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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.

Hypo at BG 7.5mmol/L

My son was diagnosed with DM1 4 months ago. He is 9 years old so of course we take care of his blood glucose. We have been to the most horrifying days in our lives when he went to the hospital almost in coma and we didn’t know was diabetes. He have now learn about hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and...

by User avatar Guest

side effects of insulin

I am hoping someone with diabetes can tell me something about this. I have heard that there are some negative side effects that come with the insulin injections that many diabetics have to receive. Is that so? What are the negative side effects that insulin can cause? Is this common or not?

by User avatar eben632147698

Does anyone know if there is a cure for diabetes?

I have been reading about herbal cures for all kinds of conditions that are perceived to be chronic conditions in western medicine and I was thinking that the definition of chronic needs to be looked at again, from a different angle! Does anyone know if there are any cures for diabetes?

by User avatar gregory1372160823

Women with type 2 diabetes and risk of fractures?

My mother has been suffering from diabetes for years. She broke her ribs when she fell yesterday, although it wasn’t a terrible fall in my opinion. I was wondering if women with type 2 diabetes have greater risk of fractures or this is only a coincidence. I hope someone will answer my post....

by User avatar cart1355172780

diabetes caused by pregnancy?

I don't know how to start. I am 26 years old and I am pregnant for the first time. I am going to regular routine checks of baby progress and my overall health condition. Couple days ago doctors told me that my sugar level in blood is too high. I have diabetes now. I didn't have it before the...

by User avatar dominique31751

i sweat when I eat_diabetic

Hi! I am 36 year old, and I am diabetic for 20 years. I control my blood sugar regularly. I noticed that for past two years I sweat when I eat. It is mostly on the face and head. I don’t going into restaurants anymore and I hardly ever call guests for dinner because of this. It is very...

by User avatar charo816

difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Few days ago we started a discussion. A colleague of mine was reading an article in newspaper. It was about diabetes. While reading it loudly he started to give comments on text. Some of them I forgot, but some was very interesting, so we discussed it later. The whole story when he read that there...

by User avatar elijah36707

New diabetes drug shows promise in treating diabetic retinop

Diabetes is a systemic disease that impacts many body functions including eye-sight. So far, there hasn’t been a drug used for treating so called diabetic retinopathy, a severe eye damage caused like the name says by diabetes type 2. Diabetic retinopathy has been only treated by laser surgery,...

by User avatar Laylah

Survival plan if you run out of insulin

Hello, I'm curious if anyone has thought of a survival plan if you run out of insulin. I'm kinda thinking about a natural disaster like a bad hurricane hit or massive flooding and you are really out there with nothing. Or, maybe there just isn't any insulin available because of war (doomsday) or...

by User avatar Guest

Diabetes from Bisphenol-A

Did anyone else read about the Bisphenol-A scare? I am interested in discussing the real link between Bisphenol-A and Diabetes. In this modern environment it seems like a tough job to avoid Bisphenol-A. If you do avoid Bisphenol-A, then to what lengths do you have to go and can you tell me more...

by User avatar rolando1635166591