Diabetes Insipidus (DI) is a disorder in which there is an abnormal increase in urine output, fluid intake and often thirst. It causes symptoms such as urinary frequency, nocturia (frequent awakening at night to urinate) or enuresis (involuntary urination during sleep or “bedwetting”). Urine output is increased because it is not concentrated normally. Consequently, instead [...]
Most people think of a diabetic diet as one with no added sugar (which is no longer true, by the way). But it’s not that simple. True, a major study found that people who develop diabetes tend to consume foods with a slightly higher glycemic index than people who don’t develop diabetes.
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Causes of Gestational Diabetes and Treatment of Gestational Diabetes
02 Jul
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What is gestational diabetes?
Pregnant women who have never had diabetes before but who have high blood sugar (glucose) levels during pregnancy are said to have gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women - about 135,000 cases of gestational diabetes in the United States each year.
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Nutrition is very important in managing diabetes. Not only what you eat, but how much you eat and when you eat influences your blood sugar. Meals should be at regular times with planned snacks. They should be low fat, high fiber foods with a limited amount of simple carbohydrates. Here are meal plans, recipes and [...]
Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most common and life-long diseases marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. It’s severity may result in dreadful consequences. There are two important factors that cause this disease, too little insulin (a hormone produced by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar), resistance to insulin, or both. To [...]
A diabetic patient’s misery doesn’t end with regulation of blood sugar level or diet control, in most of the cases it gives way to a number of post disease complications. These complications may be of different levels of severity depending upon patient’s sincerity towards precautionary measures.
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Today, almost 21 million children and adults in the US have diabetes — including 9.7 million women — and almost one third of them do not know it. Diabetes can be especially hard on women. The burden of diabetes on women is unique, because the disease can affect both mothers and their unborn children. Diabetes [...]
Diabetes is a complicated disease. If you have it or even if you don’t, there’s a lot for you to learn, including separating fact from fiction. Take a look at some of these common myths about diabetes.
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What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. People with diabetes have problems converting food to energy. After a meal, food is broken down into a sugar called glucose, which is carried by the blood to cells throughout the body. Cells use insulin, a hormone made in the pancreas, [...]
This measures the actual levels of insulin in the bloodstream. High levels of insulin can indicate early stages of Type 2 diabetes and hyperinsulemia (excess insulin in the blood), where the body attempts to over-produce insulin to counteract the body’s growing resistance to insulin usage.
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