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Diabetes

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder caused when the hormone insulin is not produced properly in the human body.

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How does diabetes affect the eye?
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Changes to the eye caused by diabetes are collectively known as diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes affects the eye in two ways: The changing blood sugar levels affect the lens of the eye and blood vessels in the retina Changes in the lens cause vision to blur with the changing blood sugar levels. The same fluctuations cause blood vessels to leak, including those in the eye. Diabetes can affect m...
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How does an ophthalmologist diagnose an eye problem?
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The eye examination consists of multiple parts, many of which are quantifiable. When vision is tested, it is useful for documenting eye health status and any changes. Vision is usually tested,one eye at a time, for distance and for near. Often it is done without glasses (prescription) and then repeated with glasses. If a patient doesn't have glasses or has reduced vision, a pin?hole device can be...
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Are cataracts more prevalent in diabetics?
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Yes, especially in adult onset diabetes mellitus. The two reasons for this increased prevalence is the fact that high blood sugars affect the health of the lens of the eye, and diabetics are evaluated more often than the rest of the population. High levels of blood sugar eventually get into the fluid in the eye raising the level of the sugar in the crystalline lens. This will draw water into the...
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Is glaucoma more prevalent in diabetics?
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Yes, glaucoma is more prevalent in diabetics. The reason being that diabetics may develop multi?system disease. What does that mean? Diabetics can develop small vessel disease in the heart, kidney, the eye, and elsewhere. By developing reduced blood flow to the eye, the disease process called Glaucoma can ensue. Diabetics are examined far more frequently than other individuals. So there is a bet...
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I have type 2 diabetes with eye problems, what can I do?
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Patients with type 2 diabetes can run into a variety of eye problems such as dry eye, cataract,glaucoma, and most importantly changes in the blood vessels in the back of the eye (diabetic retinopathy). Patients with type 2 diabetes may develop this retinopathy much more quickly than those who are insulin dependent (also known as type 1) diabetes. It is said that there is a greater chance of devel...
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What is proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)?
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Diabetic retinopathy can appear in three forms, macular edema, background retinopathy (BDR), and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Macular edema is swelling in the center of the retina without involvement of the periphery. BDR is leakage of blood vessels around the macula and the optic nerve in an irregular scattered fashion. It tends to be slow but may be a forerunner of either macular e...
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I have diabetes; can I prevent a heart attack or stroke?
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Steps to prevent a heart attack or stroke if you have diabetes include limiting all of your risk factors and maintaining an optimal HgA1C. What that means is lowering your blood sugar. The way to lower your blood sugar is to decrease the number of calories you consume. Also, you can lower your blood sugar by decreasing the amount of starches that you eat. For example, it is much better for diabet...
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What is diabetes?
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by Dr. Kelly Traver
Diabetes is a condition in which you have a higher-than-normal blood sugar level (also called blood glucose level) in your bloodstream. You are diagnosed as having diabetes if your blood sugar level is over 125 mg/dl after you have been without food for 12 hours. You are diagnosed as having prediabetes if your blood sugar range is 100 to 125 mg/dl. An elevated blood sugar level is harmful to all ...
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What are natural treatments for diabetes?
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by Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum
Lose weight if you are overweight. This restores your own insulin's effectiveness and is often enough to make the diabetes go away - especially if you add regular exercise to your regimen. Avoid sweets. Stevia, artificial sweeteners, and sugar free chocolate with maltitol like the "Russell Stover" sugar free brand are OK. Increase fiber intake. The vitamins B12, B6 and Inositol can help preven...
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Who is at risk for complications from the H1N1 flu?
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Pregnant women appear to be at risk for serious complications from the H1N1 virus. In addition, people with health conditions such as asthma, diabetes, suppressed immune systems, heart disease, kidney disease, and neurocognitive and neuromuscular disorders appear to be at increased risk of severe outcomes from the virus.
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