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Diabetes

You can use this forum to discuss Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, pre-diabetes – prevention, diagnosis, specialists, self-care, diabetes-induced complications, nutrition, physical activity, medications and other forms of diabetes management.

What's the difference between DKA and hyperglycemia???

I'm totally confused. After my doctor diagnosed with me diabetes, I have been searching for as much information as possible. I have elevated blood sugar, which is hyperglycemia in the medical term. Also, I read about diabetic ketoacidosis, which sounds like a horrible thing and it says that...

by User avatar Guest

Lost my job because of Hypo's

I am so upset about my life and having diabetes.  I lost my job because I went into a hypo and my boss freaked out about it.  She thinks that it is too dangerous to have me on the job if I am going to get "loopy" and not know what I am doing :(  Am I going to be able to get another job?  I have...

by User avatar Guest

glargine twice a day

Hello, I was wondering if it is a good thing to take glargine twice a day. I know some people take it once a day. I was wondering if it effects you BG differently dividing the dose. I started out with twice daily so I don't know about once daily. Has anyone out there switched say from once daily to...

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glucose standard

Hi, I have to check my blood sugar level, but I don’t know what is the standard for sugar, and what is considered pre-diabetic?

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Are these diabetes symptoms?

I have been wondering if I could have diabetes for a while, so I am hoping that you can tell me if these are diabetes symptoms. I drink a lot of liquid and urinate a lot, have lower back pain and I get faint when I stand up especially when I'm hot. I also have been quite moody. Please help me!

by User avatar celestyn743

Would being diabetic affect pregnancy test results?

Hello! I have had many pregnancy signs since last month. My periods are very irregular and I am a diabetic. I have done five home pregnancy tests and two of them shown that I am pregnant and three of them that I am not. Now, I do not know if I am pregnant or not. I want to ask you would being...

by User avatar keefe85956354

BG Levels how do they change

Hiya, I was wondering BG levels and how they change. I decided to go ahead and test my sugar levels every few minutes to see what it was doing. I started at 130 then I took another reading 3 minutes later and got 175. then I took another reading 30 minutes later and got 160. I know that blood sugar...

by User avatar Guest

Glucose tolerance test

Hi, can anyone explain me why is glucose tolerance test performed. What does it indicate? Is positive test indicating diabetes?

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type 1 and gliclazide

hello, I have type 1 diabetes and my doctor has recommended that I now start taking gliclazide. has any one got any experience of this medication, I would like to know what to expect when I start taking this. Please let me know of your experiences with gliclazide.

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Homeostasis starting in a diabetic patient?

Hello! My mother is diabetic patient. She discovered that she has diabetes last month. Since then she take therapy, but we cannot notice any progress. We are concerned that prescribed therapy maybe is not right for her. She talked with her doctor yesterday but he told her that is too early to tell...

by User avatar burton30463181