All Entries in the "Diabetes" Category
What are the Early Symptoms of Sugar Diabetes?
Sugar diabetes is considered Type 1 diabetes in which there is high sugar or glucose level in the blood and not enough of it is found in the cells of a person’s body. Type 2 diabetes happens when the cells of the body become resistant to the insulin which is being produced in the body. [...]
Causes of Gestational Diabetes and Its Consequences
The causes of gestational diabetes are important to know about because this pregnancy complication can have far-reaching consequences for both mother and baby. We look at the causes as well as the consequences of gestational diabetes and also look at what you can do to avoid this condition. Causes of gestational diabetes Why gestational diabetes [...]
Gestational Diabetes Symptoms and Risk Factors
Gestational diabetes is a pregnancy complication that could lead to low blood sugar and jaundice in the baby as well as delivery complications. Gestational diabetes symptoms are important to know about and detect because this condition could mean that a woman is more likely to develop diabetes later in her life. The problem is that [...]
Intestinal Micro Flora Help Prevent Diabetes
A breakthrough research on intestinal bacteria has revealed that the normal micro flora can prevent diabetes in those who are prone to it. The discovery was achieved by professors at the Universities of Bern and Toronto. Intestinal Bacteria and Their Function The normal micro flora of our intestines is known to perform many functions other [...]
Maintaining Your Diabetes Blood Sugar Levels
The one thing that anybody who is diabetic needs to be able to do is to maintain their diabetes blood sugar levels. Most people with diabetes know all about maintaining their blood sugar levels, but this is actually something that can be very hard to do on a regular basis. Anyone who has diabetes knows [...]
Is Diabetes Hereditary and What Can Be Done About It?
Many people who are interested in the world of diabetes often ask themselves is diabetes hereditary before looking into any other causes of the problem. Diabetes is definitely something that can be passed down from generation to generation, but there are actually many things you can do to make sure you never have to deal [...]
New Test for Diabetes Using Saliva and Tears
In what might revolutionize the world of diagnostics, scientists have developed a new diagnostic tool for detecting diabetes using saliva and tears. The revolutionary research was carried out at Purdue University’s Nanotechnology center and the finding published in the Advanced Functional Materials journal. This project has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the [...]
What Are the Risk Factors for Diabetes
Diabetes is the term actually used for a group of metabolic diseases. In all of them the primary cause of high blood glucose is the absence or lack of insulin in the body. With the body being unable to produce enough insulin to digest the glucose in the blood the metabolism gets affected. This presence [...]
Why Does Diabetic Foot Pain Occur?
In diabetes, a high blood glucose level can result in health complications. One of these complications is the diabetic foot pain that patients complain about. The primary reason for this pain is the damage that is caused to the nerve endings in the extremities of the limbs. This nerve damage is called diabetic neuropathy. It [...]
Diabetes Self Management Plan
Anyone who is diagnosed with the disease needs a diabetes self management plan. As you realize that it is a lifelong disease that you need to live with, you will also realize that it is not as bad as you thought it was. All you need to do is make sure that you keep a [...]
