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Necessary Supplies for Diabetics

July 21st, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

If you received a diagnosis of diabetes, there are several supplies you always need to have on hand. Many of these supplies can be found in local pharmacies or at online stores. Often, insurance companies or Medicare covers supplies that are necessary for diabetics. If you’re unsure of your coverage call your insurance representative and have your benefits explained. To properly manage and control diabetes, you will need to be stocked with the following supplies.

Diabetic Supply Kit

Diabetic supply kits may come with slightly different items, but there will be several essential things always included. Since managing this disease involves careful monitoring of your blood sugar level, alcohol swabs, a lancet and a glucometer will be present. Alcohol swabs will clean your skin thoroughly before taking a blood sample. This step may seem small, but it drastically lowers your chance of infection. The lancet is simply a sharp little tool that pierces the skin to produce a droplet of blood. Sometimes the kit offers lancets that prick the arm or the finger, depending on which area of the body is easier for the patient. The drop of blood is then placed on a strip that will be inserted into the glucometer. This device will determine the amount of sugar in the blood and display a number for the patient to see. Most glucometers have a built-in memory, which will better generate a daily, weekly or monthly view of average blood sugar readings. These readings will enable a diabetic to correcltly evaluate the amount of insulin needed to maintain optimum health.

Insulin, of course, is a necessary supply for diabetics, but this must be obtained from a doctor’s prescription. There are several ways to take insulin and if you need to inject it, your diabetes supply kit must contain syringes, needles or an insulin pump. It may be a good idea to ask your doctor or pharmacist about your individual needs.

Another way to monitor the sugar level in the body is by checking your urine. Therefore, urine test tablets and strips should be in the diabetes supply kit. Another condition that is common among diabetics is foot trouble, especially sores that don’t heal well and are prone to infection. Although diabetic shoes or shoe inserts may not be included in a supply kit for diabetes, if these items are important to you, they should be readily available. Perhaps the best supplies for diabetics include resources, which explain this disease and how to correctly monitor the blood sugar level. The glucometer should have clear instructions with target levels for “normal” blood sugar readings. There should also be directions on how to use the lancet and load the paper strip into the glucometer. While all of these steps may seem small, together they are vital in helping you manage diabetes.

 

 

 

Insulin Pump Pros and Cons… It's the Inside Story

July 21st, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

The Diabetes Forum is a great place to go for advice from others who have diabetes. This week, new member, Chika1, wonders how effective insulin pumps are at controlling blood…

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Types Of Diabetes

July 20th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Diabetes is a dreaded disease because there are numerous complications to this disease. Basically, this disease is caused by the malfunction of the beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans. These Islets of Langerhans are found in the pancreas and they are responsible for the production of insulin in our body.

Insulin is a hormone in our body that helps our body realize that it is well fed. This in turn will cause the muscles on our body and the liver to store glycogen from the basic glucose. The presence of insulin also causes the fat cells to receive blood lipids which are converted into triglycerides. Other than the functions mentioned above, insulin also has other anabolic functions in our body.

Types Of Diabetes

There are three basic types of diabetes and these are Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes. Among these three types of diabetes, gestational is the only one specific for women and for pregnancy. Type1 is formerly known as insulin dependent or juvenile onset diabetes and is the type where our own auto immune system destroys the beta cells in the pancreas. It is common for individuals under the age of forty years old and is often triggered by the individual’s diet, viruses and other chemicals that the person is genetically predisposed to.

Type 2 is the more common form of diabetes which affects almost everybody who has it. It is often triggered in people who have a family history of diabetes by poor diet, obesity, inactivity and high blood pressure. It is characterized by insulin resistance and deficiency of insulin in the body. This form of diabetes can be treated by proper diet and exercise along with lifestyle changes.

Gestational diabetes is triggered by the various hormonal imbalances that occur when a woman is pregnant. Of course, the pregnant woman would need to be genetically predisposed to it before it can affect her. Other factors that may trigger this form of the disease are advanced age and obesity. In most cases this condition is cleared up when the mother gives birth.

These three are the basic types or forms of diabetes. Other forms may occur when complications plague the individual with the disease. One thing that should be remembered about this condition is that it is triggered by many factors, almost all of which can be controlled by the individual. Once there is a history of this disease in your family take care to control your diet, weight and exposure to triggers.

 

 

 

Rotary Club of Tortola Fights Diabetes with $10000 Donation to … - Platinum News Online

July 20th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Rotary Club of Tortola Fights Diabetes with $10000 Donation to … Platinum News Online, British Virgin Islands - 8 hours ago Members of the Rotary Club of Tortola lost more than 150 pounds, and the BVI Diabetes Association gained $10000 at the conclusion of the Club’s 4th annual …

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Diabetes Statistics: India Is The Diabetic Capital Of The World

July 19th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

There are many worrying facts that are coming to light after you become aware of diabetes statistics including the fact that there is one person in the world dying of diabetes every ten seconds. Another fact that you will find worrying is the fact that there will be two new diabetic cases in the world being identified every ten seconds. And, what’s worse, these very same diabetes statistics tell us that by the year 2025, there will be as many as seven million new diabetic cases in the world.

Not Only The Rich That Are Affected

What’s more, in countries such as India, there are going to be as many as eighty percent of all diabetics from the entire world population concentrated there which makes India the diabetic capital of the world. Thus, these diabetes statistics show that the disease is not one that affects only the rich, though it is most likely to affect those with a sedentary lifestyle and who consume diets that are mainly unhealthy.

That is not to assume that countries like America are not badly affected by diabetes, because diabetes statistics sourced from the American Diabetes Association show that the United States has an estimated eighteen plus million diabetics, which accounts for as many as six plus percent of the entire world diabetic population.

Furthermore, diabetes is a disease that pays scant respect to the gender of the diabetic and another interesting diabetes statistics is that as many as a third of all diabetics are not even aware of the fact that they are in fact diabetic. However, these very same diabetes statistics show that persons of African American descent are about one and a half times more likely to be affected by diabetes than their White Caucasian counterparts and the same ratio also applies in the case of Latinos.

Furthermore, there are also enough diabetes statistics to show that Type 1 diabetes affects only children and the peak incidence of diabetes in children is during their puberty age, while Type 2 diabetes is found mostly in adults, though of late, there are increasingly and alarmingly, more children also being affected by Type 2 diabetes. And, the main reason why people become diabetes, according to available diabetes statistics is because they are either obese or overweight.

All said and done, diabetes is a very common condition that can cause untimely and early death, and was until recently the death signal for most patients, though with better treatment options available today, it can be controlled and thus is not as life threatening as it once was.

Easing Pain And Numbness Associated With Diabetes - Science Daily (press release)

July 19th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Easing Pain And Numbness Associated With Diabetes Science Daily (press release) - 7 hours ago ScienceDaily (July 19, 2008) — To ease pain and numbness associated with diabetes, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell physician-scientists are studying a … Stem Cells Heal Chronic Inflammation In The Gut Science Daily (press release) all 4 news articles

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