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type 2 diabetes symptoms

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Q: What are the symptoms of type 2 diabetes and how long could you have it before you realized?
I have read that in type 2 diabetes, the symptoms can be virtually non-existent, so how can you tell?

A: 3 words – Polyphagia, polydipsia, and polyuria. They mean to eat a lot, drink a lot, and pee a lot. Those are questions we are taught to ask patients to screen for diabetes. Other things DM II can do is cause nerve damage, kidney damage, and eye damage. It raises blood pressure and can increase your risk of heart attacks. Bad thing all around. To diagnose it see your doctor and get a fasting blood glucose level.

Q: I do not have diabetes but wondered if those of you who have type 2 have these symptoms?
Tingling and numb fingers and feet that get very hot and tingle at the same time?

What other symptoms do you also suffer from please?

Looking for info for a friend however but articles I’ve read never mention the toes, hands or fingers as a symptom of type 2 diabetes..

A: The tingling and burning can be symptoms, but are more often felt in those that have had diabetes for awhile. Diabetes (both types) can very often be genetic. Eating too much sugar or too many carbs does not cause diabetes, and you do not have to be overweight or underweight to have the disease. Other symptoms include
Constant thirst
Frequent urination
Sweet smelling urine
Constant hunger
Fatigue
Headaches
Irritability
Nausea or vomiting
Blurry vision
Leg cramps
Reoccurring yeast infection in women, itching penis in men
Frequent boils
Slow healing wounds
Itching of the body with no rash
Unexplained weight loss OR gain
Burning tingling sensations in hands, arms, feet, or legs.

Q: Please can I have lots of detailed symptoms of type 2 diabetes ASAP?
I would really appreciate it if you could give a list of various symptoms of type 2 diabetes ONLY and why you may get it. Thank you

A: Okay so you can get type 2 diabetes because of family history, environment, and being obese, or any combination of the three. Here is a list of syptoms.

* Increased thirst
* Increased hunger (especially after eating)
* Dry mouth
* Frequent urination
* Unexplained weight loss (even though you are eating and feel hungry)
* Fatigue (weak, tired feeling)
* Blurred vision
* Headaches
* Loss of consciousness (rare)

Other symptoms of type 2 diabetes may include:

* Slow-healing sores or cuts
* Itching of the skin (usually around the vaginal or groin area)
* Frequent yeast infections
* Recent weight gain
* Velvety dark skin changes of the neck, armpit and groin, called acanthosis nigricans
* Numbness and tingling of the hands and feet
* Decreased vision
* Impotency
there are no symptoms that are only type 2 because type one and two have alost identical symptoms.

Q: I fill most of the symptoms for Type 2 Diabetes, and my mum is not taking it seriously?
I am 14 and fill most of the symptoms, except obesity. I want to go for a blood test but my mum said I am being silly and the symptoms are vague. Help?

A: Diet with diabetes, especially, should take into account the amount of carbohydrates consumed by humans, because the carbohydrates, the main source of glucose and, consequently, the element of power, requiring insulin.

Q: What are the symptoms for diabetes type 2?
How do you know if you have and what diabetics should know if they have it?

A: Diabetes Type 2:

* Increased fatigue : Due to inefficiency of cell to metabolise glucose, reserve fat of body is metabolised to gain energy. When fat is broken down in the body, it uses more energy as compared to glucose, hence body goes in negative calorie effect, which results in fatigue.
* Polydipsia : As the concentration of glucose increases in the blood, brain receives signal for diluting it and in its counteraction we feel thirsty.
* Polyuria: Increase in urine production is the result seen when excess of glucose is present in body. Body tries to get rid of the extra sugar in the blood by excreting it through the urine. This can also lead to dehydration because excreting the sugar which carries a large amount of water out of the body along with it.
* Polyphegia : The hormone insulin is also responsible for stimulating hunger. In order to cope up with high sugar levels in blood, body produces insulin which leads to increased hunger.
* Weight flactuation : Factors like loss of water (polyuria), glucosuria , metabolism of body fat and protein may lead to loss of weight. Few cases may show weight gain due to increased appetite.
* Blurry vision : Hyperosmolar hyperglycemia nonketotic syndrome is the condition when body fluid is pulled out of tissues including lenses of eye, which affects the ability of lenses to focus resulting in blurry vision.
* Irritability : It is one of the sign of high blood sugar because of the inefficient supply of glucose to brain and other body organs, which makes us feel tired and uneasy.
* Infections : Certain signals from the body is given whenever there is fluctuation of blood sugar (due to suppression of immune system) by frequent infections of fungal or bacterial like skin infection or UTI (urinary tract infection).
* Poor wound healing : High blood sugar resists the flourishing of WBC, (white blood cell) which are responsible for body immune system. When these cells do not function accordingly, wound healing is not at good pace. Secondly, long standing diabetes leads to thickening of blood vessels which may affect proper circulation of blood in different body parts.

. What to do is exercise at least 30 min. a day.
Plus a low Glycemic Diet.

Here is a list of 2,480 food with their index and load.
http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
The load is the more important.

Kitty

Q: I go to the restroom alot and get thirsty alot but I’m not sure if I have the symptoms for type 2 diabetes?
I’m about 10-15 pounds overweight. but I’m not sure if i have type 2 diabetes. How can I know if I have type 2 diabetes.

A: it sounds like you are i was diagnosed two weeks ago and i went to the doctor and said
im thirsty alot
im going to the bathroom alot espeacially at night
my eyes arent as sharp
and im sweating alot
we did a few simple test and found out i am type 2 diabetic
i am now on metformin and i feel a world of better
ask your doctor for an 1c test,that tells what your bllod sugars have been for the last 3 months and that opens a few doors
any questions email me

Q: What are some diseases that have the same symptoms of diabetes type 2?

A: symptom: polyuria
Diabetes mellitus*
Fluid overload*
Drug reaction
Hypercalcemia*
Diabetes insipidus*
Psychogenic polydipsia
Anxiety
Chronic renal failure
Sickle cell anemia

symptom: polyphagia
Depressive disorder
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety
Bulimia nervosa
Pregnancy
Diabetes mellitus*
Diabetic ketoacidosis*
Drug reaction
Hypothalamic obesity

symptom: weight loss
Dietary and exercise factors
Depressive disorder
Gastroenteritis
Eating disorders
Anxiety
Hyperthyroidism
Alcohol abuse
Recreational drug abuse
Diabetes mellitus type 1*
Tuberculosis
Bipolar disorder
Chronic infection
Peptic ulcer
Inflammatory bowel disease
Giardiasis
Lymphoma
Malignancy
Malabsorption
Celiac disease
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Addison’s disease
Intestinal parasites
AIDS
Amebic dysentery
Liver failure
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Pheochromocytoma
Polyarteritis nodosa
Manic phase of manic depression

This’ll keep you busy for a while. If you really want to know if you have DMII, you should see your doctor.

Q: type 2 diabetes symptoms please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
please help

i think i might have type 2 diabetes im age 15
please answer my other ones thanks

A: why do you think you have diabetes?

type II is a mature onset and at 15 thats rather young, although with high incidences of obesity younger people are getting it.

Type 1 is insulin dependant diabetes and your age is nearer for getting that

here are the most common symptoms

Polydypsia – excessive thirst, you drink a lot more than usual as you have a raging thirst

polyuria – you pass a lot more urine than normal, and you wake at night to do so too

tiredness – you have no energy and want to sleep a lot

abdominal pain

weight loss

mood swings

if you feel there is a chance that you have all of these symptoms then seek medical advice immediately

Q: Friend did a 12 hour fast blood test, numbers were good, but still exhibits symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes, why?
My friend is an overweight middle age male who occasionally experiences symptoms of thirst and swolen numb-tingling feet. He also had a weird little rash on one leg recently and also suffered from inexplicably sore neck muscles, light-headedness, as well as feelings of fatigue and depression. He did a 12 hour fasting blood test the other day and the report said all his numbers were in the average to good range. What gives? He’s showing a lot of the symptoms that someone with Type 2 Diabetes would show.

A couple years ago his glucose level was high, so he went on a diet, lost 30 pounds, and the doctor said he was fine after he lost the weight. The doc also said he was never diabetic at that time but glucose intolerant. However, he also said the cheque was in the mail for future problems with diabetes if he didn’t continue to lose weight and exercise regularly. He put on a few pounds since then, had a minor heart attack in June, but made a full recovery.

He never experienced any symptoms of diabetes other than numb swolle feet when he was first told his sugar levels were high. His doctor told him once he lost a lot more weight the feeling would return to his feet and the feet would stop swelling too. The doctor at that time thought the numb, tingling, swelling feet was more of a case of poor circulation because of vericose veins as opposed to any sign of sugar diabetes. Agan, any ideas?

Now, he tells me the symptom of pangs of thirst never happened to him before. What do you think? In the last 2 weeks he has eliminated sugar from his diet, is exercising and is eating only nutritious foods. He says he feels a lot better but once in a while the thirst creeps up and the tingling numb feet (they are no longer swollen when he exercises) come back occasionally. I’m taking him back to the doctor next week, but I’d like some information from those of you who might have some ideas of what is going on here before I speak to his doctor. Thanks.

A: There are several variations of type 2 diabetes, the fasting test does not screen for all of them. He should ask for a OGTT Oral Glucose Tolerance Test, it starts as a fasting test, then he drinks a 75 mg drink. They will then test several times over the next 2-3 hours to see how his body handles the glucose load. If you have access to a glucose meter, test him after eating a crab heavy meal, at one and two hours after eating.

Also what he needs to do is reduce and watch his carb intake, sugar is one carb, there are several others he needs to watch for. White foods, flour, bread, potatoes, rice, milk, bakery goods, bagels and pasta are all carbs that need to be eaten in moderation. The problem is what is usually sold as a “healthy diet” is not healthy for diabetics.

Q: What are 3 symptoms of type 2 diabetes in children?

A: Hi there! I saw your question and wanted to let you know the answer. Type 2 diabetes (also called “adult onset diabetes”) used to be rare in children, but it seems these cases are on the rise. The two types of diabetes are really very different diseases. Briefly:

Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age, but it usually develops in people under the age of 30. It is also called insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile onset diabetes. It is a lifelong disease, and they don’t know what causes it to develop. Symptoms are usually severe and occur rapidly. In this disease, the cells of the pancreas produce little or no insulin. Insulin is the hormone that allows glucose (sugar) to enter body cells so that they can use the glucose for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose builds up in the bloodstream instead of going into the cells. The body is unable to use this glucose for energy, despite high levels in the bloodstream. This leads to many problems and eventually begins to kill nerve cells, causing blindness, heart problems, and pains throughout the body. Symptoms of Type I are increased hunger, frequent urination, and excessive thirst. Within 5 to 10 years, the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas are completely destroyed and the body can not longer produce insulin. The person must then inject insulin, or their body will deteriorate rapidly and they can die quickly.

Type 2 diabetes usually develops in middle age or later. The typical Type 2 Diabetes patient is overweight, although not always. Symptoms usually have a gradual onset. Type 2 diabetes is associated with insulin resistance, rather than the lack of insulin (which is a characteristic of Type 1 diabetes). Insulin resistance is a hereditary tendency. Insulin levels are usually normal or higher than average, but the body’s cells respond sluggishly to insulin. This lack of insulin activity results in higher than normal blood glucose levels. Symptoms are being overweight, feeling tired, frequent urination/thirst, infections that are slow to heal, and sometimes rashes. Many health care providers believe that our Type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease. Yes, the genetic predisposition is there, but our “modern” refined diet, lack of exercise, and too much fats and empty carbs are certainly culprits in pushing people toward developing Type 2 diabetes.

Exercise, proper diet (avoiding sugar and white flour and eating more low-starch vegetables and high-fiber foods), and losing weight can often turn Type 2 diabetes around completely. This kind of turn-around is not usually possible with Type 1 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes in children is more rare but does happen. Children with Type 2 diabetes are usually overweight or obese. They will show unusually high levels of insulin in the blood after eating carbohydrates. This will be followed by a spike in blood sugar. Many children develop a skin problem called acanthosis, which is characterized by velvety, dark colored patches of skin. With exercise, proper diet, and weight loss, Type 2 diabetes in a child can actually be cured, or at least greatly improved.

First thing to do would be to take the child to a doctor, who can correctly determine if the child has diabetes or not. The doctor can refer you to a nutritionist who can help plan a good diet for the child to reduce symptoms and help with weight loss, if needed. And exercise will be key, also.

Keeping a positive attitude helps in overcoming any disease or affliction! If you know a child with diabetes, be supportive, loving, kind, patient, and positive. Stress can have a strong impact on diabetes becoming worse, so the child needs to feel loved, cared for, and supported with positive emotions.

Best of luck! And thanks for your interesting question…

Q: Diabetes? What are the symptoms of type 2? + alcoholism?
In a nutshell, I suspect that I may have type 2 diabetes. I know that the symptoms include frequent urination, thirst, and often tiredness; but I have also been lightheaded lately- to the point of almost passing out. I am an alcoholic, which is bad all around; I know this. BUT, I generally have very good eating habits. I eat square meals every time I eat, to be sure that I get the recommended amount of fruits and veggies, and whole grains, etc. I have also heard that excercise helps control type 2 diabetes, and I excercise 2-4 times a week- pretty intensely. I guess what my question would be is: I’m not sure if the symptoms I’m experiencing are due to the drinking, or to diabetes. Is there a way to distinguish between the two, aside from getting a blood glucose test? I don’t really have the money to see a doc right now, and I basically do every thing else right except for drinking, so I am trying to figure out a way to distinguish between the two.

A: parkermb is right…you sound like you want to avoid MD.
You need fasting blood tests…get a comprehensive blood test…ask for liver function panel & kidney function.

Diabetics are also sometimes depressed in mood.

As for your alcoholism problem it sounds like you know it, but want to minimize it as a problem so you don’t need to stop… drinking will make diabetes & kidneys worse.

The only way to distinguish between the 2 without going to the MD is to stop drinking & see if symptoms go away.
However I get the feeling that’s not an option for you.

If I may: call Intergroup or AA in your area & go to a group…if you don’t like 1 group try another. Another option is to get into therapy with a professional social worker or psychologist to talk about what keeps you drinkng.

I really wish you the best.

Q: What are the symptoms of type 2 diabetes?

A: The diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is becoming increasingly common in U.S. kids and teens, especially in those who are overweight. Some studies report that between 8% and 45% of children who’ve been newly diagnosed with diabetes have the form known as type 2.

Diabetes is a chronic condition that needs close attention, but with some practical knowledge, you can become your child’s most important ally in learning to live with the disease
About Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose, the main type of sugar in the blood.

Our bodies break down the foods we eat into glucose and other nutrients needed to fuel bodily functions, which are then absorbed into the bloodstream from the gastrointestinal tract. The glucose level in the blood rises after a meal and triggers the pancreas to make the hormone insulin and release it into the bloodstream. But in people with diabetes, the body either can’t make or respond to insulin properly.
Insulin works like a key that opens the doors to cells and allows the glucose in. Without insulin, glucose can’t get into the cells (the doors are “locked” and there is no key) and so it stays in the bloodstream. As a result, the level of sugar in the blood remains higher than normal. High blood sugar levels are a problem because they can cause a number of symptoms and health problems.

About Type 2 Diabetes
The two types of diabetes are type 1 and type 2. Both cause blood sugar levels to become higher than normal but do so in different ways.

Type 1 diabetes (formerly called insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes) occurs when the immune system attacks and destroys the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin. Kids with type 1 diabetes need insulin to help keep their blood sugar levels within a normal range.
Type 2 diabetes (formerly called non-insulin-dependent diabetes) is different. Unlike someone with type 1 diabetes, a person with type 2 diabetes still produces insulin but the body doesn’t respond to it normally. Glucose is less able to enter the cells and do its job of supplying energy (this is called insulin resistance). This causes the blood sugar level to rise, making the pancreas produce even more insulin. Eventually, the pancreas can wear out from working overtime to produce extra insulin and may no longer be able to produce enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels normal.
People with insulin resistance may or may not develop type 2 diabetes — it all depends on whether the pancreas can produce enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels normal. Repeatedly high blood sugar levels are a sign that a person has developed diabetes.

Kids and teens with type 2 diabetes use diet, exercise, and medicines that improve the body’s response to insulin to control their blood sugar levels. Some may need to take insulin shots or use an insulin pump, too.
Who Gets Type 2 Diabetes?
Although no one knows for certain what causes type 2 diabetes, there seems to be a genetic risk. In fact, it’s estimated that 45% to 80% of affected kids have at least one parent with diabetes and may have a significant family history of the disease. In some cases, a parent may be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the same time as the child.

Most people who develop type 2 diabetes are overweight. Excess fat makes it harder for the cells to respond to insulin. And being inactive further reduces the body’s ability to respond to insulin. In the past, doctors called this type of diabetes adult-onset diabetes because it almost exclusively affected overweight adults. Today, that description is no longer accurate. More kids and teens are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, probably because more kids and teens are overweight.

Certain ethnic groups also tend to be more prone to developing type 2 diabetes, including people of Native American, African American, Hispanic/Latino, or Asian/Pacific Island descent. Also, kids in puberty are more likely to develop the disease than younger kids, probably because of normal rises in hormone levels that can cause insulin resistance during this stage of rapid growth and physical development.
Signs and Symptoms
The symptoms of type 2 diabetes aren’t always obvious and they can take a long time to develop. Sometimes, there are no symptoms. It’s important to remember that not everyone with insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes develops these warning signs, and not everyone who has these symptoms necessarily has type 2 diabetes.
•urinate frequently. The kidneys respond to high levels of glucose in the blood by flushing out the extra glucose in urine. Kids with high blood sugar levels need to urinate more frequently and in larger volumes.
•drink a lot of liquids. Because they’re peeing so frequently and losing so much fluid, they can become very thirsty and drink a lot in an attempt to keep the levels of body water normal.
•feel tired often because the body can’t use glucose for energy properly.
Sometimes, kids and teens wi

Q: Are these symptoms of type 2 diabetes and if these are present is it certain?
1. Shortness of breath
2. Itchiness/irritation of genitals

A: You look as though you are panicking in case you are diabetic? it is not an illness it is a condition. I was recently told I was type 2 diet controlled and didn’t have any of those symptoms, your sound more like an allergy.

Q: I think I may have symptoms of type 2 diabetes?
I’m worried that I may be suffering from a symptom of type 2 diabetes. In the last week I have developed cysts on the bottoms of my feet and hands. The cysts are not inflamed with any redness, and they drain a clear or pink fluid (same fluid mixed with a bit of blood perhaps). The cysts on my hands are quite small but numerous, and the cysts on my feet are enormous.
The only description I could find for this type of thing online is that it is a rare symptom of type 2 diabetes. I’m 25 years old, male, of Scandinavian descent, and I have a slim build. I suspect diabetes because I have been drinking a lot of liquor in the past year. Does anybody know more about the cysts on my hands and feet and if it may be related to type 2 diabetes?

A: It doesn’t sound like diabetes to me. But the thing is, the symptoms are different for everyone, and also for any of the symptoms of diabetes there may be many other causes. So when a doctor suspects diabetes he orders a whole range of tests for several other things.

I would definitely go to a doctor.

Q: Is losing weight a symptom of TYPE II Diabetes? not type 1. Type 2?
i peed a lot
i used to be thirsty alot

and then 3 weeks later these symptoms disappeared (went away)

the funny thing is i’m not even overweight and i’m NOT LOSING WEIGHT.

these symptoms are not present anymore//

now i just want to know if type 2 diabetes symptoms include losing weight?

OK THX appreciate it

A: hi you
weight loss is common to both types of diabetes and you dont have to be over weight to be a diabetic as diabetes can hit anyone at any time if you have any worries in this area i would see my doctor about getting the test done as diabetes even doe your fit and healthy can be missed

type 2 diabetes mellitus

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Read and learn more about type 2 diabetes mellitus. For more, visit the Diabetes website DiabetesFAQ.org

Q: Is diabetes mellitus type 2 the same thing as diabetes type 2?
help, please . im a nursing student … a new one.. and trying to do some paperwork in someone who has diabetes type 2. i keep finding stuff that comes up diabetes mellitus type 2…is it the same thing as regular diabetes type 2???? i’m confused.

A: yes

Q: what are the normal blood glucose levels for a person with diabetes mellitus type 1 & 2?
normal blood glucose levels for an average perso n is approximately 90mg/100ml. can anyone tell me the BGL for a person with diabetes mellitus?

A: There are various methods to determine blood glucose level. Some tests give you accurate diagnosis of diabetes or pre-diabetes, while others will tell you how well you are managing your diabetes.

Fasting Blood Sugar Test:
Measures the blood sugar level after 8 hours fast or overnight. Normal fasting blood glucose level is less than 100mg/dl. If your fasting blood glucose level is from 100mg/dl to 125mg/dl then you will have impaired blood glucose level also known as Pre-Diabetes. If your blood glucose level is above 125mg/dl then your doctor will diagnose as a patient of diabetes. To confirm the diagnosis, your doctor may repeat the fasting blood glucose test on any other day. If you have blood glucose level of 126mg/dl or higher in two consecutive tests, then you may have diabetes. If you have blood glucose level greater than 200mg/dl and you have symptoms of diabetes like increased thirst or hunger, frequent urination, weight loss, blurred vision etc, then you may be diagnosed with diabetes mellitus without confirming it with second test.

Random Blood Glucose Test:
Random blood Glucose test gives your blood sugar at any time in a day. Normal random blood sugar level should be less than 200mg/dl. If your random blood glucose level is between 140mg/dl to 200mg/dl then you will have pre-diabetes.

Oral glucose tolerance test
This test measures your response to sugar. First we measure fasting blood glucose level, and then glucose solution is given, after that we measure blood glucose after 1 hour and 2hours. A normal blood glucose level after an oral glucose tolerance test is less than 140 mg/dL. Level between 140 mg/dL to 199 mg/dL suggests pre-diabetes. A blood glucose level of 200 mg/dL or higher two hours after you drink the glucose solution may suggest that you have diabetes mellitus.

Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test
This test is not for diagnosing diabetes, but it shows you how well you have controlled your sugar in last 2 or 3 months. Normal value is less than 7%, however if it is more than 7 then you and your doctor should think of changing your treatment of diabetes.

Always Remember, your blood glucose measurement alone is not enough to differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Your doctor may do some other tests to find out which type of diabetes you have.

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Q: how is diabetes mellitus type 2 associated with obescity?
i would like to know the effect that extra fat has on the metabolism of glucose.

A: Because the extra fat is pushing on the pancreas making it hard to work, so you become resistant to the insulin. Then the insulin isn’t there to lower your sugar so it gets all outa whack.

Q: statistics for diabetes mellitus type 2 in childrens of arabian gulf countries?
statistics for diabetes mellitus type 2 in childrens of developing arabian gulf countries (chart)

A: Finding a chart for NIDDM in children for that area is going to be next to impossible. Suffice to say, you might be able to derive some useful info from this study:

http://darwin.nmsu.edu/~molbio/diabetes/disease.html

Bear in mind that NIDDM is increasing in all countries and all age groups where the population is adopting the western style of living…. eating crappy prepared foods and sitting around watching TV. Also bear in mind that in civilizations that adhere to the old world way of life, natural foods and high physical activity levels, don’t know what type two diabetes is.

All one has to do is look at the diets and daily activity levels of the various populations around the globe. India, in particular is an interesting study. Read this:

http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/18/stories/2004041803250500.htm

It’s the lousy food and lack of activity, folks.

Q: Is it right to consume honey while I have diabetes mellitus type 2?
sugar is strictly forbidden for diabetes patients but some alternative medicine mix honey to their medicine

A: Count your carbs as usual.

Q: other causes of diabetes mellitus type 2?
anyone knows what are the other causes of diabetes mellitus type 2 besides food and diet?

A: Do you mean, what else can cause a person to have type 2 diabetes besides having a poor diet?

Being fat, heavy, obese.
Lack of exercise.
Genetic predisposition (look up MODY mature onset diabetes of the young)
Ethnic makeup (indian, native american, hispanic)
Age.

You don’t have to be fat, not exercise, or eat a poor diet to get type 2 diabetes. Genetics plays a big role. I have known many fat, couch potatoes who have never had a sugar problem. They may be at risk for it, but never get it. Same thing with cancer. Not all smokers get lung cancer, and not everyone who gets lung cancer, smokes (like Dana Reeve).

Here is my brief experience with diabetes: My great-grandma was a Sioux indian off the reservation. My mother has had diabetes since 30. She has always been on insulin. She was a little chunky, but on fat. Her sugars can go up very high. She was just hospitalized this year with a sugar of 1420. My uncle died from complications of diabetes at 45. He was obese. I had gestational diabetes 3x. I was a size 2-4 when I failed my diabetes test. I had asked to be tested early (at 12 weeks instead of 26 weeks) because of my family history. The doctors told me I couldn’t possibly have it. They told me “Your thin, not old, and active. You couldn’t possibly have it.” I insisted. They gave me the test. I was right and they were wrong. I ‘ve had two 9 lb., one 10 lb., and one 11 lb. baby. Three of the babies were one week early.

Genetics play a big role.

Q: How does type 1 diabetes mellitus differ from type 2 diabetes mellitus?

A: Gary B said it nicely, but I would like to add and correct a few things:

Type 1. The pancreas is working just fine for a diabetic (for the most part) and only the Beta cells are destroyed by ones own immune system. That can be from various causes (I for example got that as a chickenpox complication). The risk for immediate death isn’t all that high and you will 100% notice the increase of BG levels in time to act on it due to excessive thirst and urination followed by puking, headache and sweating.

Type 2 makes insulin like normal, but it’s either not enough for fat or the organism becomes somewhat resistant to insulin and cannot use it effectively on it’s own. That is treated by medicine that boosts the organisms insulin intake. You can get it from obesity and lack of exercise or sometimes in old age. This can also evolve into a insulin dependant type 2 diabetes.

Q: Is too much sugar directly responsible for diabetes mellitus type 2?
To avoid sugar after the onset of diabetes mellitus is well known… but could avoiding sugar before the onset of the disease reduce the occurence of the disease… if so whats the pathophysiology….

A: No, too much sugar is NOT responsible for diabetes. And after the onset of type 2 it is important to reduce carbohydrates, sugar just happens to be one. It is just as important to watch how much rice or potatoes or white bread or milk is consumed as it is sugar.

Also “Fully” needs to work on her facts and stop going to “that place where all the people go that know nothing about diabetes” because her “facts” are wrong! She may be a type 1 diabetic but that does not make her an expert on diabetes.

Type 2 is a type of diabetes mellitus and is not brought on by bad diet, obesity, lifestyle etc, but is a genetic or hereditary disease.

Q: What does obesity have to do with diabetes mellitus type 2 and why ?

A: Obesity is a sign that you’ve had “metabolic syndrome” for too long and that you’re overworking your endocrine system which causes excess fat storage and “insulin resistance”. For those who are genetically susceptible, you can become type two diabetic as a result. FYI, you don’t have to be obese to become type two diabetic. You do have to eat a lot of crappy food, though. It’s a bit more complicated than that and if you’re really interested, you can read the articles in the source box below:

Q: what is the different of treatment between diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2?
pharmacology and non-pharmacology… thanks…

A: Diabetes 1 your body produces no insulin and you must take insulin to keep your blood sugar under control (diet, excercise and oral hypoglycemics will sometimes be given to help control sugars).

Diabetes 2 your body does not produce enough insulin so treatment is aimed at helping your body control sugar … start by controlling diet, then add oral hypoglycemics (metformin, glyburide, avandia etc…) and insulin only if necessary.

HbAic test to see wether treatment is helping with longterm sugar control.

Hope this helps,

Q: Several plants are used for controlling diabetes mellitus type 2.Which are the top two plants effective?
The common plants used are:bittermelon,gymnema,tinospora,margosa,ivy guard,holy fruit tree,pomegranate,holy basil,barmuda grass.indian pennywort,fenugreek etc,Which are the top two plants effective in controlling diabetes melitus type 2

A: Unfortunately, plants will not cure or treat diabetes.
You need medication, diet and exercise to treat diabetes.
Nothing will cure it.
Come out of the garden and go to a doctor.

Good luck.

Q: What’s the latest news on Diabetes Mellitus Type 2? When do you subject your kids for testing for diabetes?
At age 40, i suffered from blurred vision and since this condition is very dangerous (i commute to and from work every day). I went to a doctor and was made to undergo test. It’s at this point when i was told that i am a diabetic. It has been 3 years and taking medications has been a part of my daily routine since then. I have been very good in following my doctor but i wish to gain more updates on my ailment. I also hope there is someone who can advise on the chance of my kids inheriting diabetes (i have two kids – boys 12 and 7 y/o)

A: He’s an answer I did not copy and paste from the Internet.

Your children will have a higher risk or Type II diabetes because it is in their family. But it can be avoided by them if they maintain healthy eating habits and stay active. They should also avoid excessive drinking later in life. They should not be at risk now unless they are obese. Type II is on the rise with our youth because of the electronic babysitter and over indulgence of junk food and soda. If you teach your children proper eating habits now they can carry that through as adults and they will be fine. Type II runs in my family – 2 uncles and my grandfather. As long as the rest of us stay active and eat healthy we will be fine.

Good luck to you and your family.

Q: How LADA is misdiagnosed as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus?

A: Patients with LADA may lack some of the type 2 diabetes symptoms. These could include age, obesity, and the difficulty in achieving glycaemic control using standard oral hypoglycaemic agents. If these are lacking from diagnosis, it is quite possible that the patient has LADA. LADA is more typical of the immune markers common to type 2 diabetes, yet in its early stages does not require insulin.

Patients in the early stages of LADA may also lack ketoacidosis symptoms. However, there may be a more rapid progression to requiring insulin amongst LADA patients when compared to normal type 2 diabetics. LADA patients share features common to both type 1 and type 2 diabetics.

Much more info in link.

Q: i’m not going to lie, i need homework help on the genetic basis of diabetes mellitus type 2?
i need to collect some data and i need 2 good resources. if anyone can help, that would be great.

thanks

A: Try this article.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/431055/insulin_obesity_and_exercise_relationships.html

Q: what is the connection of diabetes mellitus type 2 to community acquired pneumonia?
community acquired pneumonia

A: The immune system of diabetic patients is a little impaired, leaving them susceptible to infections and they have poorer circulation than average, making it harder for them to send white blood cells into an area to fight infection and send red cells, sugars and amino acids into an area for repair and rebuilding.

type 2 diabetes diet

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Read and learn more about type 2 diabetes diet. For more, visit the Diabetes website DiabetesFAQ.org

Q: how can an unbalanced diet lead to type 2 diabetes?
what type if diet do you need to have to get type 2 diabetes?
what does the diet consist of?

A: This is part of the problem with diabetes people misunderstand the information given out and the mistakes are then quoted as facts. An unbalanced diet does not lead to type 2 diabetes as such. What it does is increase the risk of somebody who is predisposed genetically to the disease.

Q: type 2 diabetes diet??
Hello,
My brother just got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure and he is on medication for both. nobody in out immediate family has had any of this before so hes the first one so nobody really knows what type of diet he should have.
does anyone know where i can find a list of foods its ok for him to eat with type 2 diabetes?
also hes a truck driver so hes always on the road so it will be hard for him to eat home cooked meals.

we were thinking he should not go to Fast food places that have a drive thru that he should go to resturants kinda like.

A: www.calorieking.com is a fabulous web site with nutritional information.
What he can or can not eat depends on the way that he is being treated. Does he take oral meds? insulin? diet control only?
He really should ask for a referral to spend a little time with a nutritionist to understand his restrictions. Also, many fast foods are more of a problem in the fat and salt departments than carbohydrates. The sodium could be a major contributing factor to his hypertension.

Q: Low Carbohydrate diet for type 2 diabetes?
How do people feel about a low carb diet with type 2 diabetes.
i am on it and have lowered my blood glucose level but the information is confusing as doctors say you simply need a healthy diet and those with diabetes say low carb diet is the answer to bg control.
any comments welcome.

A: Low carb is the answer to sugar levels in the blood. The Glycemic index is the best guide for low carbs . The best index available is :

http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.

The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn’t tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food’s effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn’t a lot of it, so watermelon’s glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.

Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.

Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index–where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The “Serve size (g)” column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney’s Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4.

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Q: Can you help with a diet sheet for type 2 diabetes?
I am not diabetic, but my chemotherapy & steroids have upset my sugar levels – high sometimes 29.5 low 3.1! I’ve been put on slow release Metformin to try and control it. I keep asking what I should and should not eat, but I keep being told – just eat a healthy diet! I already do and obviously there’s more I need to know. I knew someone once with Type 2 and he used to have to eat a sandwich at a certain time of day and avoid certain foods. Please help – it’s bad enough trying to survive Stage 4 bowel cancer which has now spread to both my lungs and my liver, and the Deep Vein Thrombosis I get as a side effect of the chemo, so I should be pig sick to die of Type 2 Diabetes and the side effects!!

Help! and Thanks.
JUDY A – yes it’s true, I do have all those problems! but I made 67 in November so that’s good. Diagnosed with Bowel Cancer Stage 3 in June 2002, had chemo and it went away until some time in the summer of 2005. Scan in September discovered at least 5 tumours across both lungs and one in my liver – had chemo from November 2005 to June 2006, then time off, but a few more arrived in my lungs during the time off, so started another course of chemo in October [another 6 months] I feel fine, just needed help to do the right thing with the sugar problem. Thanks for your info – sounds just like the man I knew years ago – who always had a sandwich in his bag incase he reached a certain time! Hope you read this!

A: i,v had diabetes for 48 years now they no longer give diet sheets out you just have to carefully on how much and how often you eat
1, breakfast
2, small snack : 2 biscuits(plain)
3,lunch
4,small snack
5,tea, dinner
6,small snack
eat little and often,1,3,5 are the main intake of food,do not go over board with these AND NOT TO MUCH CAKES OR SWEETS a little of these in small
portion ,i.e cake in normal cake cases are fine ,DO NOT FORGET you need these food regular so you do not go( hypo= no or very little sugar in blood)
just live life to the full i do nobody knows you have this to you tell them
you have a few problems there hope this is a genuine question

Q: where can i get a 7day diet plan for type 2 diabetes on the internet?
I have just been told I have Type 2 diabetes and I need to find a 7 day diet plan on the internet for free.

A: Miss tilly, You should meet with an endocrinologist and a dietitian.
They can help you identify foods as carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
You can learn to count your carbs to care for yourself.
We here are not professionals.
We don’t understand the consequences of your medications, age, height, activity level or weight.

Welcome to diabetes and take it slow. Nothing drastic.It takes a while to learn and you will.
Welcome

Q: Can some one simplify Type 2 Diabetes diet?
its so confusing…im trying to help out my uncle with his diabetes and we are both confused about the numbers and percentages and carbs and blah blah blah…i just want to help him out

A: I can’t count carbs . either. But I do use a low glycemic diet. I can understand what to eat and what not. http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.

Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.

Also he must exercise . That is one of the key elements in controlling diabetes
Expecially for type 2 diabetes.

Tin

Q: What type of diet is suggested for diabetes?
I was recently diagnosed with pre-diabetes. I understand exercise and a healthy diet can help prevent me from getting diabetes type 2. I would like to know the specifics of a diabetic diet.

A: the best you can do to prevent diabetes is follow a pre-diabetic diet. It’s mostly the same diet people with diabetes follow. You should try to avoid carbohydrates as much as possible. A good diet to follow is the glycemic index diet. More information can be found at http://www.diabeticmenu-blog.com/glycemic-menu.html

Q: Diabetes Type 2 diet plan daily … Please help.?
Hello Every1. I am 33 Male and weigh 72 kg and live in the Persian Gulf. I used to weigh 81 kg. I was diagnosed for Diabetes (Type 2) almost 4 years back. My fasting BGL (Blood Glucose Level) ranges from 110-145.
Doctor has prescribed me metformin (500mg) twice daily after meals.
I have stopped this medicine as I don’t feel like I should take it @ this age. Also becoz of medicine I don’t induldge in physical activity (Cycling, walking etc..) I informed my doctor for stopping the medicine and he says the best medicine for type 2 diabates is walking and keeping urself physically fit.
Please advise me what should be the daily meal plan that I should follow in order to keep my BGL normal. Should I go by 3 normal meals a day or 3 small meals and 2 snacks in between?
If I go for 3 normal meals + 1 hr physical activity daily then which is better choice for me from the menu below.

Breakfast: Which is better choice Weetabix/Oats or just whole meal bread with Light Jam Spread + Tea (no sugar).
Lunch: Beans (Red Beans/Butter Beans/Kidney Beans etc…) + White Rice or Fish/Chicken + Rice
Dinner: Light Tuna Sandwich + Vegetable Soup or Brown Pasta + Green Salad

Thanks.

A: While it is impossible to know what you should eat, we can make suggestions.
Metformin is safe and is the greatest help in managing my type 2 diabetes. Give it a go again.

Your diet should have 6 1/2 cup servings of non starch veggies , 3 1/2 cup serving of fruit , lean protein and milk or other calcium .
We all need carbs so try and have 2-4 carb choices a meal.
You can add a 15 carb or less snack if you like.
Your best bet is to talk to your doctor and a dietitian.
Good luck.

Q: Have you been successfull at managing type 2 Diabetes with diet and exercise?
If so what has it been that has made you most successfull.

A: On one of the Diabetes forums, a lady exercises by running up and down her stairs before eating and has been able to not use Metformin to keep her sugar level. Just passing it on.

Q: Type 2 diabetes diet… ?
I was just wondering what kind of foods can a person with type 2 diabetes can eat. Thanks!

A: Diet Guidelines

http://www.diabetes911.net/readit/chapter10.shtml

Blood Sugar Management

http://www.dlife.com/dLife/do/ShowContent/blood_sugar_management/

Wal-Mart Testing Supplies

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3555238

One diabetic strategy is to consume very small low-carbohydrate meals about every 2 hours, with perhaps a sugar-free jello or pudding snack in between. Calculate approximate daily calorie consumption for weight loss objectives.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/question693.htm

Wal-Mart sells a 16-ounce bag of World Kitchens beef jerky for around $9.00 . . cut up and weigh 1-ounce portions. Jennie-O turkey franks (cut up and boil to reduce fat and sodium). String cheese sticks. 1-ounce portions of peanuts. Sam’s caffeine-free diet cola has zero carbs, calories, and sodium.
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Blend sugar-free pudding powder with water and low-carb (around 4 grams) vanilla yogurt instead of milk for 1/2 cup servings. For a sugar-free slushy, blend 1/2 cup vanilla pudding with around 1-1/4 cup A&W diet root beer and 6 ice cubes.

Prepare 1/2 cup portions of sugar-free jello in 1-cup containers. If desired, sugar-free vanilla pudding can be added before chilling.

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Sugar-free chocolate pudding makes good fudge pops.
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Make sandwich/omelet rolls and small pizzas using low-carb tortillas.
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Wal-Mart sells round screw-together containers in the craft bead section which are suitable for take-along beef jerky and peanut 1-ounce portions. The large size measures approximately 2.50” inside diameter by .75” deep, and costs around $2.00 per assembly of 4 containers.

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Might also consider taking a daily multi-vitamin, and a 81mg aspirin (if not adverse).

Q: Drinks for a diabetes type 2 diet?
breakfast
morning tea
lunch
afternoon tea
dinner
and a dessert if possible?
thanks a million xx

A: Count your carbs as usual.
Milk, diet soda, tea,no sugar added flavored water.
Water.coffee.

Q: question about type 2 diabetes diet?
I have just been diagnosed with pre type 2 diabetes, and told that I need to lose weight and increase my activity. No problem there, but now I have to rethink everything that I thought was healthy for me. potatoes, certain fruits, etc. I have to bring my lunch to work every day, and I like to pack a mid morning snack. Until now, I was bringing figs and an orange. So much for those high sugar items! I thought yogurt would be a good snack, but upon checking the sugar content, I find that they are loaded with sugar, so now I have to rethink what snacks to pack. Is there such things as sugar free yogurt? What are some diabetes friendly snacks that I can bring? Thanks.

A: Hi cheese! and yes, cheese, summer sausage, some crackers like Triscuits and apples are excellent snacks.

The only yogurts that may help are the original, unsweetened ones and I don’t particularly like the flavor of them, but you might get away with Splenda in them. For the most part most milk products do not do me any favors.

Half an apple with peanut butter, flavored cream cheese, cheese spreads, celery with the same,are what I keep for snacking.

Get a copy of South Beach Living from the library. I use the phase 2 food plan and it mostly works for me. Some foods on their lists send my glucose to the moon.

To see what various foods do to or for you, test glucose, eat the food, test again 90 minutes to 2 hours after first testing. Journal all this so you can refer back. Some recommended foods are not good for some people.

Root veggies, soft sweet fruits, legumes, grains and cereals, most milk products are glucose raisers.

My son suggests his favorite way to make sandwich now! spread your sandwich filling on lettuce or cabbage leaf and roll it up. keep together with toothpick.

Doctors all say to eliminate salt and fats! But if you do this you will get the “starvin marvins” really quickly and toss the food plan.

I avoid anything that says diabetic, diet, low fat, low salt, sugar free, etc as it always has some other additive in it that isn’t good for us either. Diet sodas give me the munchies!

Endocrinologist says to have a “cheat treat” about once a week but keep it to half serving size. Also chocolate candy as in dark chocolates are good for us in small amounts. Have the birthday or other celebration cake with everyone else. Just half serving!

Good luck to you!

Q: pls tell me about diabetes type 2…..diet changes and the mechanism too?
insulin secretion is low so the person is hyperglycemic right…then what else happens?

A: try these websites:
hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/diabetes2.html
www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068721/
they contain everything you need to know. good luck!

Q: a low carbohydrate diet and type 2 diabetes?
is it good for someone with type 2 diabetes to go on a low carb diet

A: A moderate carb diet is probably healthier than a low carb diet.

So, for example, you might have up to 30 carbs for breakfast, 30 for lunch and 40-45 for supper.

Low carb is much lower than that.

Low carb can be heavy on the protien, which may not be a good idea, depending on the condition of your kidneys, whether you have high blood pressure or not, and other risk factors for kidney problems.

I use some low carb recipes, but I stick to a moderate carb diet. You really should talk this over with your doctor, or if you have one, a diabetes dietician.

Q: Is “The Glycemic Index Diet” by Rick Gallop an effective diet for type 2 Diabetes?
Lucy: Thanks for your answer. I am in Canada and I don’t beleive that Acomplia is available here yet.

A: I am sure that it would be great. Low Glycemic diets are the key to keeping our blood sugars as normal as possible.
For the best Glycemic Index on the web is :http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
And its free.
This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.

Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.

Don’t forget the EXERCISE. Nordic Walking is Great. Google it. I use plain old sticks.
Exercise is as important as your meds and diet. It take all three.
Good luck

Tin

type 2 diabetes treatment

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Read and learn more about type 2 diabetes treatment. For more, visit the Diabetes website DiabetesFAQ.org

Q: What would happen if you don’t take teh treatment for type 2 diabetes?
How long would it take to die also?

A: Type 2 is a condition, and you must take ir very seriously. Diabetes (type 1 or 2) affects everything in your body. Long term, if you’re not careful, you can eventually go blind. You can suffer amputations (toes, whole feet and even the leg up to the knee. Cardiac complications, the list never ends. You do what you must to try to delay the inevitable….

Q: Should people with type 2 diabetes receive expensive treatment?
Do you think that its fair for people with type 2 diabetes to receive expenisive treatment, that people with type 1 could use?
x

A: Just what is the difference. Should we just kill all type 2 diabetics. This is a dumb question. Type 1 take up most of treatment because they are diabetic longer.

Q: I need herbal treatment of Diabetes type- 2 ? I am allergic to most allopathc medicin?
I am allergic to most allopathy medicines. This is great curse on me.

A: There is no herbal treatment for any type of Diabetes, juvenile or adult so your doctor will probably put you on a restricted ADA diet.

Q: what is the progress for a cure or treatment for type 2 diabetes?
how close are we to an all-out cure?

A: A ketogenic diet will help to control NIDDM if you stick to it. It could “cure” almost all type 2 cases. Type 1 is a different story.

Q: Has anyone had positive results with alternative adult onset (type 2) diabetes treatments?
I am interested in finding out any and all alternative (besides the regular medical advice) type 2 diabetes treatments.Any answers are welcome-thanks.

A: Cinnamon capsules can help with blood glucose (works with the pancreas) as well as high cholesterol and high blood pressure levels and it’s great for general heart health. In particular if you’re gonna eat any sweets take a cinnamon cap about 20 min ahead of time (in addition to daily cinnamon supplements).

The next thing is gymnena (may be hard to get but if you have a good herbal store they should carry it). The gymnema will help your pancreas start doing the correct production of sugar levels. A lot of people have been able to stop any Western Medicine treatment for Type 2.

If you are on Western Medicine treatment make sure you stay well away from grapefruit (in any form).

Also I would highly recommend a Gluten Free diet, it’s done wonders for many.

Good luck with your search and I hope some of these suggestions help.

Q: has anyone had any success with gluconorm (repaglinide) for treatment type 2 diabetes?
any adverse effects and how long have you been taken them

A: You can treat type 2 diabetes without medications, by changing your lifestyle, “Eat to live not live to eat” ,by eating low carbo high fiber diet, eating a lot of fresh green vegetables , plenty of fresh fruits. and most important exercise /walk.

I have been type 2 diabetic since a year and not using any diabetic medicine and all my levels are within the range. I have shared you my personal experience.

visit my free website http://www.reddiabetes.com for more information.

About gluconorm (repaglinide) following is the detailed information

Repaglinide is an oral blood glucose-lowering drug used in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Repaglinide is a short-acting insulin secretagogue which lowers blood glucose levels (as measured by HbA 1C and fasting plasma glucose) and is effective in regulating meal-related (prandial) glucose loads. Repaglinide lowers blood glucose levels by stimulating the release of insulin from the pancreas. This action is dependent upon functioning beta cells in the pancreatic islets. Insulin release is glucose-dependent and diminishes at low glucose concentrations.

Repaglinide is chemically unrelated to oral sulphonylurea insulin secretagogues used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Repaglinide closes ATP-dependent potassium channels in the b-cell membrane by binding at characterizable sites. This potassium channel blockade depolarizes the b-cell which leads to an opening of calcium channels. The resulting increased calcium influx induces insulin secretion. The ion channel mechanism is highly tissue selective with low affinity for heart and skeletal muscle.

Pharmacokinetics: Absorption: After oral administration, repaglinide is rapidly and completely absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. After single and multiple oral doses in healthy subjects or in patients, peak drug levels (C max) occur within 1 hour (T max). Repaglinide is rapidly eliminated from the blood stream with a half-life of approximately 1 hour. The mean absolute bioavailability is 56%. When repaglinide was given with food, the mean T max was not changed, but the mean C max and AUC (area under the time/plasma concentration curve) were decreased 20% and 12.4%, respectively.

Distribution: After i.v. dosing in healthy subjects, the volume of distribution at steady state (V SS) was approximately 31 L, and the total body clearance (CL) was 38 L/h. Protein binding and binding to human serum albumin was greater than 98%.

Metabolism: Repaglinide is completely metabolized by oxidative biotransformation and direct conjugation with glucuronic acid after either an i.v. or oral dose. The major metabolites are an oxidized dicarboxylic acid (M 2), the aromatic amine (M 1) and the acyl glucuronide (M 7). The cytochrome P450 enzyme system, specifically 3A4, has been shown to be involved in the N-dealkylation of repaglinide to M 2 and the further oxidation to M 1. Metabolites do not contribute to the glucose-lowering effect of repaglinide.

Excretion: Within 96 hours after dosing with 14C-repaglinide as a single oral dose, approximately 90% of the radiolabel was recovered in the feces and 8% in the urine. Only 0.1% of the dose is cleared in the urine as parent compound. The major metabolite (M 2) accounted for 60% of the administered dose. Less than 2% of parent drug was recovered in feces.

Pharmacokinetic parameters: Data indicate that repaglinide did not accumulate in serum. Repaglinide demonstrated pharmacokinetic linearity over the 0.5 to 4 mg dose range.

The pharmacokinetic parameters of repaglinide obtained from a single-dose, crossover study in healthy subjects and from a multiple- dose, parallel, dose-proportionality (0.5, 1, 2 and 4 mg) study in patients with Type 2 diabetes are summarized in Table I.

Variability: The intraindividual and interindividual variabilities (coefficient of variation) in AUC were 36% and 69%, respectively, after multiple dosing of repaglinide tablets (0.25 to 4 mg with each meal) in patients.

Geriatrics: Healthy volunteers were treated with a regimen of 2 mg taken before each of 3 meals. There were no significant differences in repaglinide pharmacokinetics between the group of patients <65 years of age and a comparably sized group of patients ³65 years of age.

Gender: A comparison of pharmacokinetics in males and females showed the AUC over the 0.5 to 4 mg dose range to be 15 to 70% higher in females with type 2 diabetes. This difference was not reflected in the frequency of hypoglycemic episodes (male: 16%; female: 17%) or other adverse events. With respect to gender, no change in general dosage recommendation is indicated since dosage for each patient should be individualized to achieve optimal clinical response.

Race: No pharmacokinetic studies to assess the effects of race have been performed, but in a U.S. 1-year study in patients with type 2 diabetes, the blood glucose-lowering effect was comparable between Caucasians (n=297) and African-Americans (n=33). In a U.S. dose-response study, there was no apparent difference in exposure (AUC) between Caucasians (n=74) and Hispanics (n=33).

Clinical: A 4-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled dose-response trial was conducted in patients with type 2 diabetes using doses ranging from 0.25 to 4 mg taken with each of 3 meals. Repaglinide therapy resulted in dose-proportional glucose lowering over the full dose range. Plasma insulin levels increased after meals and reverted toward baseline before the next meal. Most of the fasting blood glucose-lowering effect was demonstrated within 1 to 2 weeks.

In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, 3-month dose titration study, repaglinide or placebo doses for each patient were increased weekly from 0.25 mg through 0.5, 1, and 2 mg to a maximum of 4 mg, until a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) level <8.9 mmol/L was achieved or the maximum dose reached. The dose that achieved the targeted control or the maximum dose was continued to end of study. FPG and 2-hour postprandial glucose (PPG) increased in patients receiving placebo and decreased in patients treated with repaglinide. Differences between the repaglinide- and placebo-treated groups were -3.41 mmol/L (FPG) and -5.78 mmol/L (PPG). The between-group change in HbA 1C, which reflects long-term glycemic control, was 1.7% units. See Table II.

Another double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was carried out in 362 patients treated for 24 weeks. The efficacy of 1 and 4 mg preprandial doses was demonstrated by lowering of fasting blood glucose and by HbA 1C at the end of the study. HbA 1C for the repaglinide-treated groups (1 and 4 mg groups combined) at the end of the study was decreased compared to the placebo-treated group in previously naïve patients and in patients previously treated with oral hypoglycemic agents by 2.1% units and 1.7% units, respectively. In this fixed-dose trial, patients who were naïve to oral hypoglycemic agent therapy and patients in relatively good glycemic control at baseline (HbA 1C below 8%) showed greater blood glucoselowering including a higher frequency of hypoglycemia. Patients who were previously treated and who had baseline HbA 1C ³ 8% reported hypoglycemia at the same rate as patients randomized to placebo. There was no average gain in body weight when patients previously treated with oral hypoglycemic agents were switched to repaglinide. The average weight gain in patients treated with repaglinide and not previously treated with sulfonylurea drugs was 3.3%.

The dosing of repaglinide relative to meal-related insulin release was studied in 3 trials including 58 patients. Glycemic control was maintained during a period in which the meal and dosing pattern was varied (2, 3, or 4 meals/day; before meals x 2, 3, or 4) compared with a period of 3 regular meals and 3 doses/day (before meals x 3). It was also shown that repaglinide can be administered at the start of a meal, 15 minutes before, or 30 minutes before the meal with the same blood glucose lowering effect.

Repaglinide was compared to other insulin secretagogues in 1-year controlled trials to demonstrate comparability of efficacy and safety. Hypoglycemia was reported in 16% of 1 228 repaglinide patients, 20% of 417 glyburide patients, and 19% of 81 glipizide patients. Of repaglinide-treated patients with symptomatic hypoglycemia, none developed coma or required hospitalization.

Indications: As an adjunct to diet and exercise to lower the blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus whose hyperglycemia cannot be controlled satisfactorily by diet and exercise alone.

Repaglinide is also indicated for use in combination with metformin to lower blood glucose in patients whose hyperglycemia cannot be controlled by exercise, diet, and either repaglinide or metformin alone. If glucose control has not been achieved after a suitable trial of combination therapy, consideration should be given to discontinuing these drugs and using insulin. Judgments should be based on regular clinical and laboratory evaluations.

In initiating treatment for type 2 diabetes, diet and exercise should be emphasized as the primary form of treatment. Caloric restriction, weight loss and exercise are essential in the obese diabetic patient. Proper dietary management and exercise alone may be effective in controlling the blood glucose and symptoms of hyperglycemia. In addition to regular physical activity, cardiovascular risk factors should be identified and corrective measures taken where possible.

If this treatment program fails to reduce symptoms and/or blood glucose, the use of an oral blood glucose-lowering agent or insulin should be considered. Use of repaglinide must be viewed by both the physician and patient as a treatment in addition to diet, and not as a substitute for diet or as a convenient mechanism for avoiding dietary restraint. Furthermore, loss of blood glucose control on diet alone may

Q: What can you say about the treatment for type 2 diabetes that could increase the risk for stroke & heart dse.?

A: Having untreated diabetes also increases your risk for heart attack and stroke as well as a number of other conditions. There are other treatments for diabetes that are safe.

Q: Natural treatment for type 2 diabetes?
Are there vitimines, minerals, herbs that are effective in controling type two diabetes?

A: All I know about is diet, exercise, and medication. ———————-

Q: what is the treatment for type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
and any other detail about diabetes

A: Type 1 Diabetes must be treated with insulin shots. This involves injecting insulin under the skin — in the fat — for it to get absorbed into the blood stream where it can then access all the cells of the body which require it. Insulin cannot be taken as a pill because the juices in the stomach would destroy the insulin before it could work. Remember, insulin is a hormone, and like all other hormones, insulin is a protein and therefore it has a very important 3-dimentional structure which is destroyed by the acid in the stomach. Even if it did make it through the stomach, the digestive enzymes secreted by the digestive part of the pancreas would digest the insulin protein molecule. Scientists are looking for new ways to give insulin. But today, shots are the most widely used method. Some new insulin pumps are being developed and tested.

Type 2
All treatment strategies should emphasize cardiovascular risk reduction, focusing particularly on hypertension control, smoking cessation and correction of dyslipidemia. Diet, exercise and weight reduction should be the cornerstone of management. Before selecting a medication to improve control of diabetes, the family physician should understand the comparative glucose-lowering effects of available agents. The dose-response for the oral agents on levels of FBG, postprandial glucose and HbA1c is described in Table 4.16-18 The goals of therapy for type 2 diabetes are outlined in Table 5.20

Few clinical trials have been conducted to evaluate the possibility of a “ceiling effect” with select antidiabetic agents. A dose-dependent reduction in HbA1c was observed with glimepiride (Amaryl) in one clinical trial.21 Splitting the total daily dosage of sulfonylurea into two separate doses may be necessary to achieve optimal glycemic control in most patients on medium to high daily dosages of these agents. Patients with type 2 diabetes become less responsive over time to one agent alone and frequently require combination therapy to adequately control their disease>

Q: do you believe that cinnamon can help in treatment of type 2 diabetes?

A: I read the study that came out about cinnamon. You have to take 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon every day. The study was for 45 days. They found that after patients went off the cinnamon, their high blood sugar returned. They are still studying the long term possibilities.

Q: does anyone know of a medical treatment for type 2 diabetes??

A: My doctor has me on Avandia and Metformin; seems to be doing the trick. Just as important is changing your eating habits and getting lots of exercise. Try walking a mile or two every day.

Q: Does any one know of any alternative treatments for type 2 diabetes?
I was diagnosed type 2 a year ago and am interested in alternative therapies.

A: If you are one of the many millions struggling with diabetes (type 1 and type 2 combined) there are natural approaches which can help greatly.

As in almost all areas of health, exercise and proper diet can help tremendously for diabetes. That does not mean a heavy exercise regimen nor does it mean a radical weight loss. Moderate exercise and a weight loss of only 5% or slightly more can make a substantial difference (and that holds true for those considered significantly overweight as well as those carrying a few pesky extra pounds. To achieve a 5% or more weight loss may require no more than cutting out soft drinks and taking regular walks for example. At any rate, losing 5% is easily achievable with modest exercise and a sensible diet that includes plenty of vegetables, especially raw and lightly steamed vegetables, some fruits (though little or no fruit juice because of its high sugar content), fermented whole grains, and getting rid of dangerous trans fats.

Iodine and Diabetes:

Iodine is a key element in fighting diabetes because it helps regulate the thyroid and is essential for a healthy liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleens and more. While it is well known that diet, obesity, food allergies, viral infections, and stress are all contributing factors for diabetes, it is less widely recognized that these factors are often either a cause of or caused by a weak liver, spleen, and pancreas.

For example, obesity is the result of poor diet and/or a sluggish liver which causes a sluggish metabolism. A sluggish liver is often associated with gallstones because the liver and gallbladder are interconnected. And gallstones are formed because of “bile stasis” due to a sluggish gallbladder. Fatty liver (a common complication of diabetes) is also an indicator of liver weakness, and chronic diarrhea (yet another common diabetes symptom) is caused by a weak spleen according to Chinese medicine.

It is well known that diet, obesity, food allergies, viral infections, and stress are all contributing factors for diabetes, but my understanding is that these factors either cause or are caused by a weak liver, spleen, and pancreas. For example, obesity is the result of poor diet and/or a sluggish liver which causes a sluggish metabolism. A sluggish liver is often associated with gallstones because the liver and gallbladdder are interconnected. And gallstones are formed because of “bile stasis” due to a sluggish gallbladder. Fatty liver (a common complication of diabetes) is also an indicator of liver weakness, and chronic diarrhea (yet another common diabetes symptom) is caused by a weak spleen according to Chinese medicine.

In women, iodine’s ability to revive hormonal sensitivity back to normal significantly improves Insulin sensitivity and other hormones.

For diabetes, take at least 50 mg per day of Iodine (a combination of both elemental and potassium iodine) and selenium must also be taken in order for iodine to work properly.

Natural Remedies for Diabetes:

In addition to sensible dieting and physical activities, the following have all shown the ability to help with diabetes:

• GTF Chromium (Glucose Transport Factor Chromium) – The primary role of insulin is glucose transport is the primary role of insulin, chromium’s main function is increasing insulin’s efficiency in regulating blood sugar levels. In one study of 180 men and women with Type II diabetes, researchers divided the subjects into three groups, each receiving twice daily doses of either 200 mcg or 500 mcg of chromium or a placebo. The patients were allowed to continue with their usual diet and medications. At the end of two months, those who took 1,000 mcg of chromium daily showed significant improvement in insulin response, the number if insulin receptors, and levels of blood lipids (fats and cholesterol)0. It took four months the group taking 400 mcg chromium daily to improve as much as the higher dosage group. However, all the patients taking chromium showed measurable improvement in their diabetes-related symptoms

Source: “Chromium in the Prevention and Control of Diabetes” by Richard A. Anderson, PhD, Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1998

• Pycnogenol – Pycnogenol is a powerful antioxidant derived from French maritime pine tree bark and the subject of more than 180 studies over 35 years which has been shown to reduce high blood pressure, LDL cholesterol and blood glucose without affecting insulin levels. Of particular note is its ability to reduce leakage into the retina by repairing capillaries in the eyes. While still largely unknown to American doctors, Pycnogenol is the leading prescription for diabetic retinopathy in France.

• “Oleander Extract” – A carefully prepared aqueous extract of the oleander plant such as is found in the herbal product Sutherlandia OPC. Diabetics who have used this remedy report being able to either reduce or eliminate medications altogether, often being able to control their diabetes with diet alone. Note: Oleander is highly toxic in raw form, don’t even think about using the raw plant!

• Bitter Guord – Make a watery juice of a small Bitter Guord (remove seeds) and drink every morning. Bitter Guord also helps to clear pimples and maintain a good skin, and is good for de-worming the intestines.

• Gymnema Sylvestre – Is a plant that grows in the tropical forests of central and southern India and in parts of Africa. Herbalists in India have used the leaves of this long, slender plant as a treatment for diabetes for more than 2,000 years. The Hindu word “gumar,” which means “sugar destroyer,” describes the primary use of the herb in traditional Indian medicine. So strong is this herb that powered gymnema root has also been used to treat snake bites, constipation, stomach complaints, water retention, and liver disease. Doctors in India note that Gymnema Sylvestre is used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and in food additives against obesity and caries.

• Prickly Pear Cactus (Nopal) – Prickly pear could reduce blood sugar rises after a meal by up to 50 per cent according to a recent study. Prickly pear cactus is widely used to control blood sugar and diabetes and the cactus pads are consumed regularly in Mexico,.

• Blackseed Oil (Nigella Sativa) – Also called black cumin seed (be sure that it is Nigella sativa regardless of what it is referred to as). Blackseed oil is legendary for its medicinal properties and has been used for thousands of years (Click here for more information). Preliminary research in animal trials has shown that that an extract from Nigella sativa seeds can reduce elevated blood sugar levels and the antioxidant activity of the extract may prevent the complications associated with uncontrolled type II diabetes.

• Fenugreek seed – Soak fenugreek seeds in about one teaspoon in water at night, drink that water in the morning and chew and eat the soaked seeds. Helps reduce blood sugar.

• Green plaintain peels – Wash a green plantain and peel it, then put the peel in a jar and cover with water. Let sit overnight, and then drink this water three times a day. Lowers your blood sugar level. Keep drinking as needed and change the peel every other day and refill the jar with water.

• Agaricus Blazei Murrill (ABM) Mushroom – referred to in it’s native Brazil as “The Mushroom of the Gods” with good reason due to it’s amazing immune boosting and disease fighting properties. Available in health food stores and online at various sites including http://www.agaricus.net.

• Alpha Lipoic Acid – In Germany, alpha-lipoic acid is an approved medical treatment for peripheral neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes. It speeds the removal of glucose from the bloodstream, at least partly by enhancing insulin function, and it reduces insulin resistance, an underpinning of many cases of coronary heart disease and obesity. The therapeutic dose for lipoic acid is 600 mg/day. In the United States, it is sold as a dietary supplement, usually as 50 mg tablets. (The richest food source of alpha-lipoic acid is red meat – but to insure proper health, use lean cuts of organic beef that has not been subject to antibiotics or feed lot practices).

• Cat’s Claw – Used by indigenous tribes in Peru and South America to treat diabetes. Available at health food stores.

• Cinnamon – Cinnamon has been shown to help regulate blood glucose levels and several studies indicate that it may be helpful against diabetes, particularly type II diabetes.

• Mullaca – Mullaca is employed in herbal medicine systems today in both Peru and Brazil. In Peruvian herbal medicine the plant is called mullaca or bolsa mullaca. To treat diabetes, the roots of three mullaca plants are sliced and macerated in 1/4 liter of rum for seven days. Honey is added, and 1/2 glass of this medicine is taken twice daily for 60 days. In addition, an infusion of the leaves is recommended as a good diuretic, and an infusion of the roots is used to treat hepatitis. For asthma and malaria, the dosage is 1 cup of tea made from the aerial parts of the plant. In Brazilian herbal medicine the plant is employed for chronic rheumatism, for skin diseases and dermatitis, as a sedative and diuretic, for fever and vomiting, and for many types of kidney, liver, and gallbladder problems.

• Other Good Foods and Supplements – Almonds, apples, oranges, coconut oil, and substances high in omega three oils (olive oil, flaxseed oil, fish oil, borage oil).

Q: what is the different of treatment between diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2?
pharmacology and non-pharmacology… thanks…

A: Diabetes 1 your body produces no insulin and you must take insulin to keep your blood sugar under control (diet, excercise and oral hypoglycemics will sometimes be given to help control sugars).

HbAic test to see wether treatment is helping with longterm sugar control.

Hope this helps,

Q: I have been offered a Job in Adelaide, I have type 2 diabetes & im worried about treatment & costs.?
I have been told that the condition itself neednt be a problem with the visa but im worried about the cost of my medication and treatment. As it is currently covered by the NHS would it be covered under the reciprocal agreement between the Uk & Australia?
I would move over on a working visa then immediately apply for residence.

A: No – that only applies to holiday visitors – as you will be working you will not be considered a holiday visitor. Are you coming on a PR? If so you will also get a medicare card which reduces the cost substantially. If not you will have to pay full cost.

Q: what are the prospect on a cure of type 2 diabetes in the near future?
how close are we to finding a cure and how long would you estimate? if so, what types of treatments are there that might be available? does legalization of stems cell research have an effect? sorry for too many questions on a cure, but just curious on its progress. i hope it’s soon, for the sake of someone close to me.

A: What the heck is “Murse Dan” talking about? Insulin uptake and resistance occurs at the tissue level, not in the blood or the pancreas.

If this guy is in the health field, I’m scared.

Anyway, the best hope for curing T2 diabetes is prevention, both at the genetic level and the lifestyle level.

symptoms of type 2 diabetes

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Read and learn more about symptoms of type 2 diabetes. For more, visit the Diabetes website DiabetesFAQ.org

Q: What are the symptoms of type 2 diabetes and how long could you have it before you realized?
I have read that in type 2 diabetes, the symptoms can be virtually non-existent, so how can you tell?

Q: I do not have diabetes but wondered if those of you who have type 2 have these symptoms?
Tingling and numb fingers and feet that get very hot and tingle at the same time?

What other symptoms do you also suffer from please?

Looking for info for a friend however but articles I’ve read never mention the toes, hands or fingers as a symptom of type 2 diabetes..

A: Okay so you can get type 2 diabetes because of family history, environment, and being obese, or any combination of the three. Here is a list of syptoms.

Other symptoms of type 2 diabetes may include:

Q: What are some diseases that have the same symptoms of diabetes type 2?

A: symptom: polyuria
Diabetes mellitus*
Fluid overload*
Drug reaction
Hypercalcemia*
Diabetes insipidus*
Psychogenic polydipsia
Anxiety
Chronic renal failure
Sickle cell anemia

symptom: polyphagia
Depressive disorder
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety
Bulimia nervosa
Pregnancy
Diabetes mellitus*
Diabetic ketoacidosis*
Drug reaction
Hypothalamic obesity

This’ll keep you busy for a while. If you really want to know if you have DMII, you should see your doctor.

Q: What are 3 symptoms of type 2 diabetes in children?

Best of luck! And thanks for your interesting question…

Q: What are the symptoms of type 2 diabetes?

About Type 2 Diabetes
The two types of diabetes are type 1 and type 2. Both cause blood sugar levels to become higher than normal but do so in different ways.

Q: Are these symptoms of type 2 diabetes and if these are present is it certain?
1. Shortness of breath
2. Itchiness/irritation of genitals

A: parkermb is right…you sound like you want to avoid MD.
You need fasting blood tests…get a comprehensive blood test…ask for liver function panel & kidney function.

Diabetics are also sometimes depressed in mood.

As for your alcoholism problem it sounds like you know it, but want to minimize it as a problem so you don’t need to stop… drinking will make diabetes & kidneys worse.

The only way to distinguish between the 2 without going to the MD is to stop drinking & see if symptoms go away.
However I get the feeling that’s not an option for you.

I really wish you the best.

I would definitely go to a doctor.

Q: what are the symptoms of type 2 diabetes?

A: Diabetes Type 2:

Depression is not generally listed as a complication of diabetes. However, it can be one of the most common and dangerous complications. The rate of depression in diabetics is much higher than in the general population. Diabetics with major depression have a very high rate of recurrent depressive episodes within the following five years. (Lustman et al 1977) A depressed person may not have the energy or motivation to maintain good diabetic management. Depression is frequently associated with unhealthy appetite changes. The suicidal diabetic adolescent has constant access to potentially lethal doses of insulin

Q: Symptoms of type 2 diabetes?
I was resarching about T2D and it said that early symptoms are being thirsty all the time wich means drinking lots of water and drinking lots of water leads to always urinating. I always have to have water. I urinate more than twelve times a day. Without sugar I feel weak and tired. I want to go to the doctors and test for it but my mom says its nothing and everything is normal.
I’m 110
5′2
Gained 15 pounds during th epast three years.

A: Do You Have Diabetes?
Millions of people have diabetes mellitus, commonly called diabetes. You may be surprised to know that many of these people don’t even know they have it.

Diabetes is a serious disease and should not be ignored. If you have it, correct treatment can help you live a long and healthy life.

What Is Diabetes?
If you have diabetes, your body can’t make or use insulin. Insulin helps change sugar into energy to keep you alive.

There are different kinds of diabetes. The main ones are type 1 and type 2.

Type 1 Diabetes
This type of diabetes is mostly found in children and young adults. If you have type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin and you must inject insulin daily.

You May:
urinate often
be very thirsty
be very hungry
lose a lot of weight
be very tired
be irritable
have blurred vision
have trouble seeing.
Type 2 Diabetes
Most people with diabetes have this form of the disease. Type 2 is usually found in people over 45, who have diabetes in their family, who are overweight, who don’t exercise, and who have cholesterol problems. It is also common in certain racial and ethnic groups (blacks, American Indians, and Hispanics) and in women who had diabetes when they were pregnant. If you have type 2 diabetes, your body cannot make enough insulin or correctly use it. Treatment is diabetes pills and sometimes insulin injections, as well as diet and exercise.

You May Have:
any of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes
a lot of infections
cuts or bruises that heal slowly
tingling or numbness in the hands or feet
skin, gum, or bladder infections that keep coming back.
Controlling Diabetes
Daily monitoring and careful control of blood sugar levels are the most important steps to take for people with diabetes. If not treated, diabetes can cause:

High blood sugar (which could make you thirsty, tired, lose weight, urinate often, or give you infections that won’t go away)
Many serious health problems (which could hurt your eyes, kidneys, nerves, or heart).
Warning: Low Blood Sugar
People with diabetes may develop low blood sugar because their blood has too much insulin or other blood sugar-lowering medication or from not eating enough food. It is important to follow the eating and medication schedule your doctor has prescribed to avoid low blood sugar.

Low blood sugar could make you shaky, dizzy, sweaty, hungry, have a headache, have pale skin color, have sudden mood or behavior changes, have clumsy or jerky movements, have difficulty paying attention, feel confused, or have tingling sensations around the mouth.

Taking Care of Your Diabetes
The best way to take care of your diabetes is to make sure the levels or amount of sugar in your blood are near the normal range. This will make you feel better and help you stay healthy.

Your doctor will tell you how often to check your blood sugar level. To do this, you will need to take a drop of your blood and place it on a special test strip. Then a device, called a blood glucose meter, reads the strip. This device measures the amount of sugar in your blood.

Writing down this level, along with the time and date, will help you see how well your treatment plan is working.

Remember:
A person’s blood sugar level rises after eating any meal that contains carbohydrates or protein. Table sugar (also called ?sucrose) counts as a carbohydrate. Artificial sweeteners, such as saccharin, aspartame (NutraSweet), and sucralose (Splenda), do not count as carbohydrates or fats. They make food taste sweet. But they do not raise blood sugar levels and have little or no calories.

What Else Can You Do?
Eat well-balanced meals. The right amount of healthy food will keep your weight under control and help manage your diabetes.

Your body needs food from the four main food groups every day:

Fruits and vegetables (oranges, apples, bananas, carrots, and spinach)
Whole grains, cereals, and bread (wheat, rice, oats, bran, and barley)
Dairy products (milk, cheese, and yogurt)
Meats, fish, poultry, eggs, dried beans, and nuts.
Remember:
Too much fat and cholesterol in your diet can be very harmful to people with diabetes. Food that is high in fat includes red meat, dairy products (whole milk, cream, cheese, and ice cream), egg yolks, butter, salad dressings, vegetable oils, and many desserts.

Can You Do Anything Else?
Exercise is important for good diabetes control. It usually lowers blood sugar and may help insulin work better. Exercise and a healthy diet can also help you take off extra pounds if you are overweight.

Warning:
Check with your doctor before starting any exercise program. You may need a snack before or during the activity to avoid having low blood sugar while you exercise.

Q: Is losing weight a symptom of TYPE II Diabetes? not type 1. Type 2?
i peed a lot
i used to be thirsty alot

and then 3 weeks later these symptoms disappeared (went away)

the funny thing is i’m not even overweight and i’m NOT LOSING WEIGHT.

these symptoms are not present anymore//

now i just want to know if type 2 diabetes symptoms include losing weight?

OK THX appreciate it

Q: Would a normal cbc rule out type 2 diabetes? Symptoms similar to Fibro/rheumatoid issues?
I am a 33 year old female, and I have had progressive symptoms ever since a miscarriage a few months ago. The symptoms started as muscle pain and headaches, progressed to mirgraines, hunger w/ weight loss, swelling of right wrist/hand, blurred vision, left eyelid twitch, tingling/buzzing feeling in legs & feet (has gotten better), dizziness/”out of it” feeling, pain on side of throat (ultrasound showed a “mildly enlarged” thyroid, but Endocronologist said its not “large enough” to be causing issues, feeling of someone choking me/lump in throat, and now a slight tremor (gets worse when using hands/arms, and better at rest). Got a CBC and other tests (Lyme’s, Lupus), all normal- was sent to a rheumatolgist. I am waiting for a batch of test results, including rheumatoid factor, mercury poisoning, celiac disease, vitamin d deficiency, etc… She is telling me a lot of this sound neurological, so that is my next move- and I am terrified! The tremor scares me to death, thinking of Parkinsons/MS- but I am reading that tremors w/ those diseases usually are worse at rest, and get better w/ movement- mine are the opposite. Anyway, I just remembered that my grandfather has type 2 diabetes, and I’m wondering if that is hereditary, and if that would be ruled out by the standard CBC and other tests that were already done.
If anyone knows, I would greatly appreciate the help. I would also welcome any input regarding what might be going on w/ me. They are suspecting Fibromyalgia- but would that cause blurred vision & tremor? Thanks in advance for any help, as I am waiting for my results & my next doctor’s appointment.

A: Fibromyalgia is diagnosed after all other options have been eliminated.

I highly recommend a low carb way of eating to balance hormone functions & allow the body to function at optimal levels & regenerate rather than degenerate. This may alleviate many symptoms & will definitely manage any blood sugar issues.

I believe the thyroid lab tests are fairly useless & throat swelling would concern me as an issue. I would suggest you take your morning temperature at home using the instructions for the Barnes Basal Temperature test (which can be found online). I would also suggest researching iodine supplementation.

If you are using Aspartame (brand name Equal) or drink diet sodas with it – stop immediately. Aspartame poisoning mimics MS. I would suggest eliminating (at least for awhile) all artificial sweeteners & eliminating Aspartame permanently.

I have Fibromyalgia -Vitamin D3 supplementation has cleared the constant muscle pain (for the most part). I did high levels for 3 weeks & was pain free. I knocked the dose down to 2000iu’s a day & a week later the pain was back. After restarting high levels, the pain is managed again after 3 days.

I personally did 35,000iu per day for 2 months trying to refill my stores. It is highly recommended that you have your vit.D levels tested but my research shows toxicity only at outrageous, long term levels.

I originally did B12 injections daily for a couple of years & then I tried guaifenesin (Dr.St.Amand’s protocol) for 10 years but discovered vit.D3 supplementation only recently & that has worked better than anything else!

Vitamin D3 is not a vitamin at all but a necessary hormone that effects the immune system & nearly every aspect of health. Having low Vitamin D levels greatly increases risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, MS (& maybe even FMS)

I don’t think that FMS, cancer, MS, etc. is a vitamin deficiency but being deficient can create or greatly exacerbate health problems.

The prescription vitamin D supplements are the wrong type (ergocalciferol ). As warned by the National Institute of Health -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17023693

Luckily you can buy vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) over the counter and the upper limits are extremely high. Current recommendations are for 35iu per pound – a 150# person needs minimum of 5250iu per day & the rda is 400iu. This amount is for minimal needs and does not account for depleted stores. March is when stores are at their lowest.

Vitamin D3 deficiency is becoming an epidemic. U.S. RDA are much too low. It is possible that upper atmosphere pollution is blocking the needed UVB light from the sun.

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1560518#i

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/10/Vitamin-D-Experts-Reveal-the-Truth.aspx

Dr. Joe Prendergast, an endocrinologist /diabetologist has managed over 1500 diabetic patients and, in the last decade, not one of his patients has had a stroke or heart attack. Only one has even been hospitalized! His secret—50,000 units of Vitamin D3 daily. Dr. Joe further reports:

* Reversal of advanced coronary disease
* Reversal of advanced lung disease, avoiding a lung transplant!
* Cure of multiple sclerosis
* Cure of amotrophic lateral sclerosis
* Regression of rheumatoid arthritis
* Improvement in allergies
* Control of many cancers including prostate, breast, colon, brain tumors, leukemia, myeloma, etc
* Reversal of osteoporosis
* Prevention of influenza
* Cure of depression and many other mental disorders
* Hashimoto’s hyperthyroidism

In summary, the evidence for safety and remarkable efficacy of Vitamin D3 suggests that virtually ALL adults should probably take 50,000 units of D3 daily. This is certainly true for those with virtually any illness.

http://enews.endocrinemetabolic.com/2008/05/vitamin-dthe-cure-for-many-diseases.html

type 2 diabetes cure

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Read and learn more about type 2 diabetes cure. For more, visit the Diabetes website DiabetesFAQ.org

Q: Would a forced march cure type 2 diabetes?
Will exercise cure some / most / all cases of type 2 diabetes?

A: No, it will not cure diabetes. However, it may help to *treat* the hyperglycemia associated with diabetes (along with proper diet and medication). It will not cure in the sense of undoing the insulin resistance that causes Type 2 DM.

Q: Why do doctors think that finding a cure for type 2 diabetes is more important then finding a cure for type 1?
i had a doctor come in to my class today and non stop talk about how they were in pursuit of finding a cure for type 2 diabetes. Im of course glad to hear that, but what about type one. Ive had type one for about 10 years now and i havent heard about any new treatments other then stem cells, and the pump. why? type one is way worse then type 2

A: Type 2 affects a greater % of the population and is preventable. By educating people about t2 diabetes it is hoped that the rate of diagnoses and diabetes related complications will eventually go down. Type 1 on the other hand is unpreventable and affects a small amount of the population.

On the plus side, many of the advancements for t1 have occurred because of the rise in t2. Improvements in glucose monitors, insulin etc are more profitable for companies to invest in if there is a large part of the population who needs them.

Q: is it possible to cure diabetes type 2 naturally?
is it possible to cure diabetes type 2 naturally without prescribed medicine and is it possible to reverse it

A: I don’t think you will ever cure it. However you can control it. I’m a bad example but I have controlled it. Good diet and exercise. Lose some weight. Lay off the beer! That was my problem. I did very well for a few years but I got into the wrong habits again. I was diagnosed type II about five years ago. I weighed close to three hundred pounds. My blood sugar was close to three seventy-five. I was put on a strict diet and oral medication. I started walking, working out and lost weight. I kept a good check on my sugar. I did so well on my diet that when I went for my four month check up, My doctor took me off of my medication. However, I fell back into some old bad habits, Not watching what I ate or drank and put myself back into this position again. I’ll be back to where I need to be again. You’ve got to stick to it. The answer is yes. You can control it. You well never get away from it. But if you lead a healthier life style you can stay off the meds. See your Doctor. Don’t miss your quarterly visits. See a nutritionist. Stay active. Lose weight. Good Luck!

A: What the heck is “Murse Dan” talking about? Insulin uptake and resistance occurs at the tissue level, not in the blood or the pancreas.

If this guy is in the health field, I’m scared.

Anyway, the best hope for curing T2 diabetes is prevention, both at the genetic level and the lifestyle level.

Q: Is islet cell transplant or stem cell transplant cure for type 2 diabetes?
If it is how much does it cost?Plz give as much as detail as you can , I will be most thankful.

A: Right now, neither one.

BOTH are in the experimental stage, but neither method has been PROVEN to cure diabetes in man. A great deal of research is still needed.

AND, in order for the treatment to be made available to patients, it requires approval by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). This often takes YEARS, even when the “fastr track” method is used. The FDA is VERY careful to see that a treatment doe not cure the disease but kill the patient!

in order to provide proof that the method works, the FDA requires data taken from YEARS of Clinical Studies (using human patients) and follow up. This makes sure that the treatmenmt doesn’t have problems. Like, you cure diabetes but the patients dies of cancer in 5 years.

BOTH methods must first be proven to work in humans and THEN given the clinical trials AND THEN go through the approval process.

These “cures’ — IF they work — will not be available to buy for 20-30 YEARS.

Direct answer to your question:
Neither method has been proven to cure diabetes, and they are not avaialble for human use at any cost.

Q: Researchers have fornd a cure for type 2 diabetes. But why is it being kept under wraps?
A cure has been found for type 2 diabetes and its not some man made chemical mediscine. Its as simple as eating raw foods for 30 days! I know this sound like a buncha bull considering the huge medical companys insist that there is no cure for type 2 diabetes. But of course they want you to think that, its a billion dollar company! Just go to rawfor30days.com. The proof is in the pudding. But doesn’t it make you angry that these medil companys dont publicise this information to keep their pockets fat? Think of all the people struggling and suffering with this condition.
excuse the type is meant “found a cure”
This is real people just go to the website it will blow you away!
bmac look at the facts before you judge, how could medical companies make money off of a person eating raw healthy foods for 30 days? you dont need a doctor to do that.

A: I think that we are being too harsh here. Yes, there is no miracle pill or “cure diet” for Type 2. But many medical studies have shown time and time again that in many cases, Type 2 patients can increase their insulin sensitivity and decrease dependence on meds if they make the appropriate lifestyle changes soon after they are diagnosed.

That means, biting the bullet and making the effort. A healthy diet rich in whole grains, fibre, good fats, and lean protein. Low in saturated fat, simple carbs, and overall carbs/calories.

At least 45 min-1 hr of aerobic exercise each day. That can be as simple as a walk after dinner.

Both of these things lead to weight loss the majority of the time. And that leads to a decrease in insulin resistance, the cause of Type 2 diabetes.

BUT studies have found that diet and exercise can help Type 2 diabetes, even if the person doesn’t lose weight!!

Of course, some people have a form of Type 2 that is due to genetics, such as MODY. MODY is a rare form of Type 2 that occurs in young and thin people, and it runs in families. Some need insulin, some don’t.

80% of Type 2’s are overweight, and studies have proven that the majority if Type 2 cases can be prevented or diet and exercise treated if people make the effort. This has been proven, whether people like to hear it or not. I have heard of many Type 2 patients who were threatened with insulin by their doctors, who went on to finally make the changes and lose the weight. They were able to improve their outcome.

Of course early Type 2 can go into “remission”, but it cannot be cured. If the person stops their diet and exericse program, their BG will start to rise again. It is healthy living for life.

If people are simply handed a precription from their doc, and not given information to help themselves through lifestyle changes, this is wrong. Maybe doctors feel their pateints won’t listen.

Another issue is that people have been walking around for YEARS undiagnosed, and it is too late. That is why we need to prevent Type 2 in the first place.

Q: Can I cure Type 2 Diabetes?
I just saw my doctor and she told me that I have pre-diabetes because my fasting blood sugar is a little higher than it should be. She told me if I don’t do something I will have diabetes. The problem is she didn’t really say what “something” is, except she gave me a prescription for metformin. I don’t really want to take drugs. What should I do?

A: Thanks to Marianna for pointing to my website.

Diet and exercise are crucial to reversing pre-diabetes. Cutting back on refined and processed foods… sugar and things that turn to sugar quickly, these are very important steps because when sugar hits your blood it triggers an insulin release. Almost all “pre-diabetics” have been insulin resistant for years because your cells are being slammed with insulin every time you eat. Eventually your cells resist the insulin and your blood sugar levels go ever higher.

Exercise is also an important part of the equation.

Q: If stem cell research proves positive, will it help cure type one diabetes?
Generally, when people talk about diabetes and diabetics in general, they are referring to type 2 diabetics, seeing as only 10% of the diabetic population has type one.

They say that stems cells may be able to cure diabetes.

Are they talking about just type two, or type one, also?

A: The theory is that it will cure both along with a lot of other genetic diseases.

I am a 42 year type I diabetic.

You can find out more on my site below:

Q: how can stem cells help cure diabetes type 2?
and what is your opinion on finding a cure in the near future?

A: The direct implantation of stem cells into the pancreas of type 2 diabetic individuals has been found to enhance the production of endogenous insulin. In addition, it has been associated with an increase in the C Peptide levels, and a subsequent decrease in blood sugar levels.

If approved, this autologus stem cell transplantation could save a majority of the diabetics from receiving insulin or drugs to stimulate the production of insulin. It is hypothesized that the transplanted stem cells regenerate the damaged Beta cells in

individuals, leading to production of insulin.

The novel approach has been conducted on nearly 16 patients, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The main advantage of the procedure is that it is a relatively safe and effective method, devoid of complications. The results of the study can be found in the Journal of the American Society of Cell Biology.

The patient’s skin is cleaned with disinfectant solution and a small incision is made in the skin (over the inguinal region) following administration of local anesthesia. A very minute puncture is then made in the femoral artery. The extracted stem cells are then introduced directly into the pancreas through a synthetic tube (catheter).

With our improved understanding of stem cell biology and active research in stem cell transplantation, it would not be long before this new treatment can be instituted for cure of type to diabetes that affects more than 92% of patients, worldwide.

i hope this helps if you want to find out more details and everything go to google and type in diabetes type 2 stem cell research
and you will comne up with so many sites!

Q: Does losing weight cure type 2 diabetes?

A: Blow !
Yes it does. Being overweight or obese (especially when the fat is in the abdomen) increases the body’s insulin needs, and losing this extra weight can signiﬁcantly improve diabetes control. Often the weight loss can eliminate the need for medications altogether. You do not have to lose a huge amount of weight—a 5 percent loss in body weight is sufﬁcient

Q: does diabetes type 2 have a cure?
ok so i wanna know if it diabetes type 2 have a cure if it does whats the name?
oh i also want to know if theres a cure for diabetes type 1 & if there is then what the cure?
thanks

A: There’s no cure for type 1.

For type 2, significant weight loss (for example, after gastric bypass), can enable DM2 patients to get rid of their meds.

Q: Can a person be fully cured of type 2 diabetes?
If a person follows the doctor’s orders, can he be fully cured of type 2 diabetes. In other words, will his pancreas eventually start functioning like it used to? By the way, what makes the pancreas stop functioning?

Also, are there any meds for diabetes that don’t involve needles?

A: Many newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics consider them selfs cured. If you mean can they ever eat sugar like when they were a kid, then no. If you mean living the rest of their lives without drugs or complications, then yes. The pancreas becomes inflamed due to over producing insulin in an attempt to keep up with your ever increasing insulin resistance. Every carbohydrate you consume starting even before birth, moves you toward insulin resistance. Once the resistance becomes so great that the pancreas can not keep up, you are considered diabetic. If you avoid carbohydrates you accomplish two things. First, you give your pancreas a rest, and second, you give your resistant cells a rest. When you give the cells a break from insulin, they actually become sensitive again. After many years of extra insulin, either from drug induced insulin production, or actual insulin injections, your pancreas becomes permanently burned out. By definition, you are now insulin dependent or a type 1 diabetic. Keep in mind that the problem is not too much glucose, but too much insulin. Everyone should have their fasting insulin levels tested. This will detect insulin resistance, years before your blood levels of glucose begin to go up.

Q: Is there a cure for type 2 diabetes?

A: No a cure is not available. Diabetes is an autoimmune disorder and there are no know cures for Autoimmune disorders as of yet.

Q: what is the progress for a cure or treatment for type 2 diabetes?
how close are we to an all-out cure?

A: A ketogenic diet will help to control NIDDM if you stick to it. It could “cure” almost all type 2 cases. Type 1 is a different story.

Q: cure newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes?
Hi
can exercise and weight loss ,cure newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes?
my fasting sugar is 122 without medication,and is 160 ….2 hours after meal.
i am 30 pounds over the normal range…229 Ib, 6.1 feet,
44 years….
dont want to use medications.

help please

A: Yes, yes, yes. It can be controled but not cured. If you start a low Glycemic Diet and exercise you may stave off meds for many years.
http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.

Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.

For exercise , Nordic walking will do the trick . I do it everyday . Description
Nordic walking can be done year round in any climate and anywhere a person of any age or ability might otherwise walk without poles. It combines simplicity and accessibility of walking with simultaneous core and upper body conditioning similar to Nordic skiing. The result is a full-body walking workout that can burn significantly more calories without a change in perceived exertion or having to walk faster, due to the incorporation of many large core, and other upper-body muscles which comprise more than 90% of the body’s total muscle mass and do work against resistance with each stride. ‘Normal walking’ utilizes less than 70% of muscle mass with full impact on the joints of the legs and feet.

Nordic Ski Walking produces up to a 46% increase in energy consumption compared to walking without poles.[1]

Benefits
Compared to regular walking, Nordic walking involves applying force to the poles with each stride. Nordic walkers use more of their entire body (with greater intensity) and receive fitness building stimulation not as present in normal walking for the chest, lats, triceps, biceps, shoulder, abdominals, spinal and other core muscles. This extra muscle involvement leads to enhancements over ordinary walking at equal paces such as:

increased overall strength and endurance in the core muscles and the entire upper body
significant increases in heart rate at a given pace
greater ease in climbing hills
burning more calories than in plain walking
improved balance and stability with use of the poles
significant un-weighting of hip, knee and ankle joints
effective weight bearing exercise – creates positive total body bone density-preserving stress
I use plain old wooden sticks, works well>
Kewl!
Do this and you will be amazed at the results. I have no more room to go on But GOOD LUCK

Tin

type 2 diabetes causes

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Read and learn more about type 2 diabetes causes. For more, visit the Diabetes website DiabetesFAQ.org

Q: What causes type 2 diabetes?
well,
some people have been saying, its carbs,some say exhaustion, some say over weight , some say when ur soo thin
(underweight) soo i actually dont know!
my questions are:
does high carbs cause diabates type 2?
does over weight cause diabetes type 2?
does underweight cause diabetes type 2?
plzz .. i need enough info about this ..
what causes it , ???
thanks

A: This website gives a very in depth explanation of the causes of type 2:

http://diabetes.webmd.com/guide/diabetes-causes

Diabetes is a number of diseases that involve problems with the hormone insulin. While not everyone with type 2 diabetes is overweight, obesity and lack of physical activity are two of the most common causes of this form of diabetes. It is also responsible for nearly 95% of diabetes cases in the United States, according to the CDC.

Type 2 diabetes risk factors include the following:

High blood pressure
High blood triglyceride (fat) levels
Gestational diabetes or giving birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds
High-fat diet
High alcohol intake
Sedentary lifestyle
Obesity or being overweight
Ethnicity: Certain groups, such as African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Japanese Americans, have a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than non-Hispanic whites.
Aging: Increasing age is a significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes begins to rise significantly at about age 45 years, and rises considerably after age 65 years.

Q: What are some causes of Diabetes Type 2?
Does eating too much sugar cause Diabetes Type 2?
Thanks people. ;]

A: The human body developed on this planet over the past 2 million years. During all but the last 8,000 of those years (and 8,000 years when you are talking of an evolutionary time frame is but the blink of an eye), the human body evolved eating meat, fat and high fiber vegetables, with some roots and tubers.
Eight thousand years ago the “agricultural revolution” took place, with man learning how to domesticate grain. Virtually overnight, man became dependant upon carbohydrates as the main source of food. Archeologists point to that exact time period that the average height of man drops by two inches and all of the degenerative diseases we have today became prevalent in the society of that time.

With today’s accepted high carbohydrate diet it is projected that by the year 2025 there will be over 300 million diabetics planet wide. It is just not the diet our bodies evolved with.

Carbohydrates are simply long chains of sugar molecules hooked end-to-end. When a person eats carbohydrates their normal digestive process breaks up these chains into the individual sugar molecules, and they pass right through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream, and load up the bloodstream with sugar.

If this happened every once in a while it would not be a problem. But as diets today are so high in carbohydrates, people have a constant high level of sugar pouring into their bloodstream year after year!

This requires their body to continuously produce high levels of insulin to keep that sugar level down. (Insulin’s job is to push sugar out of the bloodstream into the cells where it is used for energy.)

Eventually the cells in their body becomes insensitive to the effects of the insulin (insulin resistance). To handle this problem of insulin resistance their body begins to produce even higher levels of insulin. This continues until their pancreas reaches the maximum amount of insulin it can produce, and when the insulin resistance increases again, their blood sugar begins to rise out of control.

The result is type 2 diabetes! Type 2 diabetes is actually an extreme case of insulin resistance.

Q: Why does type 2 diabetes cause weight gain?
I have just been diagnosed with type 2 but am at a healthy weight. A lot of what I have been reading cites weight gain as a symptom of diabetes but I can’t understand why (if your cells aren’t getting enough energy, they break down fat = weight loss??). Is it because it increases your appetite? Or is it not a symptom, but a cause?

If anyone could clear this up for me please?

A: Weight loss is symptom of diabetes, not weight gain. Overweight people have higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes, maybe that is what you are thinking of.

Q: How does childhood obesity causes type 2 diabetes?

A: being obese means you have more fatty tissue, having more fatty tissue causes the body to become insulin resistant and becoming insulin resistant causes the body to put on more weight.. become more resistant and so on and so forth.. at a certain level of resistance, it becomes known as diabetes … so, keep the fat down and muscle up (more muscle lowers insulin resistance) and it will lower the chances of diabetes… I’m assuming this is the kind of answer you want and not a chemistry lesson?

Q: Causes of type 2 diabetes?
My friend’s brother developed type 2 diabetes not too long ago. He was not overweight, and had a relatively healthy diet. He occasionally ate junk food, as most Americans do. Also, diabetes does not run in his family.

The only thing I can think that was out of the ordinary is that he is college-age and drank ALOT.

Can this cause type 2 diabetes? If not, what could be the culprit?

A: Health care providers do not yet know what causes diabetes. The following factors may increase your chance of getting diabetes:

Family history of diabetes
African-American, Hispanic, Native American or Asian-American race or ethnic background
Being overweight
Age (Chances increase with age)
Taking certain medicines
Being pregnant*
*Pregnancy puts extra stress on a woman’s body that causes some women to develop diabetes. Blood sugar levels often return to normal after childbirth. Yet, women who get diabetes during pregnancy have an increased chance of developing diabetes later in life.

Q: Does Type 2 Diabetes cause excessive perspiration?
We hired a new employee and he has type 2 diabetes. He perspires excessively and I believe, due to the sweating, he smells. As his superior, I need to confront him about the smell because one of our clients has now commented about it. However, I would like to know if the smell/perspiration is related to his medical condition.

A: It could. His blood sugar going low could cause him to perspire. His blood sugar going high can cause DKA, which would make him smell bad. Or he could just have bad hygiene, or sweat excessively on his own…

Q: what causes type 2 diabetes in young adults if their parents r not diabetec?
diabetes

A: This whole idea of diabetes being primary genetic in origin is just bogus. All you have to do is look at the statistics to show you that. Genetic diabetes is very rare. All these people promoting this idea are being funded by the food industry corporations that have huge bags of money to spend on this propoganda.

Diabetes type II is due to insulin resistance. It is due to the high carbohydrate diets, LOW fat, NO salt, No red meat crowd that is promoting pure misinformation to the public; it’s that simple.

All these diet products are creating much of the problem along with the fact that the average American is consuming huge amounts of refined sugars, low density carbohydrates, white flour, and hydrogenated oils. In 1905, the Average American ate about less than 10 pounds of sugar each year. It is now been published that the average American is eating over 200 pounds per year now. I believe it is much higher. A 6 ounce coke contains 39 grams of sugar. One big gulp has 32 ounces of coke. That’s 208 grams of sugar. Most people don’t just drink one, they have seconds. So 416 ounces = 64 ounces. One pound of sugar is = to 454 grams. So drinking just 2 big gulps will give you almost 1 pound of sugar that you are putting into your body.

Combine the carbohydrates most people consume each day and you will see that it is not unusual for someone to eat about a pound a day of sugar. If they consume diet drinks and diet foods, the body does not interprut that as different than eating sugar, when it comes to MAKING INSULIN. The Hypothalamus Gland senses the sweetness and causes the pancreas to secret insulin to deal with the sweetness or what it believes to be sugar that is turned into glucose. So when this happens, the huge spike in insulin results in the pancreas having to lower the insulin level and it produces a large amount of glucagon. This drives the blood sugar way down because no sugar is there! The insulin receptor cells in each of your cells in your body become tired of this and become RESISTANT TO INSULIN! Bingo. Now the Adrenal glands fire as a result of the glucagon surge. Now your body is producing huge amounts of cortisol to deal with the STRESS. So your body is in a state of STRESS constantly due to this and it was just not designed for all that sugar.

Welcome to the “modern man diet” brought to you by our wonderful food industry that has more revenue than ALL of the other U.S. corporations combined.

You need to free yourself from the lies you believe.

good luck

Q: How do proteins and enzymes hace to do with type 2 diabetes?
Hey guys, umm yea thats my question. If you have any specific sources please list them. And i mean how is the defect or absence of a specific protein or enzyme cause type 2 diabetes, not how do you treat diabetes with proteins. Thanks in advance and please i need the asap!

A: I don’t think it is the absence of a protein or enzyme that causes type 2 diabetes.

Q: Can type 2 diabetes cause urinary incontinence?
For those who don’t know what that is, it basically means peeing your pants.

A: Diabetes causes neuropathy. This means that nerve cells/fibres are destroyed and therefore fail to work. This would lead to loss of control of the nerve specific muscle/organ. So yes, diabetes causes neuropathy which, if the bladder nerves are affected, can cause incontinence.

Q: What really causes type 2 diabetes?

A: It has been said a chromium deficency can lead to it. Chromiun is processed by stomach acid and use of antiacids can prevent your body from absorbing chromium. Once you have it though there is no cure but there are many ways I know of to slow its progress.

Q: how does adiposity causes type 2 diabetes?

A: Not sure there’s a 100% proven link ie cause and effect demonstrated between being overweight resulting in type 2. However a study on heavy drinkers, who suddenly gave up, sent their blood pressure haywire which was accompanied by the devlopment of type 2. There may therefore be a similar link between eight and trype 2, once a certain blood pressure point is passed it may encoyrage/ cause type 2. Standard advice with type 2 is control is maintained by looking after blood pressure.

Q: What causes diabetes? It’s not from consuming too much sugar so how do you get it?
That is for type 1 but what about type to? What causes type 1 and type 2 diabetes?

A: Some of the above answers are incorrect.

Type I – genetic, usually triggered by an outside virus – your own white blood cells attack healthy, insulin-producing beta cells, thinking they are not YOUR cells (like they are part of the intruding virus), so the pancreas’ beta cells no longer produce any (or maybe a TINY bit) insulin because they have been attacked.

Type II – generally, a lack of exercise and a poor diet make it difficult for insulin to enter cells, so the pancreas produces insulin at a normal or perhaps slower rate, and then medicine is helpful for letting the insulin interact with cells to let sugar in.

So – type I is NOT caused by too much sugar, but type II may be!

Q: what type of diabetes causes blindness?
does type 1, type 2 , or Gestational diabetes cause blindness?

A: Type one and type two. Both of these types can cause many severe complications if not controlled. Gestational diabetes is what many women get during pregnancy. After the child is born, the gestational diabetes is not detected any longer…BUT…more than 65% of women that get gestational diabetes develop type 2 later in life. Diabetes can cause many complications like, disease of the eye, blindness, artery disease, heart disease, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, amputations of limbs…many things if it is not controlled well.

Q: type 2 diabetes caused by taking atenolol, should I be coming off this drug?
been on atenolol for a few yrs now, had a mild MI almost 2 yrs ago, had high BP before MI. Now worried about the diabetes scare

A: You really should address this to your cardiologist, if you have questions about your medications. However, there isn’t any correlation between your Atenolol and Type 2 diabetes. The Atenolol is a beta blocker, used to control the heart rate, prevent angina and lower blood pressure. Since you already had one MI, you already know you have coronary problems, and high blood pressure will kill you a lot faster than the Type 2 diabetes will. You can control and possibly eliminate the diabetes by watching your diet, eating right, losing weight and exercising. None of which would hurt the situation with your heart either, by the way. I also don’t suggest you get a wild hair and just quit taking the Atenolol either, since that can bring on heart attack number 2. Your diabetes is more likely due to some genetic predisposition, compounded by your lifestyle and diet. Change those, and you might be able to control or get rid of the diabetes. Get rid of the Atenolol and they may well be getting rid of you in a pine box. And don’t make your medication decisions based on polls taken here at YA, where everybody and anybody – trained and not, can type in an answer. It’s a lot smarter to talk to the cardiologist you hired to keep you alive a bit longer. He did go to school a long time to have the expertise, and you are paying him a lot for that opinion.

Q: other causes of diabetes mellitus type 2?
anyone knows what are the other causes of diabetes mellitus type 2 besides food and diet?

A: Do you mean, what else can cause a person to have type 2 diabetes besides having a poor diet?

Being fat, heavy, obese.
Lack of exercise.
Genetic predisposition (look up MODY mature onset diabetes of the young)
Ethnic makeup (indian, native american, hispanic)
Age.

Genetics play a big role.

type 2 diabetes children

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Read and learn more about type 2 diabetes children. For more, visit the Diabetes website DiabetesFAQ.org

Q: Which is more common in children type 1 or type 2 diabetes?

A: type 1 is most common. this is when someone’s body doesn’t make any insulin. type 2 is usually in adults because the body can no longer make enough or can’t use it efficiently.

Q: Can teens and children have type 2 diabetes?
I was wondering if only people in their 40s+ are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and if only people below that age are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

A: Anyone can develop type 2 diabetes. While traditionally associated with older people because children are expected to be active/slim, now that that trend is changing, more and more children are becoming diabetic.

Also, anyone at any age can develop type 1 diabetes, although it’s more commonly diagnosed in children and teenagers. When diagnosed in adults, it’s frequently misdiagnosed as type 2, with later antibody tests revealing that they are a latent-onset type 1- which for some people, can take years.

Q: What are the odds of my children getting diabetes type 2 if I have it and both of their grandmothers have it?

A: Heredity is only one factor affecting the odds of a person getting Type 2 diabetes. Personal lifestyle decisions are extremely important! It would be very desirable for you to teach your children to eat the proper amount of food and a well-balanced diet. Also, to exercise, get plenty of rest, and avoid stress.

The best way to teach your children is by being an example that they aspire to.

The ADA web site has a lot of information on what contributes to diabetes and how to delay or prevent it.

Q: Is type 2 diabetes in children reversible by diet and exercise?

A: No, there is no CURE for diabetes. However, with diet and exercise it can be completely manageable.

Q: How many Amish children have type 2 Diabetes?

A: Most children get type 1.
There are some teens that are more recently getting type 2.

I am sure you can look it up !

Q: What are 3 symptoms of type 2 diabetes in children?

Best of luck! And thanks for your interesting question…

Q: My husband and I have type 2 diabetes, both his parents had type 2 and my father had type 2. Will my children?
I have a daughter who is telling me that she will lose her weight, get into shape and never get diabetes. My husband and I were both told that because we both have it. It is not if our children will get it, it is when. I would like to know, if I was told correctly or if my daughter knows it all.

A: Your daughter knows. If she loses weight, exercises daily and eats a low Glycemic Diet , she can stave off diabetes.Heres the best website for Glycemic Index. It should be a eating bible for all type two diabetics.http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.

This is the way to control blood sugars and also prevent diabetes.

Good luck my friend, Hope you take my advice.

Q: I need a CURRENT percentage of how many children have Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in CANADA?
I can’t seem to find a current statistic… if anyone knows or can direct me to where I can find it, can you please let me know.. ASAP!! thank you

A: Canada doesn’t give a breakdown between type one and type two in any of their published data. And furthermore, there’s nothing more recent than 2006. See for yourself: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/2008/ndssdic-snsddac-08/pwdd-iadd-eng.php

Q: Any one have children with type 1 diabetes?
I have 4 children all boys ages 18, 7,5,& 3. My 7year old and 5 year old have diabetes. My 7 year old was 6 months old when diagnosed. The 5 year old was a month shy of 2 when diagnosed. Just want to know. Some times I feel alone dealing with this!

A: I do. I have two boys. An 11 yr old and a 4 yr old. My 4 yr old was diagnosed 2 months before he turned 3. I feel pretty alone in it also since we don;t personally know ahyone with type 1. I do lurk a lot at the childrenwithdiabetes.com forums especially the Parents of Children with Type 1. Also, I lurk at the ADA parents message board. I think I’ve posted one. I actually feel the support just reading the posts because these are parents that understand the roller coaster our family has been on since diagnosis. It’s so much! I can;t imagine how you deal with this disease in TWO kids! you must be an amazing parent!

Q: How do you handle type 2 diabetes and raise 4 children at the same time?

A: Diabetes is the least of my problems.

I handle it easily. Eating healthy won’t hurt the kids and neither will taking them with you on walks.

I have fibromyalgia, so the diabetes is a tiny nuisance in comparison.

Q: If a mother has Type 1 diabetes will her child also develop Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes?
My question is : Is Type 1 diabetes hereditary? Will it be passed on to future generations?

A: it can happen yes i have type 1 diabetes and have a 1year old son and he has not got diabetes so it really depends

Q: Type 1 vs type 2 diabetes in young adults?
I know type 1 often occurs in children, and type 2 generally develops in adulthood, but is now being seen in the younger population. But why would someone in their teens or 20’s develop type 1 instead of type 2?
I know you can get both at any age. what I’m asking is, what makes a person get type 1 instead of type 2

A: You can get Type 1 all the way up into your 30’s. Most cases are diagnosed by the early 20’s, then after that it is called LADA diabetes (Latent something or other). We don’t yet know why people get Type 1, because it’s not weight-related and usually there is no genetic link. Could be a virus that causes it…it’s an autoimmune disease where the body attacks itself for some unknown reason.

Type 2 can occur at any age, usually brought on by obesity and/or genetic factors.

Q: Is it ok to get pregnant with type 2 diabetes?
I have 2 children and have had gestational diabetes with both. I recently found out after having my second child that the gestational diabetes has turned into type 2 diabetes. I was wanting one more child before i call it quits. Does anyone know if it would be safe to have another child with this condition?

A: Absolutely, yes, you can have a safe pregnancy! I’m on my 2nd and I’ve been a type 2 diabetic since before either pregnancy. Here’s what you really need to know:

– get your blood sugars under control before conceiving. Have your blood sugar tested every 3 months with something called a hemoglobin A1C test. This is an average of your sugars over 3 months. You need that to be about 5.5 before conceiving. The reason is that when it comes to pregnancy, the first 8 weeks are the most important for having controlled blood sugars.

– tell whoever is treating your diabetes that you are planning on more children. If you don’t have an endocrinologist, this is the perfect time to get one. Even your PCP can order this test, but you will have to arm yourself with knowledge about diabetes and pregnancy if you don’t have a specialist.

- you will be considered high risk. However, it’s all about those blood sugars. If you keep them normal you are just like any non-diabetic pregnant woman statistically.

– lastly, I should warn you…pregnancy will most likely make your diabetes worse. Just as you didn’t have gestational diabetes after your first child, but did after the second. Pregnancy puts wear and tear on the endocrine system. I was a diabetic but controlled without medications before pregnancy – after, I couldn’t get off the medicine entirely even though I lost more than my baby weight. So do keep that in mind, that it will take a toll on YOUR health.

Good luck!

Q: Can impaired glucose in a 6 year old lead to type 1 diabetes?
I’m looking for info. about being glucose impaired(non-fasting). Here’s the latest: After many several visits to the doctor over the past week, several blood samples have been taken. The results are in the acceptable range. The concern is his glucose levels .When checked with his Accu Chek they’re all over the place. 12-8.7 in one day. Another day he could range 13.5-5.3. He is on a well balanced meal plan. He also has many of the symptoms of diabetes(too many to type). Incase your wondering he is not overweight so weight isn’t an issue. Whenever I google search this topic it takes me to studies on obese children and type 2 diabetes. . He has an app. to see a pediatrician at the end of the month. I want to be prepared so any info. would be great.

A: If you are going to google, Google Juvenile Diabetes. Also, when going to the Dr., request a C peptide test. It shows the insulin production of the pancreas. That is how they can determine if it is Type 1 or 2

Q: My finace & I want children but for the past months we have been tryin and nothing he has type 1 diabetes and?
I’ve heard that its harder for men with diabetes to have children, something 2 do with effecting the sperm and we want children , maybe it could be me? Basically does anyone know if type 1 diabetes effect a mans sperm which does not allow him to concieve??

A: Yes diabetes does in pack fertility. If after six months of trying still nothing go to a doctor and get checked out. It could be either of you but most doctors say try on you own for six months first. i say relax and let it happen sometimes you get so caught up in it. When you step back and don’t stress over it boom you get a baby.

type 2 diabetes sugar

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Read and learn more about type 2 diabetes sugar. For more, visit the Diabetes website DiabetesFAQ.org

Q: Would drinking beer socially affects my Type 2 diabetes sugar level condition ?

A: It’s ok to have a beer or two now and then. But beer has a lot of carbs. The beer will raise your blood sugar readings. If you drink more than one or two, or drink mixed drinks, your blood sugar will go up and then drop low. (hypoglycemia) This can be dangerous. However, just drinking one or two beers once in awhile will not hurt you. Many diabetics (both types) drink a beer or two every day and still have good control of their disease.

Q: How can I control my blood sugar with type 2 diabetes?
I would like to get my blood sugar down so I can avoid insulin which I have read makes it harder to lose weight.

A: Diet and exercize, a 10% loss in weight can actually turn around insulin resistance and diabetes. But don’t stop there it is something that you have to do the rest of your life. As far as diet portion sizes are very important and eat your veggies and fiber. I have seen this work with people I love.

Q: Eating lots of sugar with type 2 diabetes – what will eventually happen if you do that?
My grandma has type 2 diabetes and she has dementia. She eats lots of food with sugar in them, she has cakes, cookies, french bread, wine(she adds sugar to it), candy, chicken(which she’ll keep eating for about 4-6weeks) etc. This has been her diet for about a year or two.. Because of her dementia she’ll claim that the cake or cookie she’s eating are diabetic and if you try to argue with her it’ll be completely pointless. So changing her diet.. won’t happen. (Her doctor doesn’t care either and she’ll never change doctors so)

The question I’m wondering is, why hasn’t anything happened to her? Will anything eventually happen to her because of her eating all this sugar?

A: Hi, yes, unfortunately her blood sugar levels will remain elevated, and since her pancreas no longer produces insulin, she will need her blood sugar checked more frequently and will require more insulin.

If her blood sugar levels remain high, with no intervention, she will develop, numbness in her extremeties, (peripheral neuropathy), kidney shut down (requiring dialysis) blindness, and coronary artery disease. All this is PREVENTABLE!

Don’t allow sweets into the house, monitor her blood sugars,
and help her live longer.

Let me know if you need any more assistance. The American Diabetic Association also has tons of information of their website.

Leigh

Q: Can a person of type 2 diabetes get a tattoo?
It’s a question that I’ve been wondering. I have type 2 diabetes, sugar levels ok, and I was just wondering if a tattoo will affect me.

A: Well, you are risking an infection, for you know diabetic people are more prone to them. But if sugar levels are OK, the risk is not much higher. Keep it clean, and as any other person who wants a tattoo, beware of hepatitis B or C and watch that they use clean needles. Don’t go to an ordinary tom dick and larry tattoo. And get it checked up by a physician.

Q: Type 2 diabetes, blood sugar levels started fluctuating recently between 60 pts and 200 pts per 24 hr. period.
My father has had type 2 diabetes for a few years. What’s a good blood sugar level for him to shoot for and sustain. One problem is the fact that his doctor is pretty useless–except that he can prescribe diabetes medication, and dad won’t switch doctors. Finding the right med.s and dosage is too. But this last week dad’s blood suger levels started fluctuating wildly, as low as 30 and as high as 200, he can’t figure out why. His levels have never been lower than 60 nor higher than 140 or so. He has a very good dietary regiment and keeps to it…except on Sun.s he has desert in a fairly moderate amount, but he has always done that and his levels have never been this high, nor have they fluctuated so greatly. I am very concerned and I’d appreciate it greatly if someone experienced in this could clue me into these recent blood sugar fluctuations. What could be going on? Dad’s Dr. appts isn’t for another 4-6 months, as little help as that might be. Thank you so much.

A: Some fluctuation after eating a meal is normal, but your dad’s blood sugar doesn’t seem like it’s done that much in the past. Even so, people’s “normal” levels and ranges can change with time, and that might be happening here. I would give this one more week to see if his insulin levels even out and the fluctuations stop. If it keeps up, call his doctor and move up the appointment. Something like this shouldn’t wait several more months. If his sugar dips to 30 again- take a trip to the ER. A level that low is dangerous. Even if he has recovered quickly before, there’s no guarantee he will every time; he could easily bottom out.

As to his doctor- I’ve seen how *not* easy it is to get an older person to change doctors. Try talking to him and see why he’s so adamant about not changing doctors. Also, try calling the office yourself to talk to the doctor (or one of the office nurses- an invaluable liason/tool sometimes). Tell him your concerns, and see if there’s a reason he’s been treating your father as he has. It could be that he’s afraid of insulting a long time patient, or your dad may have forgotten to tell him everything during his previous visits. If Doc doesn’t seem responsive to your concerns- or your dad’s change in insulin levels- try again (and again, etc) to change doctors. Not doing so could be detrimental to his health. Good luck!~

Q: Is type 2 diabetes a lack of blood sugar?
If it is, why are there medications used for type 2 diabetes to LOWER blood sugar?

A: I have been type one diabetic for 17 years.

Type 2 diabetes is when the pancreas is still making insulin just not as much as it should.

type one, insulin dependent diabetics, their pancreas doesn’t make any insulin whatsoever, and rely on mutable injections, daily.

Both types can run high and low blood sugars and need to be monitored closely.

edit: when the sugar is high, more insulin is needed (in both types), to bring it down (many health problems can accure, high sugars can result in diabetic coma, and death). when the sugar is low, sugar is needed to raise it (I drink juice it works very quickly).

hope this helps

Q: Type 2 sugar diabetes?????
alright well i just found out about 3 months ago i have sugar diabetes, i take medicine called metformin, and also birth control, i only eat one meal day and sometimes i eat sugar even tho im not suppose too this medicine i think makes me throw up, i have been throwing up like very day and i think its from this medicine ever since i started taking this medicine im always sick and i dunno why i know i said i eat sugar but i only eat like little cookie a week , maybe the sugar is what makes me throw up? But i dont think it would make me throw up everyday..? Im wondering if this medicine has this affect that whenever you eat sugar it makes you throw up? But im wondering why im throwing up everyday does it have to do with my diabetes? I have alot of chest pains also?? Anyways if you could help i would very much appreciate it! Btw im not pregnant haven’t had sex in two months so thats not why im throwing up

A: If you got diabetes then stop all sugar, corn syrup and honey. And eat three meals a day and eat more vegetables than meat or starches like bread or potatoes or pasta. Limit your fruit to small portions. Metformin is supposed to be taken with a meal. otherwise you’ll get the runs. Check with your doctor.

Q: Average diabetes type 2 blood sugar level (in mmol/l) after 2 hours of meal?
For diabetes type 2 only please

What is your average blood sugar level after 2 hours of meal?

I have been diagnosed with diabetes type 2 and I now try to control it, however, my blood sugar level after 2 hours still looks pretty high (ranging from 8-15, average around 10), but it usually goes down back to around 5 after 5 hours.

I know the blood sugar level is all depends on what you ate, activity, level of stress, hormone, etc etc, but I just want to know what is your average approximately?

Thanks.
By the way, I didn’t take any medicine or insulin, 27 in age and would be interested to know people with similar circumstances (age around 20-30 without any medicine or insulin).

A: Most of us are about twice your age limit! and we aren’t afraid of the meds either!!

I work hard to keep mine back down to close to 8 after meals, around 2 hours.

I also absolutely never go more than 4 hours without eating a small meal. Good control means never spiking more than 175 and never getting hungry. It is a little hard to do, but can be done – with or without meds and insulins.

Eating very low carb food plan is best plan. I never eat potato, carrots, corn, peas, dried beans/lentils, pastas, breads, cereals, rices and have very little milk product.

Q: Can type 2 diabetes be diagnosed only by the blood sugar levels?
If there is no other sign exept high blood sugar levels, can that be type 2 diabetes? Is it necesary to have some clinical symptoms at all in such case?

A: I had no clinical symptoms. I’m not and wasn’t overweight and showed no symptoms whatsoever.

I was diagnosed only because I took a blood sugar test just to be taking one. Imagine my surprise when the numbers came out insanely high.

So yes, you may not show symptoms in the beginning and still be diabetic. Please don’t wait for symptoms to manifest themselves before you go see a doctor. The consequences are not good.

Q: HIGH and LOW blood sugar in type 2 diabetes?
I get both high and low blood sugar. Mainly low blood sugar now and in the beginning when I was first diagnosed it was high and I was just wondering if maybe my Type 2 has turned into something else?..
I’m not on medication anymore, I was on Riomet and I was able to come off of it…The highest my blood sugar gets is anywhere from 138 to 152…Usually my blood sugar hangs out around 89 to 95 but when it’s low it goes to the low 70s high 60s…this morning it was 72 when I left school

A: Diet and exercise plays a big role in maintaing glucose levels. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas does make insulin, but the body cannot use the insulin properly. Usually when a new diet and exercise is started, the glucose levels will start lowering, therefore needing an adjustment to any diabetic medications taken. Also, type 2 diabetics have been able to fully wean off their medications through proper control and are able to train their pancreas back to what it should be doing. Type 2 can be a treatable and beatable disease.

Q: How does sugar cause type 2 diabetes????????
I don’t get it, so much info on it sounds contradictory.
Like sugar is bad, but fruit is good?
Isn’t fruit high sugar?
I know it is fructose not glucose, but still…
Can anyone explain?

A: No, no, no.

Please do not blame it on sugar because almost everything you eat will turn into the same thing by your body – glucose.

Your body will not be able to recognize whether the glucose came from a chocolate bar, a watermelon slice or a bowl of rice.

It is just that in diabetics, the body is either not producing enough insulin, not producing insulin at all or is resisting the insulin – resulting in poor regulation of blood glucose and throwing your system out of whack.

So, you have to control the amount of glucose that ends up in your bloodstream, and this is through careful regulation your intake of simple sugars and complex carbohydrates.

BTW, different fruits have different glycemic levels in them.

Q: No Carbs, No Sugar for Type 2 Diabetes?
I was recently told by the doctor that I had type 2 Diabetes about 1 1/2 weeks ago. The doctor then prescribed for me to take Metformin at 1000mg a tablet to bring my blood sugar level down. I started taking them on 5/8 and my blood sugar level still hasn’t come down below 300. I’ve eaten salads, drank water, and did mostly what the doctor suggested. It wasn’t until yesterday when I went to the doctor again that I found out that I can’t have any carbs or sugar. Also, I’ve come to find out that bananas had at least 12g of sugar, so I cut those out because I was eating like 2 or 3 a day.

My question is what can I really eat besides salads and such? I work for a paratransit company and I’m usually forced to sit all day driving so I can’t really do much exercise until I get off of work. Not many restaurants where I live (Chicago) provide baked fish, chicken, or turkey. What else can I do?

A: It take time for the meds to lower your blood sugar. It could take 2 or 3 months. You can have carbs, but they should be good carbs. Stay away from white bread, and anything made with white flour including pasta. No white rice or white potatoes. You need to get a dietitian or nutritionist to help you. 45 grams of carbs at each meal are the normal. Each serving being 15 carbs. Then 2 snacks at 15 carbs each. You can also eat lean cuts of beef. Beef has no carbs, and chicken does. Bananas have lots of carbs too. Fruit is something that is best kept out of the diet except in very small amounts once in while. The really raise blood sugar. Here is what my nutritionist suggested for me and many others. The South Beach Diet. It will teach you about good and bad carbs, and will give you lists of food you can and can’t eat. It does not count calories or carbs, and does not raise the ketones like the Atkins diet can. It is a very healthy, safe diet for a diabetic to follow. You can get a paperback copy at Walmart for around $12.00. Drinking water does very little to bring down blood sugars. When I was diagnosed it took my blood sugar 5 months to stabilize. It was really hard sometimes because it was all new. I was also on metformin. Just be patient and eat a good diet. Get some exercise when you can. Sign up for some diabetic educational classes.

Q: Type 2 Diabetes and sugar?
My friend has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but still eats an awful amount of sugar a day. They wont listen to doctors or change their way. What sort of risk are they at? How quick will they get ill? could they die?

A: Type 2 Diabetes
Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatments of Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes is more common than Type 1 Diabetes.
Whereas Type 1 Diabetes was characterized by the onset in young persons (average age at diagnosis = 14), Type 2 Diabetes usually develops in middle age or later. This tendency to develop later in life has given rise to the term “adult onset diabetes”. The typical Type 2 Diabetes patient is overweight although there are exceptions. In contrast to Type 1 Diabetes, symptoms often have a more gradual onset. Type 2 Diabetes is associated with insulin resistance rather than the lack of insulin like seen in Type 1 Diabetes. This often is obtained as a hereditary tendency from one’s parents. Insulin levels in these patients are usually normal or higher than average but the body’s cells are rather sluggish to respond to it. This lack of insulin activity results in higher than normal blood glucose levels

http://www.endocrineweb.com/diabetes/2diabetes.html

Q: I have Type 2 diabetes. If my sugar levels are good is it ok to get a tattoo on my leg?
Please no judgements on tattoos just honest answers.

A: Definately ask your doctor. Remember that diabetes prevents natural healing in a cut or abrasion, so that could be a big deal with a deep tatoo. Also, Diabetes is an autoimmune disorder, so you might have some allergies to the dyes that you are currently unaware of.
Consider the risks and weigh the benefits…a cool tatoo might rock, but what if you lose your leg because the tatoo never heals and gets infected?

Q: Could eating spoonfuls of pure sugar give you type 2 diabetes even if your not fat?
I love sugar so much I eat a spoonful of it about everyday or two…I just love the crunchiness of it…I think I may have pica. Anyways could doing this give me type two diabetes even if i’m not overweight?
sand and chalk sometimes look appetizing to me as well but i’ve never tried eating them…I just use sugar as a substitute

A: You don’t have pica and won’t give you diabetes

type 1 and type 2 diabetes

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Read and learn more about type 1 and type 2 diabetes. For more, visit the Diabetes website DiabetesFAQ.org

Q: Whats the difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2?
Hi everyone.
My boss just found out her 16 year old daughter has type 1 diabetes. We were all very sad to hear the news. Apparently she will be taking medication everyday for the rest of her life and she has a strict diet to follow. What’s the difference between type 1 and type 2? Also, do people with diabetes have a tendency to be thin and lose a lot of weight because of their diet? Apparently before she was diagnosed, she lost 10 pounds within a month.

Thanks!

A: Type one is usually diagnosed early in life, from birth to around the age of 30. There are many theories on why and what happens to the pancreas in type 1. It is thought to be a viruse that attacks it at some point. There are more cases of type 1 in states that have cold weather. These people are always insulin dependent and must inject insulin sometimes up to 6 times a day. The pancreas does not make any (or very little) insulin. In type 2, it is usually diagnosed after the age of 35, but can develop earlier. With this type there are 2 things that can happen. The pancreas can be making lots of insulin but the body is not using it correctly (this is insulin resistance) or the pancreas is not making enough insulin. People with type 2 usually have to take some type or oral meds, but some take insulin, and some take both. There are some type 2’s that can control their disease with diet and exercise for many years. Both types of diabetes can be genetic. Both types are caused by malfunctions of the pancreas and are not caused by the wrong diet, or being overweight. Both types of diabetics need to get daily exercise and watch their diets.

Q: Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2 treated by decreasing hepatic gluconeogenesis?
If there is a drug that decreases hepatic gluconeogenesis, would it only help with patients with Diabetes Type 2? Or would it also help with paients with Type 1 diabetes? If so or so not, can you explain how? I know Type 2 can be helped with this, but I’m not sure about Type 1. Thanks

A: If a type 1 suffers from ‘dawn phenomenon’ It just might help. Your liver dumps glucose into your body in the morning so you have energy to ‘hunt’ for food. In type 1’s, there is no insulin to metabolize the blood sugars.

I don’t believe that any doctor would prescribe this type of treatment. I am not sue if there is a drug that will be short acting enough to prevent causing problems.

Of course, I am not a doctor.

Q: How does a doctor differentiate between type 1 diabetes and type 2…?
Also, are fasting blood sugar levels an accurate diagnostic test because i heard people with diabetes type 1 can have normal blood sugar levels from fasting but not after eating… is that true?
I know type 1 makes no insulin and type 2 makes little insulin but how does a doctor know? Are blood sugar levels higher in type 1 then in type 2? Is there a blood test to determine it?

A: the only real way a doctor can tell the difference, is if he runs a blood test to see if there are any ANTIBODIES present. If there are antibodies then you are type 1 diabetic because that means your immune system is killing your insulin producing cells with the antibodies. Type 2 diabetics do not have any anti-bodies which means they still produce insulin. OH and a person can have normal fasting blood sugars if that person already had insulin in him (like if he is a type 1 diabetic and still has long-acting insulin in him from the night before).

Q: What are the chances of my 2 year old daughter to develop type 1 diabetes?
Both my husband and sister in law have type 1 diabetes. My husband develop type 1 diabetes when he was 5 years old, but his identical twin did not. His younger sister developed type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old.

A: If a father has type 1, the child has a 1 in 17 chance of developing diabetes.
A child has a 1 in 25 chance of developing diabetes if the mother has type 1 and gave birth before the age of 25. Chances are 1 in 100 if the child was born after the mother was 25.
A child has a 1 in 7 chance of developing diabetes if the father has type 2 diabetes and was diagnosed befor the age of 50, chances are 1 in 13 if the father was diagnosed after the age of 50.
If both parents have type 2 diabetes, a child has a 1 in 2 chance of developing the disease.
This is just a tid bit of information that I got out of one of my diabetes magazines recently

Q: What are the differences between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes?
I know type one is deadlier. But symptom wise, what are the differences between the 2 types of diabetes?

A: Basically, type 1 is an autoimmune deficiency- meaning that your body starts fighting against itself, and eventually, someone with type 1 diabetes will stop producing insulin (the protein that regulates your blood sugar levels and enables your body to produce energy). This happens very quickly once it’s triggered. As for symptoms… well, it depends what you mean. Before I was diagnosed, I was drinking about ten plus glasses of water and going to the bathroom a completely insane number of times a day. My mouth smelled like dried fruit. Once I even got a migraine during gym class, but I have no idea if that’s related. I felt tired all the time and snapped at people a lot more than usual, too. People diagnosed with type 1 are usually otherwise completely healthy human beings (but I do happen to know that they’re more susceptible to certain kinds of warts and gum disease.) And once you have type 1, you’re stuck with it for the rest of your life- there’s no cure. Insulin injections are just life support.

Type 2 diabetes isn’t quite the same. When someone has type 2, it means that they’re still producing insulin, but their bodies have developed a resistance to it. It’s also very likely that they’re overweight. (The more overweight you are, the less effective your insulin becomes.) The symptoms are much the same as for type 1, but type 2 is a bit more dangerous. Because it is more slow to develop – sometimes taking as much as ten, twenty-some years before a person is properly diagnosed – the high blood sugar has more time to inflict permanent damage to your liver, nerves and general circulation. Unlike type 1, type 2 diabetes can sometimes be cured by losing weight around the belly and putting a more healthy diet into place. You can also take pills that will make your insulin stronger to help you regulate your blood sugars.

So, basically… they have the same symptoms, only type 2 will be slower to develop and likely won’t be caught until the person has had diabetes for quite some time. Type 2 also has the issue of loss of circulation. That’s actually one of the best ways to differentiate between the two.

Q: What is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes?
I always see commercials about Type 1 and 2 diabetes, what are they exactly and what causes them? Please help!

A: In a nutshell, type I diabetes is thought to be an autoimmune disorder in which the beta cells of the pancreas stop producing insulin. Type II diabetes comes from insulin resistance and is usually seen in older, overweight patients whose pancreas is working. Type II diabetes is preventable through proper diet and lifestyle, but type I is not preventable at this time. Maybe we will learn more in time so that type I diabetes can be prevented as well.

Q: what is the difference between type 1 and 2 diabetes?
whats the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
And what are the symptoms?

Thanks for your help.

A: Type l diabetes is when your body doesn’t make insulin.
Type ll diabetes, your body makes insulin but either doesn’t make enough for the sugar in your body, or your body doesn’t use insulin properly.

You can have any of the following symptoms or all of them:

nausea
headache
fatigue
shaky
nervousness
sweaty
increased thirst
increase or loss of weight
increased urination
dizzy or lightheaded
flushed

Q: Is there a difference in dietary requirements between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes sufferers?
There seem to be cookbooks that are specific to Type 2 diabetes. Does this mean there’s a difference in the kind of diet that Type 1 and Type 2 sufferers need to follow?

A: There is a lot of difference between the diet of all diabetics.

We have different tolerances to certain carb / protein / fat combo’s.

Type 2’s can vary so much. Some people can control it with a very strict diet, others can have a less strict one with tablets.

Type 1’s can have a lot less of a strict diet, we learn to adjust our insulin to our carbs, just like a normal pancreas would work.
Insulin is given either via injections or a pump.

I’ve been type 1 since i was 9. I have very good control, and i self-medicate, like most type 1’s learn to.
I can eat mostly anything, apart from the obvious, like a load of sweets, 3 pizza’s etc.

Any ’specific’ cookbooks are usually rubbish.
Type 2 diabetics can vary a huge amount with their medications, their dietary requirements.
There is no ‘diet’ that works for everyone.

Q: what if a type 1 diabetes stayed 2 days without eating?
i’m saying IF , what if someone who got diabetes type 1 stayed without eating anything , only drinking water
and if he is not taking his shots too
what’s gonna happen to him because of not eating ?

A: If he’s not eating, he’ll become hypoglycemic quickly. A sugar of less than 65 is risky for a coma, and death is around the corner.

He’s also at risk for diabetic ketoacidosis, which many people only equate with too MUCH (untreated) sugar. But a starving body and an absence of insulin is a recipe for DKA: Basically, when the body thinks it’s starving, it tries to help. It breaks down organs to stay alive. If yo’ure not eating, not making (or taking) insulin, vomiting or diarrhea, your body thinks it’s starving. It takes intense insulin therapy and an inpatient hospital stay to reverse DKA. Two days of not eating or taking insulin is dangerous for anybody, but more so for a person that doesn’t make their own insulin.

Anyone can develop ketoacidosis, not just diabetics. Anorexia or a really bad flu are examples of a non-diabetic at risk for ketoacidosis. It yields feelings of nausea, unexplainable sleepiness, labored breathing and projectile vomiting. A urine or blood test confirms ketoacidosis. A coma follows (if untreated), and death is imminent.

Q: What is are the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?
What is are the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?

Main things Im looking for are:

Cause
Treatment
Lifestyle changes

Stuff like that..
Thanks =]

A: Cause:
-type 1 is usually autoimmune (body attacks insulin producing cells)
-type 2 is usually insulin resistance that the body can’t keep up with. That is, the body needs more and more insulin to fulfill normal insulin requirements. Not all with insulin resistance develop diabetes. Insulin resistance is usually due in part to excess weight and poor diet. Genetics play a role, but not in a clear “1 gene causes this” type of way. It’s likely the interations of many, many genes and environment.

treatment:
-type 1s need insulin, although it can be injected or with a pump
-type 2s vary. Ranges from diet and exercise alone (fairly rare) to various meds to insulin.

lifestyle changes:
-for both, diet is really important.
-type 1s have to pay really close attention to diet since how much insulin is given depends upon food intake. On the other hand, type 1s can adjust insulin depending upon food so it’s easier to “cheat” by just giving extra insulin. Requires a lot of planning–testing blood sugar frequently, snacking depending upon when insulin was given, blood sugars, etc. Exercise is important, but has to be planned for to avoid/minimize low blood sugars.
-type 2s: since most are overweight, diet and exercise are very important. Weight loss should be a goal and can even help to slow down the disease process.

Check on the American Diabetes Association website for more information.

Q: what is the differance between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
what is the differance between type one and type two diabetes. nick jonas has type 1 and on tv they always talk about type two. is one worse than 2 ? or are they both about the same?

A: Can I just add to what prophet1102 said.

Type 1
Type 1 diabetes develops if the body is unable to produce any insulin. This type of diabetes usually appears before the age of 40.
Type 1 diabetes is the least common of the two main types and accounts for between 5 – 15% of all people with diabetes.

Type 2
Type 2 diabetes develops when the body can still make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is produced does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).
In most cases this is linked with being overweight.
This type of diabetes usually appears in people over the age of 40, though in South Asian and African-Caribbean people often appears after the age of 25.
However, recently, more children are being diagnosed with the condition, some as young as seven.
Type 2 diabetes is the most common of the two main types and accounts for between 85 – 95% of all people with diabetes.

There are currently over 2.3 million people with diabetes in the UK and there are more than half a million people with diabetes who have the condition and don’t know it.

Q: Do you think that type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes should be named differently?
I am a Type 1 Diabetic. i think that Type 1 should be called type 1 pancreatic disorder or something. Because with Type 2 diabetes, it’s preventable. It’s the person’s fault. No offense and I’m not meaning to be harmful just making a point, but Type 2 Diabetics are FAT!!!! It’s their fault that they have it. Type 1 Diabetics cannot prevent it from happening, it just happens.

A: woah…first of all, the 2nd answerer to your question is WAY off. diabetes insipidus is COMPLETELY different than diabetes mellitus

diabetes insipidus occurs when the kidneys are unable to conserve water as they perform their function of filtering blood. this form is uncommon though

diabetes mellitus comes in 3 main forms…type 1, type 2 and gestational.

back to your question: not all type 2’s are fat..thin people can be diagnosed with type 2..its just more likely to be diagnosed in overweight people.. and YES (**shakes head up and down uncontrollably**) type 1 and type 2 should have different names. i say get rid of the word ‘type’ and the 1 and 2 cause you could also call type2 ‘type2 pancreatic disorder’ cause both types have to do with the pancreas. type 1 could be called dead pancreas disorder or something cause thats what type 1’s basically have…a dead pancreas…i dont know what to call type 2 cause their pancreases still produce a little insulin

Q: Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?
What is the difference between ‘TYPE 1 & TYPE DIABETES?”

A: Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, it happens when your white blood cells mistake your healthy pancreas for something that is sick so it attacks it and kills it. Therefor you can no longer produce insulin. You are not born with it and it is not hereditary and it has nothing to do with diet or exercise it can happen to anyone. It can be regulated with injections of insulin around 3 times a day.

Type 2 diabetes is when your body no longer reacts to the insulin your body produces. You become insulin resistant. This can be hereditary, and can but not always be associated with being over weight. It also can be regulated with diet and exercise and a pill.

Q: What are my chances of type 1 or 2 diabetes?
Im only a teenager, and my dad has type 2 diabetes, my cousin on my dad’s sude has type 1, and my grandfather, plus his 6 relatives all have type 1 and 2 on my dad’s side. What are my chances of getting diabetes? What is the ratio? Can I prevent diabetes? And will I have to go to the hospital if I am diagnosed with type 1 or 2 diabetes?

A: Here are some of the symptoms:

1. Loosing weight suddenly.
2. Frequent urination.
3. Always very thirsty.
4. Dire need to eat, always hungry.
5. Blurred vision.
6. Itching of the skin.
7. Numbness in extremities (arms & lags).
8. Slow healing of wounds.
9. Vaginal yeast infection.
10. Fatigue.
11. Irritability and changes in ones mood.

These are only indicative and not conclusive. Sometimes diabetes can be without symptoms also. You will be said to have diabetes if you sugar level remains high normally. It is confirmed by testing your blood and urine sugar levels after an overnight fast and again after food/sugar syrup. If there is no sugar in your urine it is called diabetes insipidus.

Q: what are the differences between diabetes type 1 and type 2?
i read about it online and they both seem pretty much the same, but the theres got to be a difference.
i also want to know if they are treated the same, that is with the same type of medication?

A: type 1: pancreas is dead

type 2: pancreas is trying to work, but is overwhelmed , or doesn’t do it’s job well enough