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causes of diabetes
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Q: What is diabetes, what causes diabetes, and is there a way to avoid it?Are there any natural supplements that can aid in the control of early onset diabetes?
A: type I is autoimmune and your body destroys the cells in your pancreas that [...]
diabetes test
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Q: Diabetes test?I’ve got a couple of the symptoms of diabetes 2, I just wandered if anybody knows about the test. What to eat how long before the test etc.
A: Fasting Blood Glucose test (at least 8 hours of fasting)
Random Blood Glucose Test
OGTT (Oral [...]
numbness in fingers
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Q: what causes numbness in fingers and thumb on right hand?Along with the numbness which is usually accompanied with a little swelling there is a discomfort between my nuckles between the bones in my forarm and the back side of my upper arm [...]
symptoms of low blood pressure
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Q: Is my blood pressure too low?My blood pressure is 94 over 54. I am an eighteen year old male and am not overweight. I have experienced no symptoms usually associated with low blood pressure, but from time to [...]
type 2 diabetes diet
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Q: type 2 diabetes diet??Hello,
My brother just got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure and he is on medication for both. nobody in out immediate family has had any of this before so hes the first one so nobody [...]
gestational diabetes
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Q: Since I have gestational diabetes, should I be careful about what I eat after I deliver my baby?I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and I am easily controlling my blood sugar with diet and exercise. Should I continue with my special diet [...]
insulin pump
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Q: insulin pump?is it inconvinient and uncomfortable to have an insulin pump? how do you sleep with it? and like swim? can you take them off or do they stay on at all times?
A: Really you get used to it and don’t really notice [...]
diabetes type 2
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Q: What other meds can I take for diabetes type 2 besides going on insulin?I have tried Actos & Avandia in the past (retained water like crazy). I have also tried Metformin (my stomach cannot handle even 500mg). I have been taking only [...]
diabetic diet
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Q: Diabetic diet?Diabetic diet?
I heard going on one helps lose weight. But what exactly is the diabetic diet and what does it consist of and what will I have to do to get on one?
A: It’s mainly all sugarfree food. And instead of [...]
gestational diabetes symptoms
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Q: What are the symptoms of gestational diabetes?I’m 26 weeks pregnant and last week my consultant said that I had sugar in my urine. I am feeling completely exhausted and a little down, could I have gestational diabetes? I have a test booked [...]