Diabetes, run the risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and blindness. Of late researchers have found that it causes hearing loss also. They are not sure how it is caused but it is apparent. What are the facts behind diabetes and its relation with hearing loss? Diabetes is an ailment on which the body does not produce sufficient insulin to control the blood glucose levels in the body. Insulin secreted by the pancreas breaks down the glucose and channels it into the body s cells for energy.
Type I diabetes does not produce any insulin at all. Many sufferers of this type are born with it. In type II the insulin produced in the body is not enough to control blood glucose levels. This, according to doctors, is because of fatness and lack of exercise. Though these two types are incurable, they can be treated with medication and/ or insulin shots. It is necessary that you should get treatment for any type of diabetes and complications.
Hyperglycemia is caused when the blood glucose level in the body is too high for want of sufficient insulin. This damages the body cell and nerve tissue. Diabetes us believed to affect the cell tissue in the auditory part of the brain according to researches. Diabetes is also believed to cause hearing loss through the improper blood flow to the auditory system of the brain. Researchers also believe in the inter relationship between diabetes and hearing loss and diabetes, and loss vision or blindness. An improper handling of sugar in the body can wreak havoc amongst the cells in the body.
Being a diabetic, if you do not hear properly consult your doctor for prevention of further cell damage and to know more about the connection between diabetes and hearing loss.