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What are signs of diabetes? Also if I have pancreas problems am I @ Risk?
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julia asked:
I know nothing about Diabetes. I’ve developed problems with my Pancreas in that I had 3 attacks of Pancreatitis last year and doc asked me to eat low fat and no alcohol for the rest of my life.
Am I at risk for diabetes, what are the signs?
I know nothing about Diabetes. I’ve developed problems with my Pancreas in that I had 3 attacks of Pancreatitis last year and doc asked me to eat low fat and no alcohol for the rest of my life.
Am I at risk for diabetes, what are the signs?
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February 16th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Acute (early) complications of pancreatitis include…high blood glucose.
The symptoms of diabetes and high blood sugar are being thirsty all the time, cotton mouth and not being able to satiate the thirst, using the bathroom very often, and feeling very tired.
February 16th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Syptoms of diabetes include:
Frequent *********
Excessive thirst
Extreme hunger
Unusual weight loss
Increased fatigue
Irritability
Blurry vision
(from, website of the American Diabetes Association)
If you have one or more of these symptoms, or are concerned that you might have diabetes, you should see your doctor, who can perform bloodwork to determine if you do. Whether you’re at risk or not, a healthy lifestyle will definitely help your health in the long run and minimize the potential risk, so you can’t go wrong with that. But, if you’re worried, you should really talk to your doctor and ask him/her this. You can also try this test:
Hope this helps!
February 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Diabetes Mellitus
Essentials of diagnosis.
(1) Usually gradual in adults but acute in children.
(2) Polyuria (excretion of excessive amount of urine) , intense thirst.
(3) Nocturia (void of urine at night).
(4) Polyphagia (excessive ingestion of food).
(5) Weight loss, weakness, lassitude.
(6) Pruritus valvae (itching of the external genitalia) in females, balanitis (inflammation of the glans penis) in males.
(7) Leg cramps, crops of boils, loss of libido (sexual urge) and impotence (partial or complete inability of the male to perform the sexual act or to achieve orgasm) in middle age.
(8) Blurring of vision may develop.
(9) High fasting blood sugar content >126 mg/dL.
(10) Urine may be positive for sugar.
Diabetes mellitus is impaired insulin secretion and variable degrees of peripheral insulin resistance leading to hyperglycemia. Early symptoms are related to hyperglycemia and include polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria. Later complications include vascular disease, peripheral neuropathy, and predisposition to infection. Diagnosis is by measuring plasma glucose. Treatment is diet, exercise, and drugs that reduce glucose levels, including insulin and oral antihyperglycemic drugs. Prognosis varies with degree of glucose control.(Merck)
Chronic pancreatitis is persistent inflammation of the pancreas that results in permanent structural damage with fibrosis and ductal strictures, followed by a decline in exocrine and endocrine function. It can occur as the result of chronic alcohol abuse but may be idiopathic. Initial symptoms are recurrent attacks of pain. Later in the disease, some patients develop malabsorption and glucose intolerance. Diagnosis is usually made by imaging studies such as ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound, or secretin pancreatic function testing. Treatment is supportive, with dietary modification, analgesics, and enzyme supplements. In some cases, surgery is helpful.
Please see the web pages for more details on Diabetes Mellitus and Pancreatitis.
February 18th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
your questions beg you to make an appointment with an endocrinologist. don’t listen to people like myself who have diabetes and know the classic signs. Better to get a hold of someone who can treat you. Diabetes is a slow killer and the ravages can lead to pain and suffering more than my answer can relate to you.
February 21st, 2009 at 8:57 am
Being frequently thirsty, being frequently hungry (feeling the need to munch on something all the time), and ****** frequently are tell-tale signs of diabetes.
Diabetes is simply having high levels of sugar in your blood. Due to lack of insulin (which are produced in the pancreas by what are called beta cells), the sugar is not readily absorbed into the body organs and remain in the blood.
A low-carbohydrate/low-sugar diet is prescribed so that you will not need much insulin to convert the sugar in your blood into something that can be used by other body organs for energy. Sometimes the failure to produce insulin is just partial, and so insulin is still produced but not in sufficient amounts so dieting will help. If the beta cells have totally failed and produce zero insulin, that is when the diabetic patient needs insulin injections daily.
Since your doctor prescribed a low fat diet, it is likely that your problem is not related to diabetes at all. The most common causes of pancreatitis are gall stones and excessive alcohol consumption.
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