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Diabetes Detection

Monday, July 5th, 2010

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Diabetes is detected by measuring the amount of glucose in the blood after a person has fasted (abstained from food) for about eight hours. In some cases, doctors diagnose diabetes by administering a test of oral glucose tolerance test, which measures glucose levels before and after a certain amount of sugar has been ingested.

Another test being developed for type 1 diabetes are looking for specific antibodies (immune system proteins that attack foreign substances) present only in people with diabetes. This test can detect the type 1 diabetes at an early stage, reducing the risk of complications of the disease.

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Diabetes Meilitus

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

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Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that helps the body’s tissues absorb glucose (sugar) so it can be used as a source of energy. The condition may also develop if muscle cells, fat and liver do not respond well to insulin. In people with diabetes, glucose levels build up in blood and urine, causing excessive urination, thirst, hunger, and problems with fat and protein metabolism.

Diabetes mellitus differs from the less common diabetes insipidus, which is caused by the lack of the hormone vasopressin that controls the amount of urine secreted.

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Prescribing Treatments for Chronic Diabetic

Monday, June 28th, 2010

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Nursing Andalusian begin this month the second phase of nurse prescribing, as it will allow them to collaborate in the process of indication and monitoring of drug therapies for diabetes and chronic wound care, in what is called collaborative prescribing.

The Minister of Health, María Jesús Montero, who today opened the IX Congress of the Andalusian Society of Community Nursing (ASANEC) being held in Seville, was referring to the second development phase of the decree so far given to this group Professional 96 indicate the possibility of non-prescription drugs and medical devices such as catheters, sterile dressings, absorbent urinary incontinence, and test strips to measure blood glucose among others.

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Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia in Children

Friday, June 25th, 2010

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Hyperglycemia was defined as the increase in blood glucose levels. The most common causes are receive less insulin than needed, having consumed more carbohydrates than normal, submitting an infectious disease.

The most common symptoms are intense thirst, need for frequent urination and fatigue. Also headache or abdominal pain, vomiting or cramps in the legs.

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Diabetes Drug and Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

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Patients treated for long periods with metformin, a common drug for diabetes, are at risk of developing a deficiency of vitamin B12, which also can worsen over time, according to a study published on Friday.

Netherlands scientists said the results suggest that they should “seriously consider” regular monitoring of vitamin B12 levels during prolonged treatment with metformin to try to prevent deficiency and its effects.

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Increased Arrhythmia and Treatment

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

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People with diabetes are at high risk of developing a common type of arrhythmia called atrial fibrillation, which increases the more severe the disease.

This circumstance increases as lengthening the treatment period, whereas the poorly controlled blood sugar also exacerbates the problem, the team concluded Dr. Sascha Dublin, Institute of Health Research Group in Seattle.

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Diabetes Treatment Education

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

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In Mexico, 14 of every 100 people between 20 and 60 have diabetes, a health problem that appears to be excessive accumulation of glucose in the blood due to a deterioration in the secretion and / or action of the hormone insulin, produced by the pancreas and responsible for maintaining normal blood sugar levels.

Approximately 25 to 35 percent of diabetes patients follow a control on his problem, which means that a large majority of patients do not, at least in the right way.

In order to raise awareness about the importance of diabetes patient education and that it deals with the problem of health holistically, in Mexico City took place on 26 May, the first International Summit for Patient Education Diabetes. The meeting was organized by the Mexican National Association of Diabetes Educators (ANMED), and was attended by representatives of similar organizations in England, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

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Interventions Oriented Lifestyle

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

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The main environmental factors that increase the risk of type 2 diabetes are over-nutrition and a sedentary lifestyle, with consequent overweight and obesity.

A minimum weight loss, including 4 kg, often improves hyperglycemia. In the prevention of the disease, a similar loss reduced by up to 60% risk.

A full treatment of diabetes should include a healthy diet (for example, the Mediterranean diet: The main characteristics of this feed are a high consumption of plant products (fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, bread and other cereals) wheat being the staple food, olive oil as main fat, increased consumption of poultry and fish than red meat) and regular moderate physical activity. It is also desirable to eliminate other risk factors when they appear at the same time as hypercholesterolemia.

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Diet and Exercise

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

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Maintain a healthy diet is one of the best ways you can treat diabetes. Since there are no treatments to get rid of diabetes, when the person is diagnosed with diabetes should start maintaining a healthy diet.

The person must not only take care with the amount of grams of sugar you eat during the day, but also have to eat less carbohydrates. What this means is that the person can not eat many foods containing white flour. There are many products on the market that are made for diabetics. In the U.S. products are called “Sugar Free” or “Sugar Free.” These products have artificial sugar content has no calories but gives the sweet taste to food.

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Gestational Diabetes

Friday, June 4th, 2010

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Temporary resistance to insulin during pregnancy. The so-called gestational diabetes occurring during pregnancy at a rate of 1% to 14% of patients, and almost always debut between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy.

Sometimes it may persist after birth and is associated with increased maternal disorders (hypertension or high blood pressure, vaginal infections and urinary tract, premature delivery and caesarean) and serious harm to the baby (macrosomia fetal death, ie overgrowth of the product because it is exposed to more glucose than usual this is because it stimulates your pancreas secretes insulin abundance increases their development, which can lead to injury at the time of passing through the birth canal .)

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