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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.

Advice for diabetic after receiving your dilation eye drops

Hello, I have a question about eye drops and going to the eye doctor.  I am wondering about what I should do when I go to the eye doctor and receive dilation eye drops?  I am diabetic and a bit concerned about it.  Will this intervere with my other eye drops I take?  I have drops I take at night...

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How does Vitamin C help to reduce blood sugar?

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I've heard that vitamin c helps to reduce blood sugar, but is that "real" or an old wives tale? I hear a lot of claims for different vitamins, minerals and herbs that will control or lower blood sugar, but am always afraid to try anything because I don't want to screw up my blood sugar or send...

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I was sitting in a chair and out of no where I felt like I was going to pass out, I was dizzy

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When I was sitting in school I was sitting in a chair and out of no where I felt like I was going to pass out, I was dizzy, had a headche, and felt like I was going to throw up. What could have caused these problems? Could it be that I am diabetic, it does run in my family. 

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Is it normal for a diabetes patient to feel constant vaginal itching?

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Hello, I suffer from diabetes type 2 for ten years. I take my meds regularly. I have a lot of extra weight and I tried for a long time to lose those extra kilos. For a long time I did not go to a doctor, but I am feeling some vaginal itching now. Is it normal for a diabetes patient to feel that?

by User avatar rodina45004

I have type 1 daibetes and have had pain and some bleeding while pooping

Hi guys im a 12 year old male with type 1 daibetes and have had pain and some bleeding while pooping for a long time now. This kind of comes and goes but always there whether the pain is intence or not. Recently I noticed a swelling area near my anus. It is kinda of a swelling of skin with a hard...

by User avatar Tootrue

How to gain weight with type 1 diabetes?

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Hi, I have had diabetes for 20 yrs. now. I'm one of the opposite with type 1 diabetes because I never gain weight, instead I lose it. I exercise 5 times a week, and I have a high metabolism, but I can never gain weight. Strange huh? I wanted to know is there any supplements that I can use and...

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Anyone out there use metformin?

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Anyone out there use metformin if so what side effects r u feeling currently taking metformin 1000 mg once a day 

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I felt a SEARING pain from the back of my skull

What happened thus morning when I woke up was I felt a SEARING pain from the back of my skull and the pain spread as I stood to turn off my alarm clock. When I was walking over to the clock, I was stumbling over nothing and I felt as if I couldn't walk. Dizzyness would be the best way to describe...

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Diabetes

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when can a person become diabetic?

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Diabetes and Hashimoto's thyroiditis connection?

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I am diabetic and have a nagging suspicion that I also have Hashimoto's thyroiditis - ever since I read something on wikipedia about this condition and some of the symptoms really struck a chord with me, I have been thinking about this. Are there any known connections between Hashimoto's thyroiditis...

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