What is insulin resistance? What are their signs? Is there a test to see if a person has insulin resistance?
These and other questions were asked in the episode of Al -Jazeera Clinic, in which we hosted Dr. Mohamed Al -Rishi, an endocrinologist, diabetes, general escalation, and a faculty member at Qatar University.
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What is insulin resistance?
It is the body not naturally responding to the insulin hormone that is excreted by the pancreas. Erbacco occurs in the transmission of glucose to the muscles and liver, which causes a high blood glucose rate, and after it occurs in a period of pre -diabetes and then the diabetes stage, and this process takes from 6 to 10 years.
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What are the signs or symptoms of insulin resistance?
One of the common signs is a change in the color of the skin in the area around the neck or the armpit to the dark brown and sometimes it has bumps, these first signs of insulin resistance.
Patients over 40 years of age say they feel sleepy after eating, and the reasons for this are the eating of white starches (such as white bread, white rice and white pasta) that do not remain in the stomach for a long time, and then it irritates the pancreas and excifies high amounts of insulin, and the amount of insulin remains in the blood while the starches do not remain in the stomach, so insulin causes a decrease in blood sugar Relaxing and feeling sleepy, and this is very common.
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Is there a test to see if a person has insulin resistance?
Yes, we measure the rate of insulin and sugar in the morning, and we use an equation to calculate insulin resistance, and the highest rate is 1.9, and if the number is greater than that, the patient has insulin resistance. Sometimes insulin can be measured if its value is higher than 25, this reflects the presence of insulin resistance.
Insulin resistance examination is very important because the patient knows that he is threatened with diabetes, especially if he has an increase in weight or has a satisfactory history in the family.
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How is insulin treated?
The most important thing to treat insulin resistance is to lose weight and regulate eating, and patients have the opportunity to delay diabetes or prevent it by 58%, according to a study. In the same study, it was found that taking glucopag can delay diabetes or prevent it by 31%.
It is also recommended to change the lifestyle by exercising and changing the nutritional pattern. And with glucopag, it makes the possibility of preventing or delaying diabetes.
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How long does it take to treat insulin resistance?
It is difficult to determine a certain period, as it varies from patient to patient, if the patient’s weight comes down faster, the symptoms disappear faster.
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What is the role of slimming needles such as Uzbek and Mongaro in the treatment of insulin resistance?
It plays a big role, and prevents diabetes or returning to the pre -diabetes stage by 85% according to studies, but it is important to know that this is not an eternal treatment, it is just a long truce. After stopping the needles if the patient’s weight increases, the symptoms will return.
It is important to tell the patient that he has to exercise, especially those that strengthen the muscles, because Ozmbek and Munjaro causes fat and muscles.
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What is the role of metformin (glucopag) in treating insulin resistance?
Glucophage reduces insulin resistance by redistributing fat. Insulin resistance is caused by the accumulation of fat in the abdominal area (waist), and glucophage reduces fat in the waist.
Obesity in the abdominal area is linked to health problems, and the possibility of a person with diabetes is high, unlike patients whose obesity is distributed in the body, where their health is very good.