For so many with Type 2 Diabetes, the thought of ending up in a diabetic coma is a worst case scenario. There is no question. Such a coma is a very serious situation. This often occurs as a result of one of three different causes: severe diabetic hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis in combination with other symptoms or hyperosmolar nonketonic coma. Each one involves different causes. The medical term diabetic coma is a general term used when someone comes up unconscious with diabetes. Modern medical staff knows what to look for to figure out what...
1/09/2014
Chronic hyperglycemia is the main characteristic of type 2 diabetes. This means that there is a high level of glucose (sugar) in the person's blood. Type 2 diabetes generally occurs in adults as they grow older. Obese or overweight people are at higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes.Type 2 is a result of insulin resistance. In this type of diabetes, a person's body cells are unable to use and manage insulin effectively. Insulin facilitates the entry of sugar into body cells so that it can be used as a fuel. This is more pronounced in the muscles...
1/08/2014
Signs of Diabetes in MenSigns of diabetes in men, you might think would be an easy subject. But from a man who has been diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes, it is clear that it is not that simple.It could be said that my own case study is a typical example of a man being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. My visit to the doctor was due to tiredness and chest discomfort, it was only after I was diagnosed that someone said that my breath had been smelling a bit sweet for a while so you might say that the latter could be listed as one of the signs of...
If you have diabetes and acid reflux, also called GERD, and you take medication to reduce acid there are some things you should know.A. There are health risks to taking GERD medications long termB. There is a good possibility you could control GERD with the right food and nutrition changesDid you know acid reflux medications could cause the following problems?1. Magnesium DeficiencyThere is also a strong association between low magnesium and insulin resistance, the main problem of type 2 diabetes. The FDA earlier this year released information...
Diabetes is deadly disease, it has now become very common disease and teenagers are too victims of it. Diabetes is a condition when there are high blood sugar levels in the blood, this due to stop in insulin production by the beta cells of pancreas or the cells not reacting with insulin produced.The former condition is known as type 1 diabetes and later condition is commonly known as type 2 diabetes. In type 1 beta cells are destroyed by autoimmune system of the body. Using genetic therapy we can stop autoimmune system of the body destroying beta...
1/07/2014
A few years ago, my sister was also diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. By that time, she had gone through years of steadily declining health -- nothing firm that you could have pointed to, but a continual feeling of being tired and run down. We thought it was because she was a mother of two young children. Eventually she decided to ask her doctor about it anyways, just in case is was something else. They ordered some blood tests and found out she was diabetic. She was only 35 when she was diagnosed.Her doctor explained that Type 2 diabetes was also...
Type 1 diabetes is also known as Diabetes Mellitus and Juvenile Onset Diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is when the body has attacked the pancreas, which contains the cells that produce the hormone called insulin. When the body does this, its natural ability to produce its own insulin is taken away; therefore, requiring the use of insulin injections usually for the remainder of their life.Insulin injections will be required at each meal time and at bed time. Most Type 1 diabetics take approximately 3-4 insulin injections per day. Diabetes Mellitus is a...
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