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Health Encyclopedia: Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Highlights
- Type 1 Diabetes: Introduction
- Causes
- Type 1 Diabetes: Risk Factors
- Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms
- Life-Threatening Complications
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 ...
Expert & Community Posts
Prevent Iron Deficiency with Healthy Eating
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...found mainly in plant foods such as wholegrains, pulses, dried fruits, and green leafy... Read more »
Commanding Telemedicine
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...Commander works with are a blood pressure monitor, a pulse oximeter, a medical scale, and a peak... Read more »
High Blood Pressure By The Numbers
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...of pressure through the body’s arteries called a pulse. This pulse can be felt in your neck,... Read more »
Symptoms of High Blood Pressure: 3 Specific Signs to Monitor
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...to Reduce High Blood Pressure Without Medication Pulse Rate and High Blood Pressure: Defining... Read more »
What to Expect When You Meet the Physician
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...feeling and listening to blood vessels in the belly.f. Pulses – neck, wrist, belly, groin, and... Read more »
Health Guide
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Patient Guide
...identical distance again. A physician can also make the diagnosis by noting the absence or diminution of a pulse on examination, or by hearing a noise called a bruit over a blood vessel with a... Read more »Heart Pacemakers and ICD's Patient Guide
...pacemakers are programmed to lie dormant for as long as the heart is beating at a steady rate above 50 to 70 pulses per minute. Should the rate slow beyond a certain rate, the pacer will fire and... Read more »Questions for your Cardiologist: Heart Questions to Ask your Doctor
...eyes checked? How often should by glycohemoglobin and kidney function be rechecked? Did you check the pulses in my feet? With respect to smoking: will cutting down over time be better, or... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes
...from transcutaneous electrostimulation (TENS), a treatment that involves administering mild electrical pulses to painful areas. Alternative treatments such as hypnosis, biofeedback, relaxation... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide
...sleepingParoxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (waking up from a sound sleep short of breath)Rapid or irregular pulseEdema or swelling of legs, feet and ankles, abdomen, liver, spleen and lungs A chronic... Read more »Images
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