Normally my sugar levels vary between 120-130, taking metformin and prandin. But after an infection this week (I took zyrtec, tylenol, excedrin and pseudophedrine) my sugar has gone to 260 and I feel nothing but dizzy, light headed, drowsy.
What happened? What should I do?
What’s the risk? How dangerous it can be?
Answer: Either the infection […]
I have just started on the needle. Up until this day I have been on pills. But now my sugars are running high and I’m on the needle. Does it matter when I eat my breakfast. Do I wait 30 minutes after injecting the insulin. Thanks for the help.
Answer: Lantus […]
My mother-in-law is diabetic. And she is getting exhausted of using the needles to draw blood each time she wants to check her blood sugar. She was told that their is a monitor that works without drawing blood. DOES ANY ONE NOW ABOUT THIS METER????
Thank you for the feedback……
Answer: I wore one of those […]
Look on the label of a sugar-free candy, and you're likely to see words like maltitol, xylitol, and sorbitol. These are sugar alcohols. However, they aren't actually sugar or alcohol. So what are these substances and how will they affect your body?
What are sugar alcohols?
Sugar alcohols are carbohydrates which are also called “polyols”. […]
After years of dreading the day, my mother started dialysis last week. So far it has been horrible. They told her not to take her blood pressure medicine and her top number is going well over 200. Her cramping is so severe that she's sore all over. This day they took her off early because […]
i was thinking about that today because im the generation in my family thats supposed to get diabetes but i dont have it *yet* and thats how my grandma died, but i know its common so would you state its a tiny TOO much to cry about it?
Answer: No.
Diabetes runs in my family too and […]
okay so let's say i go to school with 400 children how many people have diabetes?? out of them?
so like and if there’s 12400320 kids then how many have diabetes?
i want to know the ratio of children with diabetes to kids who don't have diabetes.
Answer: Idk…but I do! Althought you already knew that…ahaha I'm […]
My mother stated her doctor told her that if you have this mark on your neck that is means you will become a diabetic. Is this true? (it kinda looks like a stech mark across the neck)
Answer: If you're referring to Acanthosis Nigricans, there's an increased possibility of developing type 2 diabetes.
The following page gives […]
I know type 1 diabtes people need it, but why do they need it. Why are some people born with it and not others? What is your scientific reasoning on this?
Answer: The cells that produce insulin in the pancreas don’t work in someone with type 1 diabetes. The cells are dead and do no […]
around late june 08 i went to water country usa, a well known water park here where i live. I think i contracted something down in my groin. It looks similar to Lichen Sclerosis on the inside of my lips but its not THAT white. Its not itchy, doesn't burn, sex doesn't injured, urinating is […]