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How to Deal With Juvenile Diabetes19 Dec

A diagnosis of juvenile diabetes can be a shock to families, but it is a disease which can be managed.

When young children or young adults do get diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, for some time it seems that their world has shattered. But while juvenile diabetes can have an impact on everyday life, it does not mean that life stops or changes too much.

Symptoms of juvenile diabetes

If a child or young adult has symptoms of diabetes, he or she must be checked up. Unfortunately, often parents may not be aware of all the symptoms or may not be able to connect the dots and will need to go to a doctor for help. These are some of the symptoms of juvenile diabetes:

  • Increased thirst

  • Increased urination which may result in bedwetting in younger children

  • Weight loss in spite of eating well

  • Hunger in spite

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How to Live With Diabetes (Real Examples)22 Nov

Sue

Sue was diagnosed with diabetes ten years ago. She had a blood sugar level of 385 when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She is a mom, grandma, rancher, spinner and weaver and has her own ranch where she rears sheep, cattle and llamas – sheep and cattle for the meat and sheep and llamas for their fleece. She lives in New Mexico.

Earlier she worked in town as a bookstore clerk, owned and operated a bakery, worked as a hairdresser and had her hands full raising her children.

‘I didn’t even get to start out trying to manage this with diet and exercise alone. I started with a combo pill of metformin and glyburide. Now I am on Lantus and glucophage ER… I exercise using a combination of yoga, stretches and walking mostly for my daily exercises. I also do a tightly controlled food plan,’ she says and advises people to keep testing themselves and also keep a journal.

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How to Live With Diabetes22 Nov

Diabetes is no longer a dreaded disease because there are many different medications to control it.

Diabetes can be a lifestyle disease or it can also be inherited. If there is a family history of diabetes, then there are more chances of a person developing diabetes, though it has sometimes been known to skip a generation. However, it is a disease which needs you to take care of yourself, watch your diet, exercise and modify medications or injectables as necessary, and take blood sugar tests regularly if not everyday.

What is diabetes?

Diabetes occurs when the body is unable to enough amounts of insulin to absorb sugar from foods – this may be all forms of sugar, including carbohydrates and not just plain sugar or sweetened foods. It is a disorder of the metabolism.

The body has to produce insulin to use the glucose which comes when food is digested. When diabetes occurs the body does not produce enough insulin, produces no insulin, or has cells that do not respond properly to the insulin the pancreas produces.

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