If you’re a diabetic who’s taking insulin, you might be well aware of the fact that taking it becomes such a hassle. Injecting oneself with regular insulin essentially reminds you constantly that you are a diabetic because you would normally need to take it around 30 to 45 minutes before chowing down on your meal. That type of maintenance already has an alternative. For the diabetic who wants to have mu

For health organizations such as the American Diabetes Association, they emphatically claim that "there are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, unfortunately, 6.2 million people or nearly one-third of the population are unaware that they have the disease". There are approximat

Knowing there is something wrong with your bodily functions can creep one out. Nobody wants feeling sick since everything seems to be an effort. Your activities are limited. One appear imprisoned because of his or her inability to perform. Diabetes can just do that. A diabetic is pliable to so many complications that sheer disregard of the disease results to further body dysfunctions. Diabetes is mainly caused by

Diabetics are not free from the prison of having infections on the foot. Thus foot care is essential otherwise expect a batch of complications even to the point of amputation. But what causes complications on the foot? How susceptible are diabetics to foot complication? What can one do to avoid such complication? One of the other complications brought by diabetes is peripheral neuropathy. It is a condition wherei

If there is a lack of  insulin in the body, where does one get it? Once the pancreas fails to produce insulin to the body, bodily functions start to deteriorate. Insulin, though just one of the many important hormones of the body is necessary for the regulation of calories in the body. Without insulin, our body is not energized. The cells of our body are neglected by not being able to absorb the proper g

Plan the pregnancy. Unplanned pregnancies are more common among women with diabetes than among women who do not have diabetes.. It is very important for a woman with diabetes to get her body ready before she becomes pregnant. See her doctor. Her doctor needs to look at the effects that diabetes has had on her body already, talk with her about getting and keeping control of her blood sugar, change medications if ne