Archive for April, 2008

30
Apr

Heart questions?

Author: admin

What part of the heart makes the heartbeat sound?
Blood vessels that grant exchanges between blood and cells are?
Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart are?
Your _________ is caused by rhythmic changes in your blood pressure
Blood travels through your body in hollow tubes called?
Answer: The Apex
Capillaries
Veins
Pulse
Arteries
I hope these are right.
-me
Answer: Valves/Capillaries/Veins/Pulse/Arteries&… = Vascular System.
You […]

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30
Apr

Is it a dark type of stain? Check the back of your neck as well- chances are, you probably have the same rash on the back of your neck but you just haven't noticed it because you can't see it. When you’re insulin resistent (pre-diabetic) your skin thickins (I don't know why, it just does) […]

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30
Apr

I'd like some relatively educated answers - don't answer if you'll post bullshit. I ask this question because someone I know took a 0.25 mg (1/2 tablet) of glibenclamide and went into a kind of coma. This shocked me because the medication was prescribed since he has Type 2 diabetes - I mean how on […]

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30
Apr

Probably my biggest pet peeve is that, growing up, children would tell me that I got diabetes because I ate too much sugar. I was diagnosed at age 2 with Type 1, and yet even today there are still people who say- “well, you shouldn't have eaten so much sugar when you were tiny.” It […]

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30
Apr

Is this true that if a person has a probem with rage, or a bad temper or anger issues that they have the ability to have diabetes, heart problems, heart attacks or strokes? The reason I ask is my relative a man had a very short fuse in his younger days not a lot of […]

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30
Apr

Actually a HbA1C of 6.8 is on the high side of pre-diabetic which 6 to 7%. Normal reading is 5 to 6%.
I recommend you visit my blog site and print off the Blood Glucose Level chart and study how your HbA1C and daily finger prick blood levels relate. Maybe this will have make sense […]

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30
Apr

just wondering…?
Answer: I'M A DIABETIC. UNCONTROLLED DIABETES AFFECTS EVERYTHING IN THE BODY. IT AFFECTS YOUR NERVES, KIDNEYS, HEART, CIRCULATION, ETC….IT CAN LEAD TO KIDNEY FAILURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, HEART ATTACK, NEUROPATHY, LOSS OF CIRCULATION RESULTING IN ULCERS AND AMPUTATION OF LIMBS, IMPOTENCE, LOSS OF LIBIDO, MOOD SWINGS, ETC…DIABETES ISN'T A DISEASE TO PLAY AROUND WITH. THE […]

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30
Apr

how far has our knowledge diabetes come?
Answer: I think we've come EXTREMELY far since artificial insulin was invented in the 1920's. When I was first diagnosed in 1991 with Type 1, I had a glucose moniter that needed a massive amount of blood and took 45 seconds to deliver a reading. Now, glucose moniters only […]

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30
Apr

I just got diagnoses about a month and a half ago and I want to know how common type 1 is.
Answer: According to the Center for Disease Control in the USA, 1 in every 400-500 childrenor adolescents are diagnosed. How old are you and do you’ve someone to speak to about your situation and feelings? […]

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30
Apr

WHo can help?

Author: admin

I’m a single mother on income assistance (BC canada) and I have type 2 diabetes. As my income is extremely limited I am wondering if anyone knows where I have the ability to turn for extra help in eating healthy…..it's cheaper to run through a drive thru then to eat healthily at home…..what can […]

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