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Diabetes Medication
2007-09-20 17:31:00
Many people who have diabetes mellitus need one of two types of medication to control their blood-glucose levels. One type of medication assists in the use and availability of insulin, while the other medication actually replaces the body’s lost insulin making ability. The choice depends on the body’s response. For people with Type 2 ...
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Differences In Treatment For Children And Adults
2007-09-11 08:11:00
A child cannot be treated as a miniature adult. A one-unit change in insulin in a 40-pound child will have much more of an effect than a one-unit change in a 140-pound adult. Children not only have rapidly changing size but also rapidly changing hormones. These changing hormones lead to various changes in emotional ...
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Mesothelioma - Fight Against It
2007-09-03 11:18:00
The usage of asbestos in most of the industrial uses has been banned across the globe. However there are a number of people who are already suffering from the problems that are caused by inhaling the fibrous particles of asbestos that fly while grinding the asbestos or from a weathered ...
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Management Of Type 1 Diabetes
2007-08-30 05:55:00
Depending on the management program you are in, once the acute state of the diabetes management is controlled you may be discharged from the hospital and asked to return to the doctor on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, plus receive some education on initial survival skills (how to administer the insulin, how to ...
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Diabetes Treatment - Management Of Type 2 Diabetes
2007-08-23 05:33:00
For some adults with mild elevations of blood sugar, redistribution of calories throughout the day (just as insulin dosages are distributed throughout the day) keeps the body from being challenged at anyone time of day or may smooth out the blood,sugar levels. If weight loss or choices of food do not aid the person ...
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Acute Care - Diabetes Treatment
2007-08-15 05:32:00
The initial management of Type 1 diabetes is about the same for adults and children. Most physicians will give small amounts of insulin continuously or hourly in relation to the person’s size and in relation to the state of ketoacidosis and dehydration. In fact, some intravenous fluids are usually given before insulin. Just think ...
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Problems Associated With Diabetes
2007-08-06 07:39:00
With Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes, after the acute episode (diabetic ketoacidosis) or early symptoms leading to the diagnosis (frequent passing of urine, normal eating with weight loss, extreme thirst), there may be a partial remission period (the honeymoon) in which the body appears to be able to make some insulin again. This period ...
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Diabetes Management In Travel
2007-07-30 17:14:00
Your health professional can also prepare you for travel. Another resource is the International Travel Association. You may call the American Diabetes Association and get the number of a place in New York that will tell you the names and addresses of physicians in almost any part of the world. You can also find ...
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Causes of Type 2 Diabetes
2007-07-24 13:27:00
The cause of Type 2 diabetes is not as well understood. Two factors appear to be important in Type 2 diabetes. These are insulin resistance and insulin deficiency. There is a debate over which comes first, but the general consensus of the moment is that insulin resistance is the first factor. Type 2 diabetes ...
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Gestational Diabetes
2007-07-19 06:15:00
Gestational diabetes develops during pregnancy and may revert back to impaired glucose tolerance or previous abnormality of glucose tolerance after the pregnancy is over. It is possible that this individual will progress to diabetes of either Type 1 or most commonly Type 2. Further testing is needed if the fasting blood, sugar level is above 105 mg/dl (5.8 or 6 mmol), or if a two,hour postmeal (postprandial) blood,sugar level is greater than 150 mg/dl (8 mmol). The present recommendation is that not only should high,risk pregnant females be screened but also all pregnant females should be screened by the 24th to the 28th week of gestation. Statistics show that prepregnancy control of blood, sugar (glucose) levels among pregnant diabetic women leads to mother and infant outcomes that are nearly the same as for nondiabetic pregnant women. If control is achieved only by the time of the second trimester, there is a 14 percent chance that the infant will die or develop complications, suc...
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Causes of Type 1 Diabetes
2007-07-12 09:07:00
Type 1 diabetes is an inherited defect of the immune system triggered by an environmental stimuli. The problem may be in the on switch of the immune system in which the viral stimuli do not turn the system on. The virus is then allowed to penetrate the beta cell and cause its destruction. Conversely, ...
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Diabetes Management In Pregnancy
2007-07-10 12:18:00
For the pregnant woman with Type 1, Type 2, or gestational diabetes, there are certain changes in the body’s needs. Pregnancy has been called a “diabetogic state.” Pregnancy is stressful to the body, and anything that is stressful to the body results in the release of hormones that allow or cause the blood sugar ...
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Cause of Diabetes
2007-07-08 08:12:00
Drugs such as steroids, Dilantin, and others may elevate the blood sugar through a variety of mechanisms. Certain other drugs, such as alloxan, streptozocin, and thiazide diuretics, are toxic to the beta cells of the pancreas and can cause diabetes. Certain syndromes (for example, Prader Willi, Down’s, Progeria, and Turner’s) may result in a ...
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Types of Diabetes
2007-07-06 03:56:00
Diabetes has been divided into three groups: Type 1, or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, in which insulin must be injected daily; Type 2, or insulin,resistant diabetes mellitus, in which insulin injection is usually not necessary; and secondary diabetes (due to pancreatic surgery or overactive glands, such as the pituitary or the adrenals). We are concerned ...
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Secondary Types of Diabetes
2007-07-05 14:33:00
Secondary types of diabetes are due to a number of causes or states, such as injury to or surgical removal of the pancreas. Additional causes are associated with inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) or elevated plasma iron associated with an enlarged liver, pigmentation of the skin, and (frequently) cardiac failure. Hormonal diseases such as ...
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Diabetes - What Kind of Diabetes Do You Have?
2007-07-05 14:21:00
Diabetes is not a single disease with a single cause. Rather, it is a collection of diseases, some more difficult to control than others. All forms of diabetes involve a hormone (body regulator) from the pancreas called insulin. If you have diabetes, either you lack insulin or the insulin you have is not doing ...
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