Do you have low blood sugar – hypoglycemia?
Posted on March 8, 2012 by Lu
Low blood sugar can sneak up on you.
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Could You Have Type 2 Diabetes?
Posted on March 2, 2012 by Lu
Could you have type 2 diabetes? Every minute of ever day
Type 2 Diabetes Management Is Now An Irish Epidemic
Posted on October 4, 2011 by Lu Young RN
Type 2 diabetes is now becoming a world wide epidemic with Ireland now joining the problem. So, type 2 diabetes management is now an Irish epidemic. With good type 2 diabetes management many cases of diabetes can be prevented with weight loss, proper diet, adequate exercise and sleep, and medication management. ONE IN three Irish [...]
What Causes Type 1 Diabetes?
Posted on July 9, 2011 by Lu Young RN
Type 1 diabetes is often caused by an autoimmune disease. Other autoimmune diseases are Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, celiac’s disease, and Guillain’s Barre syndrome. The Cause of Type 1 Diabetes Type 1 diabetes occurs as a result of the total destruction of beta cells (the insulin producing cells) in the pancreas. This destruction of beta cells in [...]
What is Diabetes Type 1?
Posted on July 8, 2011 by Lu Young RN
Diabetes Type 1, formerly known as juvenile diabetes, occurs in 5-10% of the diabetes population. Those with this type of diabetes are required to take insulin to live. Type 1 Diabetes Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease results when the body’s system for fighting infection-the immune system-turns against a part of [...]
What is Diabetes Type 2?
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Lu Young RN
My mother was first diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes before home glucose monitoring or any sensible diabetes management programs were available. As a result her blood glucose was often high and she was hospitalized for weeks on end. Type 2 Diabetes The most common form of diabetes is type 2 diabetes. About 90 to 95 [...]
What is Diabetes?
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Lu Young RN
“Knowledge is Power” is a quote by Sir Francis Bacon. And it is certainly more true now than ever before. You cannot prevent or treat a disease is you don’t know you have it. So if you suspect you have diabetes (peeing to much, drinking too much water, unplanned weight loss) see a doctor immediately. [...]
Living With Diabetes Type 2 – A Team Approach
Posted on July 5, 2011 by Lu Young RN
The best way to avoid the complications of diabetes type 2 is a team approach. A team approach means that you work with your primary care physician (PCP) to assemble a health care team consisting of a dietician, an eye doctor, a pharmacist, a nurse educator, an endocrinologist (a doctor who specializes in diabetes), a [...]
Former NBA player Chris Dudley speaks out on diabetes
Posted on June 27, 2011 by Lu Young RN
Chris Dudley was only in high school when first diagnosed with diabetes and he went on to be the first diabetic in the National Basketball Association. Dudley recently joined an effort to donate $10,000 to raise diabetic awareness in San Diego. Type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes, is important to Dudley for obvious reasons. [...]
According to Chris Noth, Many Are Diabetic And Don’t Know It
Posted on June 27, 2011 by Lu Young RN
Many people are diabetic and don’t know it. According to the American Diabetes Association, people over the age of 45 should be screened for diabetes at least every three years. This is especially true if you are overweight, have a family history of diabetes or showing some of the signs of diabetes (such as extreme [...]