different body parts they face death if they don't inject themselves with insulin daily. .
Since strict monitoring of diabetes is needed for the control of the disease, little room.
is left for carelessness. As a result diabetic patients are susceptible to many other.
diseases and serious conditions if a proper course of treatment is not followed. .
Other diseases a diabetic is open to: Cardiovascular disease, stroke, Peripheral artery.
disease, gangrene, kidney disease, blindness, hypertension, nerve damage, impotence etc.
Basically there is an increased incident of infection in diabetic sufferers. Therefore.
special care needs to be taken to decrease the chances of getting these other serious.
diseases.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
What is physical activity?.
(Bouchard 1988) States that physical activity is any bodily movement produced by skeletal.
muscles resulting in energy expenditure. Therefore this includes sports and leisure.
activities of all forms. .
Why do we need physical activity in our lives?.
Physical activity and exercise helps tune the "human machine", our bodies.
Imagine a car constantly driven only to stop for fuel. It would be a client for all sorts.
of damage, rusting, oil leaking, dehydration and the chances are most likely it would die.
in the middle of the road not long after. This is what the body would be like if we didn't .
exercise at all. We would be and as a result of todays lifestyle many of us are, the.
perfect target to all kinds of diseases and infections.
For those of us who are carrier of some disease or illness we are still encouraged to.
exercise by our physicians if we have the strength to. This is to help make our organs,.
muscles, bones and arteries more efficient and better equipped to fight against the disease.
or illness. This is our way of counter attacking. And if we are still healthy then we.
reduce the chances of getting an illness or a disease. .
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND DIABETES (EPIDEMIOLOGY).
Recently insulin injections have become available to dependant patients.