Saturday, March 28, 2009

If you have diabetes mellitus, why do you have high sugar levels before and after meals

If you have diabetes mellitus, why do you have high sugar levels before and after meals?

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Your body does not produce enough insulin (a chemical in the pancreas which converts sugar to usable energy) so the sugar and carbohydrates (which break down into sugars) levels in the blood are high
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Either your cells are SO resistant to insulin they won't open up and let blood sugar in (type 2 Diabetes), or your body can't make enough insulin to tell the cells to open up (type 1 Diabetes). In either case, when you eat, your food is converted to blood sugar, then the blood sugar floats around for hours doing lots of damage to the nerves but never going into the fat or muscle cells. All that blood sugar from breakfast is still handing around at lunch time.







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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

WHAT IS THE ICD-9-CM CODE FOR DIABETES MELLITUS WITH HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA

WHAT IS THE ICD-9-CM CODE FOR DIABETES MELLITUS WITH HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA?
WHAT IS THE ICD-9-CM CODE FOR DIABETES MELLITUS WITH HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA??? I am a medical coding student.. I am having trouble with this question..
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I'd say 250.30, since the type of diabetes in unspecified. In the index to find it, I looked up diabetes, coma, hypoglycemic (Let me know if it's right).




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Friday, March 20, 2009

Greek painting about Diabetes Mellitus

Greek painting about Diabetes Mellitus?
There's supposedly a greek painting (I'm not too sure who the artist is) maybe done sometime during the 1500's or 1600's that is of a skeleton that is on a bridge urinating into water. The painting is supposed to represent Diabetes Mellitus. The painting may or may not have the following words "diabetes mellitus, tissue in the body turn to urine". I think this painting may be in a museum in London. Could you find a link to that painting on the internet? Or post an image of the painting here? I've been trying to find this painting/image and haven't been able to, anything would help! The painting I'm looking for is not Death Urinating by Max Klinger. It's a good one, but it's not about diabetes (I don't think it is) Thanks!
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Hey davidalde..., These sites are pretty good for researching paintings.




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Monday, March 16, 2009

Diabetes mellitus can potentially lead to high blood pressure, blindness, and kidney failure. Why is this

Diabetes mellitus can potentially lead to high blood pressure, blindness, and kidney failure. Why is this?

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Diabetes mellitus: Better known just as "diabetes" -- a chronic disease associated with abnormally high levels of the sugar glucose in the blood. Diabetes is due to one of two mechanisms: (1) Inadequate production of insulin (which is made by the pancreas and lowers blood glucose) or (2) Inadequate sensitivity of cells to the action of insulin. The two main types of diabetes correspond to these two mechanisms and are called insulin dependent (type 1) and non-insulin dependent (type 2) diabetes. In type 1 diabetes there is no insulin or not enough of it. In type 2 diabetes, there is generally enough insulin but the cells upon it should act are not normally sensitive to its action. Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. In addition to being a leading cause of blindness, diabetic eye disease encompasses a wide range of problems that can affect the eyes. Diabetes mellitus may cause a reversible, temporary blurring of the vision, or it can cause a severe, permanent loss of vision. Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of developing cataracts and glaucoma. Some people may not even realize they have had diabetes mellitus for several years until they begin to experience problems with their eyes or vision. Severe diabetic eye disease most commonly develops in people who have had diabetes mellitus for many years and who have had little or poor control of their blood sugars over that period of time. Diabetes mellitus may also result in heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and circulatory abnormalities of the legs.





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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Do rheumatologists treat Diabetes Mellitus Type 1? Rheumatologists treat auto-immune diseases; is T1D one?
I know endocrinologists are the main specialists. I see an endocrinologist. I ams imply curious what kind of auto-immune diseases rheumatologists treat and diagnose.....
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an endocrinologist is the specialist you're looking for. however, most competent family physicians can treat uncomplicated diabetes, either type 1 or 2. and to answer your second question, autoimmune diseases can affect the pancreas (the insulin producing gland) and thus cause diabetes, but that's very rare. the vast majority of cases of diabetes is not autoimmune in etiology.
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Diabetes, whether type 1 or 2, is an endocrine disorder and would require either a general practitioner or endocrinologist to treat.
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The rheumatological diseases include things like scleroderma, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, CREST syndrome, etc. If you google rheumatoid disorders you will get bunches.
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Rheumatologists are specialized in diseases affecting muscles, tendines, joints and auto-immune diseases related to these parts. Endocrinologists are specialized in diseases affecting glands with inner secretion (thyroid, pancreas,etc) and auto-immune diseases related to these glands. Sometimes, auto-immune disease may affect both "areas" of specialization of rheumatologists and endocrinologists, that's why doctors work close for better treatment and management of the




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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Glyciphage is a medicine for diabetes mellitus... how does it work once i consume it

glyciphage is a medicine for diabetes mellitus... how does it work once i consume it???
does it mix with our blood and neutralise the glucose in the blood?? wat is its effect on pancrease? why cant the glucose be taken up by the cell?? why does insulin stop working??
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Metformin, or Glucophage treats insulin resistance at the cellular level, allowing insulin to "work" again and thus lower your blood sugar. No effect on the pancreas..at this stage of diabetes, your pancreas works fine and makes plently of insulin, but your body has developed a resistance to it.





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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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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the true test is a A1C blood test...it tests the blood sugar for a 90 day period...for jaundice better let your DR test for it...urine tests are for home testing [and inaccurate] not diagnosing... if u or friend has a finger stick meter dont eat after 8 pm...BS should be under 125 at 8 am the next day
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Urinalysis can detect Diabetes Mellitus using the urine strip. Urine chemical examination is a screening test for Diabetes and Proteinuria. Not jaundice. Jaundice may be caused by Hepatis virus or Liver disease. You can find out the reasons of jaundice with laboratory exams such as Hepatitis B surface antigen, SGPT, Bilirubin.





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Sunday, March 1, 2009

How am i gonna explain the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus to my classmates

How am i gonna explain the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus to my classmates?
how am i gonna explain the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus to my classmates in such a way that they would understand?? its for my report and this is due before midterms... pls help me :) thanks a lot^_^
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Well your fellow classmates should be just as intelligent as you are and are capable of understanding the pathology / physiology of diabetes. The definition of the disease itself is explained in pretty simple terms. As long as you are sure to explain the terminology such as define what Hypoglycemia, Insulin, Hypoglycemia, etc... is then they should get it when you are giving your report. The important thing is that you have a good understanding of diabetes so that you can put it into your own words which your classmates can relate too.
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Put it in terms of everyday statistics. I like to hear stats on things and relate it to people. So if you are talking about type 2 diabetes then share some stats about how many people are affected and how many people could change that with diet and exercise. That usually keeps an audience. If you are then talking about type 1 diabetes I think "seeing the big picture" is key. So start with the job of the pancreas and then move to how the insulin works in the body. When you then have to start talking about what manifestations you will see with type 1, then it will all make more sense to people. ie lack of circulating insulin thus increasing blood glucose levels. After that, move into complications.
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I wrote this up for a lot of folks in my family that don't have a lot of education. It should be easy to understand. http://unafragger.blogspot.com/2009/11/diabetes-research.html






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