Diabetes

The purpose of the drug insulin is to lower the body's glucose level, which is too high or insulin would not be given. The glucose level must be checked constantly until it is down to acceptable number.

The A1C test is a way to analyze blood sugar. An A1C chart measures blood sugar levels over several A1C tests to get an average blood sugar reading for an individual. Blood sugar levels between 5.7 and 6.4 percent indicate pre-diabetic status, while blood sugar of 6.5 or greater on two A1C tests indicates diabetes.

"Normal" is relative. It depends on a variety of factors, including whether or not they are diabetic, what point they feel "low", how well they manage their diabetes, medications and conditions, and hormones.

An average range is 80-120.

A good diabetic diet is one: No whites ( no white bread, potatoes, rice, pasta,milk, etc.) substitutions would be: whole grain bread sweet potatoes brown rice whole grain/ spinach pasta soy or rice milk whites are high in carbs which convert into sugar in the body. Dairy products have insulin growth factor which can cause diabetes.

Neither type of diabetes is curable, as of today's released technology. People with Type II diabetes, if caught early, however can symptoms and severity of the disease reversed with proper treatment, diet, and exercise. Type II diabetes usually arises in older adults (mainly over 40) who have become obese and less active, and is caused because cell membranes in the body have become less sensitive to Insulin. Insulin which is a hormone secreted by the Beta-cells of the pancreas in response to high blood-glucose levels (such as after a meal), and is very important because it signals for glucose to be transported into the cells and for the body to store excess as glycogen. When cell loose this Insulin sensitivity, they literally starve. The cells do not get the glucose (for energy metabolism and more) into their membranes, and people therefore report sensations of intense hunger more often as well as release of glucose from their urine instead of storing it in their bodies. Numerous studies have proven that exercise enhances cell sensitivity, though, and therefore for some people, cell sensitivity may be regained with proper treatment (Insulin shots to increase the concentration to increase possibility that cell with sense the hormone) and exercise to increase the sensitivity.

Type I diabetes is the type that people are born with though, and is incurable unless a pancreas transplant is done. The Beta-cells of these people's pancreas' are not able to secrete the Insulin hormone, and therefore the body's glucose homeostasis cannot be regulated without Insulin injections.

There is actually one more type of diabetes that is curable/reversible. This is gestational diabetes, which can occur any many different types of women when they become pregnant but only happens in about 2-10% according to my Nutrition professor. It is very likely that this type of lowered-cell-sensitivity-to-insulin diabetes will be reversed after a few months from delivery.

After a meal, glucose levels rise. This causes the pancreas to excrete insulin. Insulin causes cells in the liver, fat, and muscle tissue to take up glucose and store it as glycogen. This makes the blood glucose levels decrease again to a normal rate.

Glucose is VERY related to diabetes! In fact, the very definition of diabetes is the inability to regulate your body's glucose level.

Glucose is the energy that your body uses to survive. Your brain, muscles, organs, and everything in your body needs it. You store it so your body can use it when you haven't eaten for a while, and when you run out of stores of it, you convert fats and other things into it!

When you eat, you have a massive increase in glucose in your blood (aka high blood sugar). This is when your body gives off a substance called insulin. Insulin signals to your body to grab the glucose while it can, and your cells take it up. When you are diabetic, you do not release insulin like you should. So, your blood sugar will be really high, but your cells will not know to take it up. This is BAD! So, diabetics take insulin injections so their body knows to take up the glucose in their blood stream after they eat.

People who have been diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes have a life expectancy that is at 8 years younger than healthy people their age. visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy to learn more.

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I don't really think you can....it is not like it is HIV or something like that...I am a diabetic and I haven't infected my husband or anything....but you might want to consult your doctor. Diabetes is not an infectious illness; you can't "infect" someone with diabetes. Of course, if a diabetic person has some other kind of infection, she or he could pass that infection along. But this has nothing to do with the person being diabetic.

It's highly unlikely that a diabetic can get addicted to their medicine.

In the case of type I diabetes, sufferers use insulin injections to increase the amount of insulin and hence decrease the amount of sugar in their blood. If they use too much, their blood sugar levels will drop too low and they will become very lightheaded and probably pass out after a while. This can be life threatening! It is a very unpleasant experience for the sufferer, and not one they would be likely to try repeating!

In the case of type II diabetes, not all sufferers use insulin injections, because their problem isn't the LACK of insulin in their system, it's just that their body isn't sufficiently RESPONDING to it. As many type II diabetes cases are related to high sugar, fat and carbohydrate intake, some are required to take tablets to control their cholesterol levels, and these are not addictive either.

many times shivering is caused from having had low sugars. Some diabets shiver when their sugars start to come back up. Many times they will not feel well for two or more days after this occures. My wife has had diabetes for 45 years.

Paneer booti is a common name in the Hindi language for the plant 'Withania coagulans'. This plant is regarded as having important medicinal properties and has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as Ning gu shui qie. In English it is usually referred to as Indian rennet, as it is mainly known outside of Asia as a vegetable source of rennet.

Insulin is normally made by the beta cells in the pancreas. If the body is short on insulin, it must be injected to keep levels up, hour by hour. It cannot be taken in pills as the molecule is too fragile to survive digestion.

Normally, insulin is produced by the body to regulate blood sugar level. For diabetics, however, the beta cells become dysfunctional and are either destroyed or do not make enough insulin, or the other cells in the body resist insulin and require more of it. As a result, people who are diabetic must inject insulin to maintain their blood sugar level, hour by hour. Because of this, people who are diabetic tend to have a blood with higher level of sugar, or to be unable to lower the sudden rises of blood sugar that occur after eating.

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Type 1 diabetes which develops in children and adolescents is most commonly known as juvenile diabetes. It is also known as "insulin-dependent diabetes". It occurs as a result of the body not being able to produce enough insulin required for its day-to-day activities. It reduces the body's ability to fight bacteria and virus.. As a result, children affected by it fall sick often and develop complications.

Well, a very long time ago, people noticed that untreated diabetes made you pee a lot. It was like urine was being siphoned out of them. Siphon in German or Latin or something is diabetes.

Also, "mellitus" is German or Latin or something for honey, which comes from how people with diabetes mellitus had sugar in their urine.

There are two types of diabetes: Diabetes myelitis, and Diabetes insipidus. The latter of the two is more rare.

In the early stage of diabetic retinopathy called Non Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR), Diabetes causes the blood vessels in the retina to leak and form deposits called exudates. It is diagnosed by using fluorescein Angiography (FA) and Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT).

If actual leaking vessels are identified, these leaking vessels can be treated by sealing them with Laser Photocoagulation Treatment to further resolve the swelling and prevent further vision loss.

It is expected that there will be oral medication which is hoped to stabilize the diabetic eye disease. The first such oral medication for nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy will likely be a drug called Ruboxistaurin Mesylate.

Diabetic ketoacidosis is caused by lack of insulin, and is generally triggered by some other body insult including dehydration, fasting, illness or infection.

Once ketoacidosis begins in earnest, it causes itself to get worse. All of its symptoms are also causes of further problems, so it will generally continue to advance until treatment or death.

More details on the mechanism of how ketoacidosis begins are available on the wikipedia link below.

Ketoacidosis is often associated with hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), but hyperglycemia won't actually cause Ketoacidosis. They are both caused by shortage of insulin.

High levels of glucose indicate an inability of the body to produce insulin sufficient enough to support metabolism. Glucose is used by the body in normal aerobic metabolism, converting sugar into energy for muscles. A delicate balance called homeostasis is maintained by the brain to ensure enough sugar is present for the functions needed. This is where hunger and thirst come into play. However, the body needs insulin, a hormone created by the pancreas, to unlock the sugar and use it properly. If sugar levels drop too low lethargy can set in and will not be remedied until glucose is introduced into the body orally or dextrose injected into a vein. Too much glucose can also cause lethargy but because of the body resorting to the less efficient anaerobic metabolism. This method produces large amounts of waste in the cells and blood stream and requires the introduction of insulin. high levels of glucose may indicate a disruption of homeostasis or problems with the pancreas, likely due to early onset type II Diabetes. Talk to your Doctor.