Type 2 Diabetes - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder May Trigger the Development of Diabetes

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is classified as anxiety disorders. Anyone who has been in a situation where you have been injured or threatened may feel threatened, even after the real danger is over and done. Living with anxiety can trigger a "fight or flight", in which stress hormones like cortisol can increase sugar levels in the blood.
The following studies show an association between PTSD and type 2 diabetes ...
In 2013, the Journal of Psychosomatic Research presented the results of research conducted at the University of Gieben Germany. The study included ...

    
2970 participants aged 32-81 years.
Participants found cases of PTSD were full ...

    
3.56 times more likely to have type 2 than those who do not have diabetes significant traumatic events.
Information above the chronic stress of traumatic events could lead to the onset of diabetes was concluded.
In May 2014, the journal Preventive Medicine published an article on PTSD and Diabetes survivors of the disaster of the World Trade Center on 9/11. The Department of New York City Health and Mental Hygiene, in collaboration with Columbia University in New York, USA, looked PTSD and type 2 diabetes up to 11 years after the attacks of 9/11. A total of 36 899 adults were included in the study ...

    
more than two thousand cases of type 2 diabetes have been reported.
    
people with PTSD were 28 percent more cases of type 2 diabetes than those without PTSD.
From these figures, people with PTSD are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes is made.
People with PTSD may recall the traumatic event and feeling fear and symptoms such as ...

    
fast heartbeat, or sweating
    
difficulty sleeping,
    
nightmares,
    
scary thoughts,
    
depression,
    
concern or
    
avoid situations or places that remind the traumatic event
are all symptoms.
Talking about traumatic events with health professionals can help fade in the background memory. Several types of medications are also available ...

    
Selective inhibitors of serotonin reuptake, a type of antidepressant, is usually the first choice.
    
other antidepressants, including tricyclic antidepressants and atypical, have also been used effectively.
    
antipsychotics may help with nightmares and flashbacks.
Other drugs that are currently available to study the disease and the search for new drugs is ongoing.
Family physicians should be aware of PTSD so they can diagnose type 2 diabetes and other health problems like. Stress is a serious matter that should be of proper medical attention.

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