3 questions frequently asked to the diabetes patients by the doctors?
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Three question asked by members of this board:\n\nWill you PLEASE go DO YOUR HOMEWORK SOMEWHERE ELSE?\nWill you PLEASE go DO YOUR HOMEWORK SOMEWHERE ELSE?\nWill you PLEASE go DO YOUR HOMEWORK SOMEWHERE ELSE?
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Diabetes often goes undiagnosed because many of its symptoms seem so harmless. Recent studies indicate that the early detection of diabetes symptoms and treatment can decrease the chance of developing the complications of diabetes.\n\nSome diabetes symptoms include:\n\nDiabetes Problem SolverFurther Reading . . .\nPinpoint the danger signs of diabetes-related trouble in 60 seconds or less with The Diabetes Problem Solver. Also, get symptoms, risks, course of action, treatment, and prevention information on a wide array of conditions. Check out more books on healthy living here.\n\n    * Frequent urination\n    * Excessive thirst\n    * Extreme hunger\n    * Unusual weight loss\n    * Increased fatigue\n    * Irritability\n    * Blurry vision
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You need to get your doctor to refer you to a diabetes nurse educator or endocrinologist (a doctor that specializes in endocrin diseases, which includes diabetes). He/she can explain your disease to you, and talk about the lifestyle changes you will need to make in order to prevent the complications of uncontrolled diabetes, like heart disease, gangrene and kidney failure. \nI have also included links to the American Diabetes Association, they will also have lots of  information. When it comes to diabetes, you cannot be too educated.\nGo out and buy a small notebook so you can jot down important information, and monitor your blood sugar levels in this diary.\nYou will need a high -protein, low carbohydrate diet. That means, cut out all sweets, sodas and candies. Limit starches (like potato chips, fries, etc), juices and fruits.\nI am sorry that they just dumped this on you and didn't take the time to explain. They are obligated to get you educated, so insist on a referral to a diabetes center.
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Ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist.
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Any doctor in internal medicine or family practice can measure your insulin levels.  Usually a blood sugar is drawn (bloodwork) and, if indicated, the doctor can then order a glucose tolerance test.
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Always pleased to further the resaerch into diabetes and it's effects. I have been diabetic for 10 years now and still struggle with the fact i have it. I thinl there should be some kind of couselling form newly diagnosed diabetics but... yeah send those questions on. joelle@melvern.co.uk
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There are some great answers for diabetics at the link below.
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The symptoms have been mentioned already: most common is thirst and urination, as a result of trying to satisfy the overwelming thirst.  You are borderline if your blood glucose is between 120 and 140.  If you go over 140 then you are diabetic.  "Normal" is 80 to 120 and that varies between individuals.  A simple blood glucose test will tell you what you need to know.  If you know anyone that has diabetes you can ask them to run the test on yourself and in less that one minute you will have your answer.  Blood glucose tests are usually done two hours after eating a meal.  If you get over 140 see a doctor, specifically an endocrinologist that deals with diabetic patients.\n\nGood luck.
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There was a time where the situation you just wrote about could have been my fiancee writing. I've been diabetic for about 10 years now, and am only starting to take care of it now.\n   I had a lot of difficulty accepting my diabetes, didn't want to conform to the restrictions it imposed on me, didn't want to take piles of medications every day, and thought that I was tough and could just ignore it.\n    You were right to threaten him with leaving. You will have a life of sacrifice tending to his medical needs because he has refused to take care of himself. Your man can look forward to deteriorating health as complications from the diabetes multiply. If he isn't aware of the terrible things that happen to untreated diabetic patients remind him that he is risking limb amputation, blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and other nasty side effects. \n    I hope for the both of you that he comes to his senses before it's too late. My doctor recently told me that my kidneys will begin failing in 2 years if I don't change things. I have decided to fight my diabetes, and even though that means medications and four injections a day, I am going to try to reverse the negative impact diabetes is having on me.\n     Stick to your guns and leave him if he doesn't want to take care of himself. You'll avoid a lot of suffering in the long run.
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The tests are to determine how much glucose there is a person's blood. Since this glucose level can change a lot in a short time, frequent testing is needed.\n\nIf glucose levels are too high or too low (hypERglycemia and  hypOglycemia, respectively) this can lead directly to problems like diabetic coma or indirectly contribute to things like microvascular damage to the eyes, the cause of eventual blindness in so many diabetics.\n\nAfter the blood glucose level is measured, usually with a home device called a glucometer, the person takes steps to bring to blood glucose level up or down so that it falls within normal range; that is, they act to restore normoglycemia. If it's too low, they can have a little snack, or in extreme cases, take a dose of concentrated sugar. If it's too high, they take a shot of insulin, a natural substance, manufactured by a healthy pancreas. Using insulin, the body can get the glucose out of the bloodstream by converting it glycogen, which is stored in the liver.
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There are many sources to look at.\n\nProbably the most user-friendly is from the American Diabetes Association.\n\nEnjoy.
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If you are doing a research paper, the first thing you need to distinguish is what type of diabetes you will be focusing on: type 1, type 2, or gestational.  Type 2 is much more prevalent, usually accounting for up to 90% of diabetes cases.  Next, you need to account for type 2 diabetes is largely underdiagnosed.\nThat being said, the Brownsville Herald article states that in 2001, 8% of the Rio Grande Valley population was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.  If the population was 978,369 in 2000, than that's approx. 68,500 people diagnosed.  Look at the CDC and diabetes.org for additional info.  Hope this helps!
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ask this question to a third doctor
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go to any physician and ask for a blood test for diabetes.
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Diabetes:\nWarning Signs\n\nBecause diabetes can cause serious complications, it's important to be on the lookout for signs that you may have diabetes. The symptoms of type 1 diabetes may include:\n\n    * Increased thirst.\n    * Increased hunger (especially after eating).\n    * Dry mouth.\n    * Frequent urination.\n    * Unexplained weight loss (even though you are eating and feel hungry).\n    * Fatigue (weak, tired feeling.\n    * Blurred vision.\n    * Headaches.\n    * Loss of consciousness (rare).\n\nType 2 diabetes is usually not diagnosed until complications have occurred. Most often, there are no symptoms or a very gradual development of the above symptoms. In fact, about a third of all people who have type 2 diabetes don't know they have it. When hyperglycemia occurs, the symptoms can be the same as those listed above.\n\nOther symptoms of type 2 diabetes may include:\n\n    * Slow-healing sores or cuts.\n    * Itching of the skin (usually around the vaginal or groin area).\n    * Frequent yeast infections.\n    * Recent weight gain.\n    * Velvety dark skin changes of the neck, armpit and groin, called acanthosis nigricans.\n    * Numbness and tingling of the hands and feet.\n    * Decreased vision.\n    * Impotency.\n\nIf you have any of these symptoms, contact your health care provider right away so you can get tested or screened. Even people with pre-diabetes can have the increased risk from heart disease seen in people with diabetes.\n\nLearn more about type 1 and type 2 diabetes.\nView the full table of contents for the Diabetes Guide.
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what did the doctor tell you?
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I'm not a doctor but have had diabetes for 38 years and know a bit about it. Blood sugar levels can be influanced by diet, exersise, stress, medications and a bunch more things. I would ask her doctor about any new meds she's taking and if they could raise her blood sugars. If she's taking medications for type 2 diabetes, make sure she takes them ontime and eats ontime and her regular diet. Doctors tell me to keep my blood sugars averaging below 160. Talk to her doctor and see what they think. Good luck.