Diabetes is a medical condition characterized by high level of glucose in blood,
due to the lack of insulin in your body or inadequate reaction of body cells towards
the action of insulin.
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Questions related to diabetes sent between June 25, 2007 - Oct 13, 2007
Question:
Why is it very important to take care of my feet if I have diabetes? by boston_peter October 13, 2007
Answer:
Nerve damage, infections and circulation problems can cause big foot problems for people with diabetes. Sometimes nerve damage can misshape or deform your feet, resulting pressure points that can turn into sores, blisters or ulcers. Because poor circulation can make these injuries slow to heal, sometimes this can cause amputation of a toe, foot, or leg.
Question:
How are children especially affected by diabetes? by andrew.banks October 12, 2007
Answer: Usual diagnosed in children is Type 1 diabetes, also called
juvenile diabetes, when body's immune system destroys beta cells in the pancreas.
By consequence they no longer make insulin and affected children must take
insulin everyday. Type 2 diabetes is a disease most common disease in adults
aged 40 years or older, but obesity and physical inactivity may contribute to
the increased development of type 2 diabetes among youth.
Question:
Why do I need to know if I have pre-diabetes? by toronto Sept 13, 2007
Answer:
You can prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes if modest weight loss and
regular exercise are included in your lifestyle. To learn more, start a
topic in our forum.
Question:
What is pre-diabetes and how is it different from diabetes? by oharateam Sept 12, 2007
Answer: Pre-diabetes condition occurs when glucose levels in bloob are higher than normal,
but the level not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. Many studies show that people with
pre-diabetes develop type 2 diabetes in 10 years.
Question: Can diabetes lead to sexual problems?
by john a bugatti July 23, 2007
Answer: A nerve disorder caused by diabetes, known as neuropathy, generates
sexual dysfunction in men and women as well. It affects nerves that control parts
of body that you don't move voluntarily, such as the nerves that control bladder muscles,
small blood vessels and sweat glands of the skin, internal organs, genitals and the
gastrointestinal tract.
Questions: How does one get diabetes? by ohio-man June 25, 2007
Answer: One of our body natural function is to take food and
process it to get energy. While digesting food, our body turn it in sugar,
in fact in glucose. During digestion process, the pancreas releases insulin.
Insulin keeps us healthy by controlling the amount of sugar in our blood.
When the pancreas fails to produce the necessary amount of insulin or body
cells do not respond to insulin action the condition is called diabetes.
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