Oral diabetes prescription drugs might help reduce the symptoms of diabetes together with bloodstream glucose quantities in anyone experiencing type 2 diabetes. These different kinds of drugs are usually made available to people suffering from diabetes type 2, alongside instructions with regards to making specific nutritional alterations together with exercising regularly. Several of these medicinal drugs are usually utilized with one another for...more
Diabetes care is a daily challenge that causes strain on relationships and can alter the way family members interact with each other. Even though young adults can be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, also identified as juvenile diabetes, it is generally diagnosed in children. Insulin is essential for the body to produce usable energy and with this type of chronic diabetes; the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin which processes glucose and...more
Charcot neuroarthropathy is a common cause of morbidity in persons with diabetes mellitus and sensory neuropathy. Although Charcot neuroarthropathy is a clinical diagnosis, recent advances in diagnostic imaging have eased the clinical challenge of deciphering infection from Charcot changes. Bone infections should be ruled out entirely before this can be said to be the diagnosis. Advances in surgical treatment have demonstrated new options for limb salvage. There are several proposed mechanisms, but mainly it is most acceptable to believe that uncontrolled or difficult to control diabetic blood sugar levels lead to nerve damage which allows numbness to replace sensation. This allows bones to break naturally over time which go unnoticed by the individual, and the bones become inflamed and eventually break down and collapse with extensive fractures and swelling. This is a simplified description of the deforming process of Charcot foot. In the recent past, the best treatments have been said to include below the knee amputations and cumbersome braces which need to be consistently maintained and refurbished. "Surgery on a diabetic is dangerous". This was a common theme which precluded...more
Diabetes is a highly prevalent disease across the world, in this condition the blood sugar levels of the patient increases drastically resulting in very less or no production of insulin. The human body needs a consistent supply of insulin and the only way a diabetic person can achieve it is through anti diabetic drugs.There are a few questions...more
One of the major causes of diabetes has been obesity. Obesity is the condition wherein the lifestyle of the individual renders the body overweight leading to many health issues. One of these health issues is the development of diabetes in the individual.Diabetes is the condition wherein the body develops a resistance to or produces low levels of...more
The daily regimen of a diabetic is pricking, placing a blood drop on a testing strip, putting the strip in a glucose monitor and looking at the reading. Depending on the reading, insulin may be needed or food ingested to increase blood sugar.This process may soon be part of history with the new technologies that are coming up in the horizon. Leading the charge are continuous glucose monitors, some of which are as follows:The GlucoWatch. This is a glucose monitoring system attached to the body like a wristwatch. The fluids on the skin are measured through the wrist attachment to give a reading of blood glucose levels underneath. The device though could not provide an accurate measure since fluids on the skin, be it produced by the body or not, was measured but not as accurately as required by diabetic users.The Continuous Glucose Monitor. In this system, a disposable needle like sensor is inserted under the skin of the abdomen. The sensor would measure glucose levels in tissue fluid, not actual blood. Every five minutes, the sensor sends data to a monitor every five minutes, giving the diabetic ample time to act on changing glucose levels swiftly. This quick monitoring system can...more
Curcumin is a phenolic acid that acts as the key component in the cooking spice turmeric. Studies have shown that it is a powerful antioxidant which can protect against free radicals (nasty by-products that are released into your body's cells during...more
Diabetes can be a disease where your blood glucose (sugar) levels are above normal. It outcomes from the inability of the glucose to get into your cells. As a result your cells are starving for their food (glucose). It would be like a starving...more
Extracting from the article published in The Straits Times, it is alarming that Last year, 11.3 per cent of the population had diabetes, up from 9 per cent in 2004, according to National Health Survey. Most sufferers have Type 2 diabetes- the kind...more
You should be aware that you could fall in the high risk category for type 2 diabetes if you are obese, prone to having high blood pressure or are a lazy couch potato. It is estimated that 9 out of 100 people that are over the age of 20 will develop...more
Si Pones la fruta en la lista de color negro de alimentos prohibidos para la diabetes, ests equivocado. Todava puedes disfrutar, de hecho, beneficia a su salud ya que la fruta aporta vitaminas, minerales y fibra a su dieta. Pero como en todo queridos...more
Diabetes Mellitus is a disease which affects millions of people all over the world and is a leading cause of death. Diabetes is caused when the body fails to produce and use insulin which is incredibly valuable for the human body. The body uses...more