High blood sugar for a few days may not create lots of problem but if high sugar remains for some time chronic complications set in. We are concerned about the eyes, kidneys and the nerves. Circulation can be a problem with diabetes and that’s why the problem with the heart (angina, heart attack), Brain (stroke) […]
Insulin treatment for Diabetes
What is Insulin? Insulin is a hormone that is produced from the pancreas, a gland in the tummy. When we eat, glucose is absorbed from the stomach and enters in the blood. The glucose must enter into the cells to make energy and Insulin helps glucose to enter the cells. In people with type 1 […]
Common Problems with Diabetes
Problems related to Diagnosis This is one time diagnosis; it should be confirmed by repeat checking. If in doubt, glucose tolerances test. Problems related to blood sugar Main idea is to control Diabetes. High sugar is bad for body. Sugar sometimes can become low. Commonly due to mismatch of treatment and diet. Problems related to […]
Do I need to monitor my sugar?
What is the need for monitoring Diabetes? At the beginning Diabetes is often without symptoms. Time and again it has been proved in various scientific studies that uncontrolled Diabetes has a very high risk of developing complications (will be discussing later). Once complications develop, they do not go away. Diabetes needs to be treated to […]
Vaccination in Diabetes
Diabetes confers an increased risk of infections. Although people of all ages are prone to infectious diseases like pneumonia and influenza, extremes of age and certain underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, asthma, Chronic Bronchitis and heart disease aggravate the risk. The increased susceptibility of diabetes subjects to pneumonia is mainly due to high blood […]
Why worry about Diabetes?
IF you have Diabetes,Don’t worry and freeze,Careful about your diet Please,Best are grams vegetables & green leaves,Must exercise every day with ease,Make sure your doctor sees,Your Eyes, Heart, Kidneys and below knees:If you have a problem to cease,Go to Specialist in Diabetes,Your problem just flees,So why worry about Diabetes.Dr Enoch Sundaram
Can we have a normal Baby when I have Diabetes?
Pregnancy Diabetes is a very important area and needs special attention, close supervision both by Obstetrician and Diabetes physician. Diabetic pregnancies are mainly of two types. First one is women with known diabetes either type 1 or 2 becoming pregnant. The other is diabetes for the first time detected in the current pregnancy what is […]
Honey and Diabetes and Antioxidants
It’s a common belief that taking multivitamin tablets or more recently taking antioxidant tablet is helpful to replenish your body’s vitamin or revitalize oneself (in fact to make the issue more complicated some Pharmaceutical companies using names in the same line!). Antioxidants block certain types of cell damage caused by molecules called free radicals, which […]
What is Diabetes?
What is Diabetes? Diabetes is an old illness. It has affected mankind for many hundreds of years and is referred in old Sanskrit writing. It is a chronic metabolic disorder with high levels of sugar in the blood. The word “Diabetes” means siphon and “Mellitus” stands for sweet. The words Diabetes and Diabetes Mellitus are […]
Can I drive when I have Diabetes?
One 2-year study in the Public Library of Science compared the Hba1c levels of 795 drivers with diabetes who had or hadn’t been in an accident. The researchers found that lower HbA1c levels were tied to a higher risk of a motor vehicle crash. Those in previous accidents had an average HbA1c level of 7.4, […]