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Understanding What Diabetes Is All About

November 20th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

If you’ve been recently diagnosed with this illness, or if you’ve have this condition for a while, understanding what diabetes is will help you become a more informed patient. Since this is an incurable medical condition, it’s important to receive proper treatment to minimize or eliminate the possibility of short-term or long-range complications. By increasing your knowledge of what diabetes is, you will be in a better position to live a longer and healthier life.

What Is Diabetes?

A simple definition of what diabetes is describes this disease as a chronic inability of the body to use sugar. Although many professionals in the medical field question the possible causes of diabetes, there has not been set forth a definitive reason why some people develop this illness. However, all agree that diabetes is what makes the specialized cells in the body to decrease or completely stop producing insulin. With the body unable to properly manage glucose levels, a wide range of complications may result. Since diabetes affects many vital organs in the body, it’s important to get medical help to manage this disease.

What Are the Symptoms?

Recognizing the symptoms of diabetes and seeking early medical help will minimize or stop certain complications of this disease. Common symptoms include excessive thirst with accompanying increased urination, weight loss and lack of energy. However, these signs may also be present in other illnesses, which is why a complete checkup with blood and urine analysis is in order. Although diabetes may manifest these symptoms, there are occasions where the disease is silent. If you have a family history of diabetes, it’s recommended that you have regular physical exams to determine if the disease is present or even if you are in a pre-diabetic stage. Conservative estimates say that for every person who has received a diagnosis of diabetes, there is another person who has this disease but is unaware of it.

Good News

Now that you understand what diabetes is and the possible complications, you may be feeling overwhelmed. Don’t’ despair; there is good news to tell. When the blood sugar level is kept at near normal figures, this will result in a major, positive effect on the body. The main problems associated with this illness, like eye, kidney, heart and nerve damage can be successfully prevented. Currently, there are a wide variety of methods and medications that can cause a diabetic to have a healthy life. But the first step is getting diagnosed early. After that, seek to understand what diabetes is, and how it affects every part of your body. This knowledge should give you the motivation to manage this disease successfully.

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Garlic Chemical Tablet Treats Diabetes I And II, Study Suggests - Science Daily (press release)

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UPDATE 1-Elixir Pharma's oral diabetes drug meets trial goal - Reuters

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Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes - U.S. News & World Report

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Getting Pregnant when you have Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes

November 19th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Getting Pregnant when you’ve Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes

There is no reason that you can not get pregnant and have a healthy baby because you are
diabetic.  But there are precautions and preparations that should be taken to provide a
healthy pregnancy for both you and your unborn baby.

Before you try to become pregnant, you should have a discussion with your physician to let
him or her know your plans.  They will review your medical history and give you advice
on the best way to proceed or if you should wait.

The reason you would be asked to wait is if your Hemoglobin A1C test results were high.  
Even though a reading of less than seven is considered good diabetic control it is better to
have a lower number (around six) for the ideal chance at a healthy begin.  The reason it is
so important to have good blood glucose control before you get pregnant is because of a
reduction in the chance of your baby being born with birth defects.

The first six weeks of pregnancy are when the baby’s internal organs are just starting to
form.  If they’re exposed to high blood sugar levels during this time it is highly likely
the baby will be born with birth defects or other complications.

But once you have the go ahead from the doctor to try and conceive you’ll still need
strict control over your diabetes.  Your insulin stipulations while you are pregnant are
going to increase as the placenta releases a hormone that can block insulin production.  If
you follow the diet provided by your doctor and remain healthy during your pregnancy
your insulin stipulations will most likely return to normal once the baby is born.

Mothers who have diabetes will still have regular pregnancies and can breast feed once
their babies are born.

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