Thursday, August 28, 2008

What is the cause of diabetes mellitus? Is it sugar or is sugar just a subsidiary

What is the cause of diabetes mellitus? Is it sugar or is sugar just a subsidiary?

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type 1 is caused by the simple fact that your pancreas does not secrete insulin. type 2 is when your pancreas does secrete some insulin but your body is not able to use it. Type 1 is not related to the amount of sugar you eat. It's said to be autoimmune. Type 2 is usally caused by obesity.
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It is the ability of the pancreas to produce Insulin sufficient to burn all the sugar uptake so it is relative
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there are two types. in type 1 pancreas is not functioning sort of a stage on which you do not have any control. just like manufacturing defect. Type 2 usually in inherited or due to obesity or false eating habits. In tyhis type though the insulin is produced by pancreas but it is not properly used by the body or the sugar intake is so much that the insulin is insufficient to consume that sugar. Here there is need to do both, Take insulin supplement thro needle preferable in stomach and also cut your sugar intake.
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i know your pancreas produces insulin and insulin regulates glucose in the blood, and people who have diabetes either don't produce enough or overporduce. people who under produce need sugar to supplement glucose in the body.
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Diabetes is now a days said to be genetic in origin...but that's yet to be proven. Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune disorder wheere the body acts against its own pancrease and destroys it. Your body makes too little or no insulin. Type 2 diabetes is when our body can't use the insulin it makes.

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Why is reflexology contraindicated when one has diabetes mellitus

Why is reflexology contraindicated when one has diabetes mellitus?

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the blood flow in the foot and hands of people with diabetes is very low, using reflexology on them could restrict flow also One of the first ways in which diabetes may affect your feet is through the loss of sensation within your feet, often starting at the toes. You may experience a cotton wool like feeling or numbness in your feet, this is called neuropathy. Your chances of losing feeling in your feet increases with the number of years that you have diabetes and research suggests that up to one in three people with diabetes have some loss of sensation (called neuropathy). The onset of neuropathy is gradual and often people who develop this complication are unaware of it in the beginning. Often it occurs between 7 and 10 years of having diabetes, although in some cases it can occur sooner where blood sugar levels have not been so well controlled. Diabetes can also affect blood supply to and within your feet, this can delay healing and increase your risks of infection. Because the implications of poor blood supply can have serious consequences for your feet, your podiatrist will routinely screen your feet for signs of poor blood flow. If necessary you may be referred on to a Vascular Surgeon.
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no reflexology is not contraindicated for diabetics

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Can u help the effects and treatment of the condition Diabetes Mellitus in relation to the failure of the body

can u help the effects and treatment of the condition Diabetes Mellitus in relation to the failure of the body
can u help, the effects and treatment of the condition Daibetes Mellitus in relation to the failure of the body to maintain homeostasis.
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Sure, get healthy with proper diet and exercise. It works wonders. http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/Type_II_Diabetes.html

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

where can I find pictures and explanative diagrams on gestational diabetes mellitus

where can I find pictures and explanative diagrams on gestational diabetes mellitus?
please suggents links and websites on gestational diabetes mellitus... I surfed on google n yahoo but was not satisfactory...
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Try this: www.Fotosearch.com/Diagram
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Pictures of what? There is nothing to see. Gestational Diabetes has the same possibility of damage as "regular" diabetes: pain and tingling in the hands and feet, tiredness, inability to gain weight, poor eyesight, etc. But gestational diabetes also increases the chance of miscarriage and birth defects. However, gestational diabetes will usually go away after you've given birth and drop back to your pre-pregnancy weight level. if you do NOT lose that "baby fat" you may remain as a Type 2 Diabetic.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Is renal lithiasis a complication of diabetes mellitus II

Is renal lithiasis a complication of diabetes mellitus II?

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There are many causes for kidney stones including certain diseases that cause high calcium, chronic urinary tract infections, and other metabolic diseases with associated electrolyte abnormalities. There are 4 kinds of kidney stones, and to identify exactly what caused it requires analysis of the stone and possibly further blood tests to specify exactly what led to that type of stone's formation. However, none of the kidney stones are directly related to diabetes.
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No, but chronic renal disease is!

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Friday, August 8, 2008

What does obesity have to do with diabetes mellitus type 2 and why

What does obesity have to do with diabetes mellitus type 2 and why ?

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Obesity is a sign that you've had "metabolic syndrome" for too long and that you're overworking your endocrine system which causes excess fat storage and "insulin resistance". For those who are genetically susceptible, you can become type two diabetic as a result. FYI, you don't have to be obese to become type two diabetic. You do have to eat a lot of crappy food, though. It's a bit more complicated than that and if you're really interested, you can read the articles in the source box below:
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Being obese or overweight puts you at significant risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Four out of five people with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese. â€œOne of the links with obesity is that fat induces a mild, low-grade inflammation throughout the body that contributes to heart disease and diabetes,â€ Excess fat, especially abdominal fat, also changes the way that your body responds to insulin, leading to a condition called insulin resistance. With this condition, your cells cannot use insulin to process blood sugar out of the blood, resulting in high blood sugar levels. While not everyone with insulin resistance develops diabetes, people with insulin resistance are at increased risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Obesity is generally (and I do NOT mean everyone who is obese) a result of poor eating habits and lack of exercise. From what my doc told me, (I am obese and it IS my fault) is that I was eating way to many refined carbs, and not exercising to lose the extra sugar. The extra sugar is being stored as fat, and this layer of fat is preventing the insulin that my body is producing from doing it's job. He honestly feels that I had maintained healthy eating habits and exercised like I should of have, that I might not now have diabetes. Since being diagnosed, I have been eating a properly carb controlled diet and exercising. I started out on the following meds: insulin 25cc of 70/30 before each meal, 5mg glyburide, and metformin 500mg 2 x's a day. I have went from 213 pounds (4'10") to 192 pounds and I am no longer on the insulin or glyburide, only metformin. So even losing that much, eating right, and exercising has made a major difference.

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Monday, August 4, 2008

Can someone explain the pathophysiology of how diabetes mellitus causes lactic acidosis

Can someone explain the pathophysiology of how diabetes mellitus causes lactic acidosis?

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Diabetes Pathophysiology An understanding of the pathophysiology of diabetes rests upon knowledge of the basics of carbohydrate metabolism and insulin action. Following the consumption of food, carbohydrates are broken down into glucose molecules in the gut. Glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream elevating blood glucose levels. This rise in glycemia stimulates the secretion of insulin from the beta cells of the pancreas. http://www.health.am/db/diabetes-pathophysiology
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Lactic acidosis is the most common cause of metabolic acidosis in hospitalized patients. It is associated with an elevated anion gap and a plasma lactate concentration above 4 meq/L. Impaired tissue oxygenation, leading to increased anaerobic metabolism, is usually responsible for the rise in lactate production. (See "Approach to the adult with metabolic acidosis"). The pathophysiology and causes of lactic acidosis will be reviewed here. The possible role of bicarbonate therapy in such patients is discussed separately. (See "Bicarbonate therapy in lactic acidosis"). PATHOPHYSIOLOGY â€” A review of the biochemistry of lactate generation and metabolism is important in understanding the pathogenesis of lactic acidosis. Both overproduction and underuse of lactate appear to be operative in most patients. Lactic acid is derived from the metabolism of pyruvic acid; this reaction is catalyzed by lactate dehydrogenase and involves the conversion of NADH into NAD+ (reduced and oxidized nicotine adenine dinucleotide, respectively). Normal subjects produce 15 to 20 mmol/kg of lactic acid per day, most of which is generated from glucose via the glycolytic pathway or from the deamination of alanine [1,2]. Lactic acid is rapidly buffered, in part by extracellular bicarbonate, resulting in the generation of lactate. In the liver and, to a lesser degree, in the kidney, lactate is metabolized back to pyruvate, which is then converted into either carbon dioxide and water (80 percent, catalyzed in part by pyruvate dehydrogenase) or glucose (20 percent, catalyzed in part by pyruvate carboxylase). Both of these processes result in the regeneration of the bicarbonate lost in the initial buffering of lactic acid. And now you know the rest of the story !

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Friday, August 1, 2008

What urinalysis tests can diagnose diabetes (mellitus and insipidus) and jaundice

What urinalysis tests can diagnose diabetes (mellitus and insipidus) and jaundice?

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A hemoglobin A1c test is used to check the level of blood sugar over a 3 month period. It is used most often to diagnose diabetes. It is a test that uses chemical analysis from one blood test, to measure the level over 3 months. An AST test is a liver function test that may diagnose liver disease such as jaundice, these are blood tests though, I don't know of any from the urine that can do the same.
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If you're looking for urinalysis test specifically: Diabetes mellitus can be detected by the presence of glucose in the urine A low specific gravity can indicate diabetes insipidus, as the urine is not concentrated and mostly water Jaundice (which is acutally a yellow colour of this skin - the correct test would really be for liver function) can be diagnosed by a high concentration of bilirubin in the urine.

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