or obese promotes an increase in insulin secretion, in turn, this condition leads to tissue resistance to the excessive amount of insulin and causes triglycerides in the blood to rise and blood pressure to increase,” explains Marcia. Hiriart, director of the Institute of Cellular Physiology for UNAM Science.
The famous actor for films like Titanic says that he lives with Diabetes type 1 since he was only 11 years old and in an interview with People magazine, he said that it was very hard to receive his diagnosis at such a young age.
“The worst feeling for any child is to feel that your life has been cut short by this disease; What is needed is a cure and while they find it, make it clear to children that diabetes does not define you,” she assured.
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In 2013 he revealed that he had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and acknowledged that for years he ignored the symptoms of the disease.
“I am part of the lazy American generation that has continued to dance blindly through the party. It was heavy; I thought I could get around it by removing the buns from my cheeseburgers,” she mentioned in an interview.
Currently, the Hollywood actor assures that he maintains a healthy lifestyle, lost weight and will not accept any role that forces him to break his good habits.
The interpreter of songs like “Gavilán o paloma” lived with type 2 diabetes for more than 15 years, which caused serious complications in his health, mainly in his eyesight, as he developed diabetic retinopathy, a complication caused by damage to the blood vessels of the light-sensitive tissue found at the bottom of the eye called retina.
Mayo Clinic explains that the Diabetic retinopathy may not have symptoms for a long time and cause anything from mild vision problems to blindness, and anyone with diabetes uncontrolled can suffer from it.
“You don’t know how ugly it feels to suddenly have one eye go out or your vision to go blurry,” said the singer when he had to receive medical help after realizing that he had a blood spill inside his left eye and then I lost my vision completely.
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“I had a stroke due to the sugar that was accumulating in the blood vessels of my eyes,” José José said at the time. Fortunately, he was able to undergo a treatment of injections and lasers that helped him regain some of his sight, although not completely.
He began his battle against diabetes more than 20 years ago and since his diagnosis he has been on many diets trying to control his disease, although he accepts that it has not been easy. “I must have done 20 or 25 different diets and I failed on all of them,” she told the magazine. People magazine.
Over the years he has learned that the best way to control your illness It is maintaining a healthy lifestyle, with regular exercise and a low consumption of sugars and carbohydrates.
At just 19 years old, the Hollywood actress was diagnosed with Diabetes type 1which completely changed her lifestyle and led her to adopt healthier habits.
The actress and Oscar winner has been open about her condition and says that she suffered serious crises that led her to be in a coma for several days. Berry constantly talks about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle to manage the disease, including a balanced, low-carbohydrate diet.
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2023-11-14 03:42:01
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