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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Does Diabetes Cause Headaches

Health Encyclopedia: Type 1 Diabetes

Long-Term Complications


Type 1 diabetes reduces the normal life span by an average of 5 to 8 years. However, survival rates are improving in all ethnic groups and both genders. Longer survival rates are probably due to improvements in monitoring and tighter control of blood glucose. There are two important approaches to preventing complications from type 1 diabetes:

  • Intensive control of blood glucose and keeping glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels below 7.0. This approach is proving to prevent ...
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Expert & Community Posts

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Top 75 Migraine and Headache Questions
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...question and answer. How can I manage my type 2 diabetes when having a full-blown migraine?... Read more »

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Types of Diabetes: are there more than two?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...recently received an e-mail inquiring about "type 3 diabetes." The writer stated "It's very... Read more »

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Top 101 Migraine and Headache Questions and Answers!
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...Full question and answer. How can I manage my type 2 diabetes when having a full-blown Migraine?... Read more »

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Top 85 Migraine and Headache Questions and Answers
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...Full question and answer. How can I manage my type 2 diabetes when having a full-blown Migraine?... Read more »

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Headache Stay Gone for Headaches and Migraines - Beware
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...Some researchers suggest that people with asthma, diabetes, gout, gastritis, hemophilia, and... Read more »

Health Guide

Diabetes and Anemia
...more severe anemia symptoms are more pronounced with tiredness. About one-fourth of all people with diabetes will have problems with anemia. How serious is anemia?For untreated diabetes patients,... Read more »
Dehydration: Migraine and Headache Trigger
...feveredwhen you have a cold or the fluif you have a chronic disease such as uncontrolled or untreated diabetes, kidney disease, alcoholism, cystic fibrosis, or adrenal disorders, if... Read more »
Excerpt 2: "Living Well With Migraine Disease and Headaches"
...written and managed by a “Guide” with expertise in and a passion for their topic. The About.com Diabetes site had already been very helpful to me because the Guide who ran it had already... Read more »
Meet Teri Robert, Lead Expert Patient
...of O.U.C.H., the Organization for Understanding Cluster Headaches; and an advocate for the American Diabetes Association. Her first book, "Living Well with Migraine Disease and Headaches,"... Read more »
Migraine and Headache Education for those who Don't Get it
...don't have the outward symptoms of disease or treatment as do those who have cancer, heart disease, diabetes or epilepsy. We don't have casts on broken bones or bandages on outer wounds from... Read more »

Medications

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...occur if this drug is prescribed with other anti-diabetes medications. Talk with your doctor or... Read more »

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...(hypoglycemia), especially if you take other medications for diabetes, drink large amounts of... Read more »

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...especially if you are taking other medicines for diabetes. Consuming large quantities of... Read more »

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...withdrawal reaction (e.g., dizziness, nervousness, headaches) may occur if you suddenly stop... Read more »

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...used to treat pain caused by nerve damage due to diabetes and shingles (herpes zoster)... Read more »

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