Pathophysiology of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis is one of the potentially life-threatening acute complications of diabetes mellitus. In the past, diabetic ketoacidosis was considered as the hallmark of Type I diabetes, but current data show that it can be also diagnosed in patients with type II diabetes mellitus. It is often seen among patients who are poorly compliant to […]
Borderline Diabetes
Borderline diabetes is also called “prediabetes”. It means that your blood glucose levels are higher than they are in normal people but are not high enough to be considered as having type 2 diabetes. Prediabetes is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes within the next ten years. If you suffer from borderline diabetes, […]
Symptoms of Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes insipidus is a medical condition in which person produces large amounts of urine. The urine is much diluted and may vary from three-liters up to twenty-liters of urine in a day! Normally, kidneys absorb more than 90% of the filtered water. Diabetes insipidus occurs because kidney is not able to reabsorb the filtered water […]
Signs of Diabetes in Women
Diabetes mellitus is considered a type of metabolic disease in which the individual has elevated levels of blood glucose in the bloodstream because of a lack of insulin or because the cells are relatively resistant to the insulin being produced by the pancreas. Diabetes doesn’t discriminate. It affects both men and women, and affects people […]
Differences between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
While type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes both are the result of elevated blood sugar levels, they are not the same disease and are treated differently. In type 1 diabetes, the problem is related to the amount of insulin in the body and, in type 2 diabetes, the problem is that, even though there […]
What is A1c?
Hemoglobin A1c is a blood test that is used to screen patients for prediabetes and diabetes. It is also called the glycated hemoglobin level or the A1c level. It is made when the high blood glucose levels attach themselves to hemoglobin, forming “sugar-coated” hemoglobin. The greater the average glucose levels, the high is the amount […]
Hba1c Normal Range
The hemoglobin A1c, also known as the HgbA1c or glycated hemoglobin level, is a measurement of the amount of sugar found on hemoglobin. Because red blood cells containing hemoglobin live only about 120 days, the test only measures how “sugar-coated” the red blood cell hemoglobin has been over the previous 2-3 months. The test is […]
How to Test for Diabetes
There are several ways to test a person for diabetes. Diabetes testing can be done on anyone who has symptoms of diabetes, such as increased thirst, increased frequency of urination, poorly healing wounds, or unexplained weight loss. Testing for diabetes can also be done on people who have risk factors for diabetes but have no […]
Hypoglycemia without Diabetes
Normally, hypoglycemia, also referred to as low blood sugar, is found in diabetic patients who take too much insulin or too much of their diabetic medications. Both type 1 diabetics and type 2 diabetics can suffer from hypoglycemia; however, it is seen more commonly in type 1 diabetics who use insulin. Hypoglycemia can be found […]
Diabetic Dermopathy
Diabetic dermopathy is a condition associated with the skin of diabetics. The lesions of diabetic dermopathy look light brown or red in color, are round or oval in shape, and are slightly indented and scaly patches that are more commonly found on the shins of diabetic patients. They can occur at any time but tend […]