As part of World Diabetes Day, Sophie Ndaba revealed that she has been living with diabetes for a decade.
The former Generations actress took to Instagram to advise her followers that prevention is better than the cure and gave four steps that people can adopt to prevent the disease.
“Happy Monday Angels!???
?it’s a Blue day! KNOW YOUR LEVELS!!!
Living with this deadly disease DIABETES for almost a decade has taught me not to take life for granted
Being attacked teased laughed at was nothing! Even declared dead most times was nothing!
Let me tell you living with Diabetes is not something you wish on your enemy. It’s uncomfortable painful confusing deadly and 24/7 , monitoring required!
Trust me prevention is better than cure.!!
*Avoid Stress
*Prevent Depression
*Have Good healthy eating and drinking habits #water is life
Excersise as a lifestyle
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TOGETHER WE CAN PREVENT AND BEAT DIABETES!!!
ARE YOU PRE DIABETIC?? KNOW YOUR STATUS!!,” she said.
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Taking to her Instagram stories, Sophie went on to further explain the signs and symptoms that one should look out for to know that they are prediabetic.
According to Mayo Clinic, being prediabetic means that your blood sugar levels are higher than normal. It is however not high enough for it to be considered type 2 diabetes. When one is prediabetic, they need to make lifestyle changes so that it does not progress to type 2 diabetes.
According to the mother of three, the signs and symptoms one should look out for include:
- Regular exhaustion
- Wounds that heal slowly
- Inexplicable moods swings
- Vision problems
- Unexpected weight increases
- More frequent urinating
- Issues with digestion
- Excessive thirst and hunger
- Joint aches
The 49 year old also stressed in her Instagram stories that with a change in diet, medication and exercise one can prevent prediabetes from developing into diabetes.
