Health Tips

How does diabetes cause kidney disease?

When our bodies digest the protein we eat, the process creates waste products. In the kidneys, millions of tiny blood vessels (capillaries) with even tinier holes in them act as filters. As blood flows through the blood vessels, small molecules such as waste products squeeze through the holes. These waste products become part of the urine. Useful substances, such as protein and red blood cells, are too big to pass through the holes in the filter and stay in the blood.

Diabetes can damage this system. High levels of blood sugar make the kidneys filter too much blood. All this extra work is hard on the filters. After many years, they start to leak. Useful protein is lost in the urine. Having small amounts of protein in the urine is called microalbuminuria.

When kidney disease is diagnosed early, (during microalbuminuria), several treatments may keep kidney disease from getting worse. Having larger amounts is called macroalbuminuria. When kidney disease is caught later (during macroalbuminuria), end-stage renal disease, or ESRD, usually follows.
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The most important thing to those with diabetes is the start of living a healthy lifestyle which can lead to weight loss. Weight loss will help with the various statistics that you are monitoring after diagnosed with diabetes. Of course, weight loss also lowers the risk of other diseases like the ever-dreaded heart disease. The bottom line is, if you are overweight, you need to significantly change the way you have been eating and start doing exercise.

Healthy diet coupled with fair amount exercise are important part of weight loss. Dieting can be a daunting task for almost anyone. With diabetes, it is very important to monitor the food you eat to keep your glucose level within the normal range. If you are planning to lose weight, please do it the correct way. Do not go the yo-yo dieting way because it is dangerous with diabetes.

The correct way to lose weight is lower your caloric intake to 500 calories under what you need to maintain your weight. (3500 calories equal to a pound) Staying away from fatty and oily food is important. You should pay close attention in preparing your food, unless you have a professional to give you a diet plan which is highly recommended. With preparation, you can reduce hundreds of unwanted calories which can successfully lead to weight loss.
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These include:

Potatoes, yam and sweet potatoes
Rice
Pasta and noodles
Bread, chapattis and pitta bread
Breakfast cereals and oats
Cous cous, maize, cornmeal and other grain

Composition

Starch is made up of a chain of glucose units. When digested, the body releases these glucose units and converts them into energy. We can also obtain energy from fat and sugar, but due to the health risks associated with high intakes of these, we should look to take most of our energy from starchy foods.
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Diabetes is a general term used to describe an elevation of glucose (blood sugar) levels in the body. The primary cause of diabetes is pancreatic failure. When the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin, or the produced insulin is not able to work effectively in the body, diabetes is the result.

Three Types Of Diabetes:

Type I Diabetes: This is also known as “insulin dependant” diabetes. Juvenile diabetes is a form of Type I. The cause of this type of diabetes is a lack of insulin or non-functioning insulin. In some cases, patients require insulin injections in order to bring their blood sugar levels to healthy standards.
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Lyrica is an effective oral nerve-pain relief treatment, Lyrica is developed by Pfizer. Lyrica has been proven beneficial for diabetes nerve pain as well as nerve pain after shingles. Relief from Lyrica usage is usually reflected within a span of one week.

How it works?

Extra electrical signals that are sent by the damaged nerves are consequential in sourcing nerve pain. Lyrica works within these nerves and is helpful in calming them, thereby reducing the number of electrical signals. This course of action, in turn is beneficial in reducing the pain.

Lyrica Dosing
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Diabetes with erectile dysfunction is a chronic diseases associated with aging. More than 25 million Americans may have this very serious disease. Many do not know they affected because they have not yet had symptoms. In most cases, there are no obvious feelings or signs until the blood glucose gradually increases to become high enough to cause fatigue, increased thirst and urination, blurred vision, weight loss, and eventually serious illness.

The actual cause of diabetes (the body fails to produce sufficient insulin to metabolize food properly) is not known. Excellent treatment that can control the symptoms is nowadays available. The best way to prevent diabetes and its complications is a yearly blood glucose control in persons over age 45. A simple blood test for glucose can tell if you are diabetic. The diagnosis of diabetes is made when blood glucose is greater than 126 mg/dl on two rate testing .
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Cause of Diabetes

When you have diabetes, your pancreas either produces insufficient insulin or no insulin or the insulin it produces cannot work because your body resists its action. As a result, the normal mechanism of blood sugar control breaks apart. Sugar, instead of going into the cells of your body to nourish them, accumulates in the blood, raising your blood sugar levels.

Also, because of the defect in insulin, sugar produced and released by the liver is not properly controlled, a condition that further raises blood sugar levels. Accumulation of excess sugar in the blood is harmful at least in three ways.
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I use Motrin for everything. I use it for menstural cramps, muscle aches and pains, headaches and generally feeling lousy. It lasts for about 4-5 hours for menstrual cramps, takes away most headaches, and lasts about 6 hours for muscle pains (2-3 pill dosage). I have used Advil in the past and I KNOW it is the same, but maybe it is all in my head, but I think Motrin works best. My gyno even told me to take MOTRIN specifically for my cramps. And it helps as long as I don’t miss a dose. It is like clockwork with that pain.

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The medicine that I use daily for two times a day is Glucophage (550) also known as Metformin. The reason I use it is not because I am diabetic but because I suffer from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Metformin is proving to be the best medicine in my case to control the Syndromes side effects like late or menstrual cycle, facial hair and weight gain. After years of struggling with these side effects I have finally become comfortable with the use of Glucophage, since the condition is life long I am happy that I have finally found something that I can rely on and works. PCOS is also a common cause of infertility in woman; this medicine helps in ovulation.

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Symptoms of diabetes for juvenile diabetes and type 2 diabetes are:

• Excessive Thirst and Urination
• Loss of Fluids
• Severe Hunger
• Weight Loss
• Fatigue
• Changes in Vision
• Infections
• Nerve Pain.

Excessive Thirst and Urination

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