Question 1

how do you know if your a diabetic?

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How to tell diabetes: Some of the symptoms of diabetes include increased thirst, increased urination, fatigue, weight loss, blurred vision, and poorly healing infection. The diagnostic criteria include random glucose 200 or more w/ these symptoms, 2-hour glucose tolerance test 200 or more, fasting glucose 126 or more, and hemoglobin A1c 6.5 or more.

Question 2

anyone knows what are the other causes of diabetes mellitus type 2 besides food?

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Yes: There are other risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes beside bad food choices: obesity, family history of diabetes, sedentary lifestyle, history of gestational diabetes, polycystic ovarian syndromes, older age, metabolic syndrome, history of giving birth to a baby > 9 lbs....

Question 3

should you wear diabetes socks at nite while sleeping or just during the day? swollen feet.  his doctor knows and recommended diabetes socks.

Accepted Answer

Typically : Typically these socks are used to improve blood flow in the lower extremity as diabetics are prone to vascular disease.  I would direct this question to the physician who made the recommendation, but typically they are wore during the day.  At night i would prop your legs up on a small pillow to improve blood flow back to the heart.  One consequence of wearing the socks at night is that it could lead to infections and ultimately ulcers that are also an issue with diabetics.

Question 4

have fibromyalgia , diabetes, a tailgut cyst, severe hip, lw back pain that shoots into, numbness in feet , nausea, confusion , no ones knows what nex?

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That can be a tough: Question.  Do you sleep at night?  Do you grind your teeth when u do sleep?  Is your diabetes controlled?  What is your current medical regimen?  If anxiety and mood are not well controlled and not sleeping,  fibromyalgia will be worse and so will glucose control.Is confusion minor or do u develop delirium?  The numbness could be diabetes or hyperalgesia from anxiety or another cause, low folate (folic acid)?

Question 5

how long can it take for my blood glucose to lower after having kenalog (triamcinolone) 80 long acting steroid for lumbar pain? pain mgmt. md knows am diabetic.(?)

Accepted Answer

A week: within a week you blood sugar should be back to its baseline. best reagrds

Question 6

what is diabetic?

Accepted Answer

High blood sugars: Diabetes is a serious disease in which a person cannot make any or enough insulin to transfer blood sugar into the body's cells. The blood sugar stays in the blood, and starts to leak through the kidneys, into the urine. Meanwhile, without more insulin, the cells in the body can't bring in enough blood sugar to use as fuel. Diabetes damages cells and tissues throughout the body.

Question 7

signs of diabetes?

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Varies: Signs of diabetes are: frequent urination, thirst, blurry vision,  hunger, fatigue, unexplained weight loss, frequent infections, wounds that heal slowly, tingling in hands or feet, or you can have no symptoms at all.

Question 8

what is  diabetic?

Accepted Answer

Slang term: Diabetic is a slang term for someone with diabetes mellitus (DM). DM is derived from Greek/Latin root words meaning sweet runs through you, based on the fact that excess sugar ends up in the urine. People who loose the ability to make insulin or whose insulin fails to maintain proper sugar blood levels are diabetic.

Question 9

who gets diabetes 1?

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Usually children: Though it has been found in persons up in their thirties. Then sometimes it is harder to distinguish which type it is and takes more time and further testing.

Question 10

what causes diabetes?

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Type II Diabetes: is from lifestyle choices, i.e., poor diet w/lots of junk food, lack of exercise, etc.  The body makes insulin but it doesn't get into the cells and we cannon make ATP for energy.  Type I Diabetes is when the pancreas does not make insulin and is typically diagnosed early on in life.

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