Archive for July, 2007
Diabetes Management In Travel
Monday, July 30th, 2007Your health professional can also prepare you for travel. Another resource is the International Travel Association. You may call the American Diabetes Association and get the number of a place in New York that will tell you the names and addresses of physicians in almost any part of the world. You can also find […]
Causes of Type 2 Diabetes
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007The cause of Type 2 diabetes is not as well understood. Two factors appear to be important in Type 2 diabetes. These are insulin resistance and insulin deficiency. There is a debate over which comes first, but the general consensus of the moment is that insulin resistance is the first factor. Type 2 diabetes […]
Gestational Diabetes
Thursday, July 19th, 2007Gestational diabetes develops during pregnancy and may revert back to impaired glucose tolerance or previous abnormality of glucose tolerance after the pregnancy is over. It is possible that this individual will progress to diabetes of either Type 1 or most commonly Type 2. Further testing is needed if the fasting blood, sugar level is […]
Causes of Type 1 Diabetes
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Type 1 diabetes is an inherited defect of the immune system triggered by an environmental stimuli. The problem may be in the on switch of the immune system in which the viral stimuli do not turn the system on. The virus is then allowed to penetrate the beta cell and cause its destruction. Conversely, […]
Diabetes Management In Pregnancy
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007For the pregnant woman with Type 1, Type 2, or gestational diabetes, there are certain changes in the body’s needs. Pregnancy has been called a “diabetogic state.” Pregnancy is stressful to the body, and anything that is stressful to the body results in the release of hormones that allow or cause the blood sugar […]
Cause of Diabetes
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Drugs such as steroids, Dilantin, and others may elevate the blood sugar through a variety of mechanisms. Certain other drugs, such as alloxan, streptozocin, and thiazide diuretics, are toxic to the beta cells of the pancreas and can cause diabetes. Certain syndromes (for example, Prader Willi, Down’s, Progeria, and Turner’s) may result in a […]
Types of Diabetes
Friday, July 6th, 2007Diabetes has been divided into three groups: Type 1, or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, in which insulin must be injected daily; Type 2, or insulin,resistant diabetes mellitus, in which insulin injection is usually not necessary; and secondary diabetes (due to pancreatic surgery or overactive glands, such as the pituitary or the adrenals). We are concerned […]
Secondary Types of Diabetes
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Secondary types of diabetes are due to a number of causes or states, such as injury to or surgical removal of the pancreas. Additional causes are associated with inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) or elevated plasma iron associated with an enlarged liver, pigmentation of the skin, and (frequently) cardiac failure. Hormonal diseases such as […]
Diabetes - What Kind of Diabetes Do You Have?
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Diabetes is not a single disease with a single cause. Rather, it is a collection of diseases, some more difficult to control than others. All forms of diabetes involve a hormone (body regulator) from the pancreas called insulin. If you have diabetes, either you lack insulin or the insulin you have is not doing […]