Diabeties (sp?)

[IselaRose]

Okay so my grandfather has diabeties (dad's dad) so does someone on my mom's side. I know its very likely that I might one day too.
But my question is, how does one know, Lately I've been getting headaches when I eat gum, or candy, and Drinking water doesn't help. I've been eating ok, should eat breakfast earlier but that can't be helped right now

[Advertisement]

[buttrfli]

http://www.diabetes-and-symptoms.com/index.php3

here is some information that may help.

If you think you may have it, get checked ASAP! Diabetes is not anything to mess around with. My husband found that out the hard way

You can certainly live with it, but if it goes undetected for very long you can end up with very serious problems. My husband has permanent never damage from it. He used to build theater sets and life heavy equipment, and now he can barely lift a 6 pack of soda

[IselaRose]

thank you

[miralys]

It runs in my family too so now I am careful of my lifestyle. Go get it checked out if you even have a suspicion.

www.diabetes.org is a good site for info too.

[Princess4J]

Aug. 18, 2003 -- Do you have diabetes? There's a one-in-three chance that if you do, you don't know.


And even if you do know that you have diabetes, there's a good chance you found out several years after developing the deadly disease.


It doesn't have to be this way. Using current guidelines, doctors could detect every single case of type 2 diabetes if everyone made regular visits to a doctor. That conclusion comes from an evaluation of diabetes screening guidelines by Florence J. Dallo, MPH, and Susan C. Weller, PhD, of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.


"The prevalence of undetected diabetes cases in the general population suggests that guidelines are not being followed," Dallo and Weller write in the Aug. 18 early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


Diabetes testing should be considered every three years beginning at age 45, according to current guidelines.


Testing should be considered at a younger age -- and done more frequently -- in certain people:


All African-, Hispanic-, Native-, Asian-, and Pacific Island-Americans.
Everyone who is overweight. Overweight means a body mass index, or BMI, of 25 or more. If you don't know your BMI, check out the WebMD BMI calculator.
Every woman who has had gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy).
Every woman who has given birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds.
Anyone whose parents, brother, or sister has diabetes.
Anyone with high blood pressure (140/90 or higher). If you don't know your blood pressure, find out right away.
Anyone with an HDL "good" cholesterol of 35 or under and/or triglyceride levels of 250 or more.
Anyone with a fasting blood sugar level of 100 to 125. A fasting blood sugar level of 126 or greater is considered to be diabetes.

Two changes are needed, Dallo and Weller suggest:


Start getting tested beginning at age 30 if you're an African-, Hispanic-, Native-, Asian-, or Pacific Island-American.
Whites should start screening at age 40.

If doctors are worried about the cost of screening, Dallo and Weller suggest, they could screen only those who have two of the risk factors in the guidelines.

What Are the Symptoms of Diabetes?

**The symptoms of type 1 diabetes often occur suddenly and can be severe. They include:

Increased thirst
Increased hunger (especially after eating)
Dry mouth
Frequent urination
Unexplained weight loss (even though you are eating and feel hungry)
Fatigue (weak, tired feeling)
Blurred vision
Numbness or tingling of the hands or feet
Loss of consciousness (rare)

**The symptoms of type 2 diabetes may be the same as those listed above. Most often, there are no symptoms or a very gradual development of the above symptoms. Other symptoms may include:

Slow-healing sores or cuts
Itching of the skin (usually in the vaginal or groin area)
Yeast infections
Recent weight gain

[schsa]

I see my doctor about twice a year. I didn't have any symptoms. He just ran a routine blood test and my blood sugar was 225 (normal is 110 to a low of 80). Needless to say I am doing the diabetic thing now and taking other meds to prevent it from getting any worse.

It runs in my mom's family. I just didn't think that at 45 they would find it but better now than in 20 years.