Complications Of Diabetes Type 1
The Spouse's Perspective
My wife Kelsey and I were friends for several months before we started dating. Kelsey has always been very open about her diabetes, so I learned about her disease early in our friendship. Initially, she had to explain to me the difference between type 1 and type 2. I didn't know there were different types of diabetes! My brother had recently been diagnosed with type 2 and did a minimal amount of work to manage it. I didn't realize how much more care and attention this disease requires ...
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Expert & Community Posts
World Diabetes Day is tomorrow
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert...parts of the world, children are dying from diabetes complications. For 2007 and 2008, the... Read more »
Type one-and-a-half diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...ICD-9 category 250.00, "Diabetes mellitus without complication type ii or unspecified type not... Read more »
Teens, Sex and Diabetes
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert...are concerned about impotence. Unfortunately, this complication of diabetes may occur due to... Read more »
Killing T Cells to Cure Diabetes
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...to fund this research? Do you? Even if you have type 1 diabetes, you almost certainly still... Read more »
Genes and Heart Disease
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...work. It's not simply having diabetes that causes complications. It's having high BG levels. ... Read more »
Health Guide
Type 1 Diabetes: diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes
...levels get too low, the pancreas secretes glucagon to stimulate the release of glucose from the liver.Type 1 DiabetesIn type 1 diabetes, the disease process is more severe than with type 2, and... Read more »Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
...change during the course of your pregnancy. Remember the goal is to reach a term pregnancy free of complications for you and your infant. After pregnancy, you need to follow up with your physician... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Risk Factors
...diabetes varies among population groups. Diabetes also seems to pose higher or lower risks for specific complications among ethnic groups. Genetic and socioeconomic factors, or both, seem to be... Read more »Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure
Recent expert guidelines for evaluating the severity of heart failure and determining treatments use a staging system that is similar to the one used for major cancers:Stage A: Patients are... Read more »Diabetes: Type 2: Medications
...(HbA1c) levels of less than 7%. Controlling HbA1c is the most important factor for reducing the risk of complications in patients with diabetes. According to one 2000 study, a 1% reduction in... Read more »Images
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