It runs in my family, and I've never had good blood sugar. Recently I've been experiencing the symptoms of both types of diabetes, especially weight loss. I'm very thin(fast metabolism) I lost about 10 pounds in 2 weeks, and about a pound a day for 3 days straight. I made an appointment with the doctor, though they can't get me in until next wednesday...What can I do to keep my blood sugar in check, just in case it IS diabetes? My mother is positive I have it, and she's starting to worry me as well! You're help is greatly appreciated :)
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What happens when diabetes is left untreated?
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You Could Die.
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go blind, lose your legs, die
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cardiac arrest. you loose the use of your organs. they deteriorate, pretty much your dieing slowly already. the damage that your doing is free willing it (((( not giving a @#$p )))) dieing quicker. there is med. that will help. and there is this small gadget that helps check your sugar. If you don't have one go on line and find where the have free testings and you can get it checked there. Listen diabetes is not something that you want to mess with its a serious illness. get checked quick
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If its a life and death thing I'd call the doctor maybe again and let them know that its important sometimes they can get you in quicker, and sometimes there is cancellations. It really depends if it is type 2 or 1. How to help, eat healthy.
You can die by the way, or be rushed to the hospital unconscious. My uncle had it. If you are feeling out of whack I'd call the doctor again.
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there are shards that destroy your capillaries ... so you can loose your toes your sight or have a heart attack.
you can try to keep your blood sugar in check by diet and the biggest THING IS EXERCISE!
you can reverse it if it is Type II but not if Type I.
good luck
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I have had type one diabetes for 33 years of my 37 yr old life. You are playing with fire here. What do you consider good blood sugar levels? What is your diet like? If you are eating whatever you want at will, then you cannot control your blood sugars with ease. Diabetes is trial and error for each individual. You need to know which foods effect your sugar levels and how. For instance, I can eat a slice of pizza and it will raise my sugar level close to 30 points. My best advice for you is to write everything that you eat for one week's time in a log. Take notes on your sugar levels a 1/2 hr after each meal. This will give you a baseline of what foods effect you . Diabetes is something you need to be on top of 24 hours a day 7 days a week. You don't get time off. If you need help, contact me via email and I will give you the best advice I can. - scottiboi03@yahoo.com
Good luck,
AnthonyPosted 2 years ago # -
Diabetes without proper treatments can cause many complications. The worst being; hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, or nonketotic hyperosmolar coma. Serious long-term complications include cardiovascular disease, chronic renal failure, retinal damage...
In the mean time what you can do is maintaining your body weight with exercise and eating healthy foods. Avoid sugars and fats, and have more vegetables and proteins, like chicken (white meat prefered), turkey (white meat prefered), fish, and tofu.
I read somewhere that cinnamon helps insulin do it's job. So that could help diabetics.
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Short term, diabetes won't do serious harm except for low blood sugar. If you're blood sugar is too high, then unless it gets incredibly high, you're not likely to run into any trouble right now. If it gets too low, you could end up in a diabetic coma so make sure you keep some jelly beans or sugar sachets with you. Here are signs of low blood sugar that mean you need to get some sugar into you:
How do you know when your blood glucose level is low?
You may experience some of the early warning signs:
- sweating
- shaking
- feeling dizzy
- hunger
- palpitations (rapid heart beat)
- tingling or numbness around the mouthSigns of very low blood glucose are:
- headache
- double vision
- unusual behaviour
- confusion
- poor co-ordination
- drowsiness (feeling very sleepy) which may lead to unconsciousness(I took that from a fact sheet our hospital has recently given us.)
If you think you have low blood sugar, you're supposed to take your blood levels with your meter (but you probably don't have one anyway) and if it is low, then you eat 5-6 jelly-beans or have 2 teaspoons of sugar in a small amount of water or some honey (again, I think that was 1-2 teaspoons). We were also told that it's possible that others around him might notice that he needs sugar before he does. (By the way, chocolate isn't a very good thing to use for low blood sugar when you have to get some sugar into you - can't remember why but it most definitely isn't. Sweets like jelly beans and sugar or honey are much better. Even some orange juice or lemonade with sugar not sugar substitutes is better.)
If you become unconscious, people shouldn't give you food or drink, in case you choke, should roll you onto your left side and call an ambulance. If they know how to inject glucagon they can do that but they aren't to give you insulin.
So that all sounds quite scary, I'm sure. But the aim is to give you info about the worst case scenario in the near future so you know strategies in the unlikely event this happens. But it's more likely you have Type II diabetes which is high blood sugar and it has to be VERY high to put you into a coma. My husband has had some shocking readings and he's been nowhere near danger point, so let that make you feel safer.
Long-term effects of untreated diabetes include stroke, glaucoma, veins breaking down, clotting among others. But if you do have diabetes and you are sensible about diet and exercise and any treatment you are to do, you should do quite well and "live to a ripe old age."
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Diabetic complications include stroke, heart attack, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, leg ulcers and amputation, etc.
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