Diabetes - Part 10

Q&A on Diabetes: What insurance companies are available for a 62 person with Diabetes?

Feb 7th

Question by Memu Jamu: What insurance companies are available for a 62 person with Diabetes?
62 year old needs health insurance in California. She has type 2 diabetes which has been under control for several years. However, she is ready to retire because no company will hire her.

How can she find health insurance?

Best answer:

Answer by Path
insurance tips :

http://insurance5.cn

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Dining with Diabetes class being offered this month
The West Virginia University Cabell County Extension Service is offering a Dining with Diabetes class beginning from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the Marie Redd Senior Life Enrichment Center in Huntington.Dining with Diabetes is a once a week class that runs f…
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What are the chances my newborn son will have diabetes if my husband is type 2?

Feb 7th

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Question by SSTLM: What are the chances my newborn son will have diabetes if my husband is type 2?
My husband is 31 years old. He got type 2 diabetes 4 years ago. We now have a newborn and I’m nervous he will get diabetes in his life as well. Anyone know the risks? Thank you!

PS – I am not diabetic and did not have gestational diabetes either. My son was born full term and of healthy weight and size.

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Answer by ? Kyleigh’s Momma ? ((Heather))
It depends. It’s not hereditary, it’s brought on by lifestyle. You just need to make sure you teach your son healthy eating habits. Part of that will be your husband eating healthily, since a lot of what they learn is by example.

ETA: You can pass on a genetic predisposition, but that’s different than being hereditary. It just means it has to be all that much more important for a proper diet and exercise.

http://diabetesplanner.com/articles_non_mem/diabetes_will_my_children_get_it.htm

Now that I have diabetes, will my children get it too?

You may have heard diabetes is genetic but genes are not the only risk factor for diabetes.

Lifestyle factors including obesity and physical inactivity leads to Type 2 diabetes. These risks coupled with a genetic predisposition are the unpleasant recipe for Type 2 diabetes.

Children as young as 4 years of age are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. If a child is obese and physically inactive, he or she may in fact be heading for diabetes. Talk with your doctor or diabetes educator about a plan that is a healthy lifestyle for your entire family. The best successes for weight loss and diabetes control occurs when an entire family begins eating healthy, focusing on weight loss, and exercising.

A recent study examined prevention of diabetes among those with glucose intolerance (those with elevated blood sugars but blood sugars are not high enough to meet the diabetes diagnosis criteria). The study found risk for diabetes was reduced by 58% by those who did the following:

exercised 30 minutes daily, 5 days per week
lost of 5-7% total body weight if overweight (an example of this might be a 200 lb male losing 5% of his body weight = 10 pound weight loss)
followed a healthy meal plan.
There are many ways to decrease risk even if you are genetically predisposed for diabetes. If your child is overweight or inactive, contact their doctor. Ask about how to help your child reach a healthy body weight. Reduce risk of diabetes for your entire family.

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Lilly and JDRF partner to fund regenerative medicine research in type 1 diabetes
( Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International ) Eli Lilly and Company and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation today announced that they have signed an agreement to fund early-stage research that could enable patients with type 1 diabetes to regenerate insulin-producing cells destroyed by the disease.
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How many Grams of Carbs should someone with type 2 diabetes, or gestational diabetes intake a day?

Jan 31st

Posted by HealthyB in Diabetes

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Question by Shan: How many Grams of Carbs should someone with type 2 diabetes, or gestational diabetes intake a day?
I am waiting for my second round of blood work to come back with the results as to whether or not i have gestational diabetes. My OB said she is pretty sure it will come back positive so while im waiting for the final results i want to make sure im not ingesting to many carbs. What is the suggested intake of carbs for someone with gestational diabetes and/or Type 2 diabetes?

Best answer:

Answer by Nathaniel’s Mommy
15 grams of carbs is equal to 1 serving of carbs on a diabetic diet exchange.

When I was pregnant and had GD, my dietitian allowed me 1 serving of carbs for b’fast, and two for lunch and two for dinner. Select health carbs, whole grain…

Hope that helps.

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Diabetes cases climb to nearly 26 million in US: CDC
WASHINGTON – THE number of diabetics in the United States has grown to nearly 26 million, a 10 per cent increase over 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday, expressing concern about the trend. ‘These distressing numbers show how important it is to prevent type 2 diabetes and to help those who have diabetes,’ said Ann Albright, director of the CDC’s diabetes …
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Diabetes??

Jan 27th

Posted by HealthyB in Diabetes

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Question by JP: Diabetes??
If you have diabetes would it show up as abnormal on your blood work?

Best answer:

Answer by mother_amethyst
There are several different tests for blood sugar levels. If they do one of the tests and your sugar is abnormal, it will show up. It won’t show up if they don’t test for it.

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Q&A on Diabetes: diabetes???

Jan 26th

Posted by HealthyB in Diabetes

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Question by bolly786: diabetes???
1)if ure dad has diabetes type 2 will i get it as well??? im wouldnt say i was fat…. i drink a lot of water qas well…???
2) also if u were born before ure dad found out he was diabetic can u still get it???

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Answer by carolesuzanne
Wow, where you got your genes is very important in the getting of the diseases you will have in your life. I for one have it all, and I have always been a healthy and robust person. Excersied and watched what I ate, but because of my heritage, Short, fat, fleshey woman, I have heart disease, diabetes, and restless leg. So its not always what you do, but where you come from. Good news , I have had no arthrites yet. Good Luck.

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JDRF East Bay Walk to Cure Diabetes

Jan 19th

Posted by HealthyB in Diabetes

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diabetes????

Jan 13th

Posted by HealthyB in Diabetes

4 comments

Question by Wes: diabetes????
does diabetes mean a shortage of sugar in the blood or a surpluss?

Best answer:

Answer by TeriR
Neither one, really. There ends up being too much glucose in the blood, but that’s a symptom, not the root problem. There are two types of diabetes. Type 1 means that the pancreas doesn’t produce insulin to process the glucose in the blood. Type 1 requires patients to inject insulin. Type 2 means that the pancreas produces insulin, but not enough to handle the glucose or that the body doesn’t use the insulin correctly. Type 2 diabetes can be managed with nutrition and exercise, oral or injectable medications, or injected insulin. Hope this helps!

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Jan 13th

Posted by HealthyB in Diabetes

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Can You Die From Diabetes? If So, Then How?

Best answer:

Answer by mano558
no you cant if you get your shots everyday and eat right you can live my sister is a type 1

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OZone Fit Joins the Fight Against Diabetes and Obesity as Official JazzFit Partner
OZone Fit Partners with the Utah Jazz JazzFit Program to Raise Funds to Help Fight Diabetes and the Effects of Obesity Through the OZone Challenge, a Timed Online Workout Found at http://www.ozonechallenge.com . Participants will Receive a Free Limited Edition JazzFit Wristband and will be Entered to Win Prizes with Each Workout. For Improved Fitness and OZone …
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Diabetes…?

Jan 12th

Posted by HealthyB in Diabetes

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Question by Lifeless Energy: Diabetes…?
Can sudden losses of memory be partly due to diabetes?
My brother is describin symptoms of diabetes, eg, tiredness, tingling in his fingers, constantly thirsty.
But he says that sumtimes his mind will just go blank, and hell 4get what he was told merely seconds b4.
So what’s goin on?

Best answer:

Answer by Jody
Yes. Fuzzy thinking is definitely a symptom.

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JDRF East Bay Walk to Cure Diabetes

Jan 9th

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Todays Diabetes

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What is diabetes?

Ancient history first identified diabetes as a disease associated with “sweet urine,” and excessive muscle loss. Today it is known as diabetes mellitus, a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar glucose levels that result from defects in insulin secretion, or action, or both. It is the result of insufficient production of insulin either absolutely or relative to the body’s needs, production of defective insulin which is uncommon, or the inability of cells to use insulin properly and efficiently which leads to hyperglycemia and diabetes. In other words diabetes affects the body’s ability to use blood sugar for energy leaving your blood glucose, or sugar levels too high.

Types of Diabetes

There are many forms of diabetes with the most common being referred to as Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 diabetes used to be known as juvenile-onset diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Type 2 diabetes used to be known as adult-onset diabetes mellitus, or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Another common form of diabetes which is contracted by pregnant women is gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that occurs during the second half of pregnancy. Generally this type of diabetes typically goes away after delivery of the baby. Women with gestational diabetes are more likely to have larger babies. Pre-diabetes is a common condition related to diabetes. People with pre-diabetes have higher than normal, blood sugar levels but not high enough to be considered diabetic. Pre-diabetes can typically be reversed without insulin or medication by losing a modest amount of weight and increasing their physical activity.

Symptoms

Symptoms may include increased thirst, frequent urination, increased hunger, unusual weight loss, blurred vision and extreme fatigue. Unfortunately some people don’t have symptoms, especially when diabetes is diagnosed early on. If you do have one or more of the common symptoms of diabetes, it is not a good idea to ignore them or wait and see what happens.

Some of the Effects of Diabetes

Long-term diabetes complications are the result from damage to the body’s tissues. Over time, diabetes can lead to problems with the eyes, kidneys, heart, blood vessels, feet, skin, nerves and teeth and gums. Damage to the kidneys from diabetes diabetic nephropathy is a leading cause of kidney failure and damage to the retina from diabetes diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness.

Conclusion

About one third of diabetic adults do not know they have it. If you have one or more of the common symptoms of diabetes, do not ignore them or wait and see what happens. Make an appointment with your physician now and start your treatment before it’s too late. With treatment and a change in your diet, you can live a long time without complications.

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Andre Pickett found out he had diabetes in December of 2007. Since then he has educated himself on understanding the disease, changing his diet and exercising. His goal now is to spread what he has learned of the disease to others. He invites you to visit his blog at http://todaysdiabetics.blogspot.com to learn more about diabetes control and answer any and all questions you may have.

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