Yes, this can and does occur, in the case of both types of diabetes. However, in the case of type 1 diabetes, the disappearance is very predictably temporary and the diabetes will almost inevitably return...
I Had Diabetes During My Last Pregnancy. Am I At Risk Of Diabetes In The Future? Yes, you are at high risk both of having type 2 diabetes in the future and of having diabetes...
I Have A Strong Family History Of Diabetes. How Often Should I Be Checked For It? The frequency with which you should be checked for diabetes depends upon your degree of risk, your age, and...
Yes, indeed, you could have had diabetes for a consider-able period of time, months or even years, and been unaware of it. However, it is unlikely that you could have had severe diabetes with very...
My Doctor Says I Have Hypoglycemia. Isn’t That The Opposite Of Diabetes? Yes, hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) is the opposite of the hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) that characterizes diabetes. Certain treatments for diabetes and several...
Although many people with diabetes confidently state that they can reliably detect both their high and low blood sugars without actual measurement, studies have shown that these beliefs are not usually accurate. It is generally...
Your doctor will perform one of the standard measurements for the diagnosis of diabetes approved by the accepted authoritative body in whichever part of the world you live. In the United States, this is generally...
The common and early symptoms of diabetes result from the effect of the high blood sugar entering the urine and drawing fluid from the body’s tissues along with it. This leads to excess urine production...
Will attempts at prevention still work for me? Regarding type 2 diabetes, your success in preventing diabetes depends upon a combination of how successful you are at attaining the necessary goals and how susceptible your...
At the present time, we do not think that type 1 diabetes can effectively be prevented. Part of the problem is that we do not know the exact environmental trigger(s), although there is provocative evidence...
While it would be premature to answer yes to this question, it does appear that certain compounds can favorably impact the blood sugar and may have the potential to delay or prevent diabetes. Those for...
There is presently little that can reliably be done to reduce a person’s risk of type 1 diabetes. However, type 2 diabetes has under-gone a dramatic increase in children and adolescents in recent years, and...
Besides excess weight, hereditary risk, and lack of exercise, another factor that can increase the risk of developing diabetes is the use of certain medications. Among these medications, the type associated most strongly with increased...
The perception of stress differs greatly among individuals. What one person may perceive as stressful, another may not. For this reason, stress is quite hard to measure in real-life situations. Artificial measures of accepted stress,...
The most important aspect of any diet to prevent type 2 diabetes is its calorie (i.e., energy) content. If calorie intake exceeds calorie usage, then the excess calories will, in the absence of other modifying...
Yes, there are a number of medications that will help to reduce the likelihood of a person developing type 2 diabetes, but not type 1 diabetes. These are shown in Table 2. None are labeled...
Yes, regular exercise of at least moderate intensity pro-vides some protection against the onset of type 2 diabetes. Exercise improves insulin resistance and thereby makes insulin more effective at removing glucose from the blood. In...
Weight and risk of type 2 diabetes are clearly linked. The risk of development of type 2 diabetes, as it relates to body weight. For clinical purposes, weight is related to height by a formula...
Is This Dangerous For Them Or Their Baby? Pregnancy is a situation in which insulin resistance is a normal feature. This is because it is beneficial for the nutrients absorbed from a pregnant woman’s meals...
The term borderline diabetes has now been replaced by the term prediabetes. Both terms indicate that a person has abnormalities in his or her plasma glucose levels that fall short of standard accepted definitions for...
Generally speaking, we do not diagnose both disorders in the same individual. If people have type 1 diabetes, they are completely lacking effective circulating insulin. By definition, this is not the case in people with...
If you have type 1 diabetes, your first-degree relatives (i.e. mother, father, brother, sister, and your children) are about ten times more likely than the general population to get type 1 diabetes. The frequency of...
No, there are significant differences in the hereditary tendency to acquire diabetes . In general Caucasians (non-Hispanic whites) have a lower tendency to develop type 2 diabetes than other ethnic groups. The situation with regard...
In general, we do not consider that diabetes can be cured once it has been diagnosed. People with type 2 diabetes can reverse the detectable abnormalities of diabetes by lifestyle adjustment without the use of...
The typical symptoms of diabetes occur as a result of the high levels of glucose in the bloodstream and its passage into the urine and other tissues. These are frequent urination and thirst. Thirst arises...