Insulin Resistance and Diabetes

Can a person have BOTH untreated hypoglycemia and undiagnosed diabetes?

Doc is doing a fasting blood sugar Monday to test for diabetes–but I’ve been told before I may be hypoglycemic…

Aren’t they opposite? It seems as though hypoglycemia may occur if taking diabetes medication, but I am not.

How can the coexist untreated???
To The Orange Evil: Thanks for helping out with my Q’s.

Based on these, do you think I could be diabetic? Test on Monday…but worrying NOW.

Great question. When a person is an early staged diabetic or heading towards diabetes, the pancreas still retains quite a bit of function. What happens is that the person’s blood sugar shoots up very high after eating because they have a slightly impaired insulin response. (In true non-diabetics, there’s enough circulating insulin and phase 1 insulin to keep blood sugar from ever going too high.) In a full-blown diabetic, the pancreas wouldn’t be able to supply enough insulin to bring levels down quickly. In a person who still has a powerhouse of a pancreas, the pancreas senses the soaring blood glucose levels and pumps out a ton of insulin. That results in a severe and rapid drop – often into hypoglycemic range. This is called reactive hypoglycemia. The effect is even more pronounced when the individual consumes lots of simple sugars, like candy.

Hypoglycemia in new diabetics is surprisingly common. Eventually, though, the beta cells in the pancreas die or the insulin resistance gets so bad that the hypoglycemia side of hyperglycemia stops and there’s just hyperglycemia left.

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What is diabetes and why do you need to avoid so many things and food?

I have heard that people with diabetes should not take cold, flu or pain medications. Why is this? Also, I have heard that they should avoid exposure to high heat and humidity? Why is this? I also would love to know what it is exactly, and why you need to watch what you eat and use a meter?

Over the counter medicines can alter a diabetic’s blood sugar in negative ways, meaning that it can make their blood sugars higher.

Some OTC meds can actually interfere with insulin and other diabetic medications in a very bad way too.

Heat and humidity are good for diabetics, COLD is not! The cold slows down circulation in the extremities, which are already hampered by the damage caused by diabetes.

Heat & humidity increase circulation and combat dry skin (common in diabetics).

You watch what you eat because you are sensitive to carbohydrates, and especially all forms of sugar. Sugar raises the blood glucose levels very high and very quickly.

The higher the blood sugar, the more diabetic complications that a person can get (more damage to their bodies, cumulative damage).

The meter tells diabetics how they are reacting to the type and quantity of foods that they eat.
If they are on medication, insulin for example, the meter can tell if they need more insulin or need to eat to avoid death by hypoglycemia.

The goal is to keep blood sugars in the normal range as much as possible. Less risk of cardiovascular problems (AKA heart attack, stroke), and less damage to their eyes, kidneys, other organs, and extremities.

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Are there long term effects (on skin particularly) of diabetes medication (glyburide, metformin)?

I have had some dark scar like patches appear on forehead in the last three months after taking diabetic maedication for nearly 5 years.

Everyone is different in their reaction to meds so u really need to c your own doctor. For me I find some natural therapies help without all the complications of heaps of meds.

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Is a Raw Vegan Diet healthful for diabetes and high blood pressure?

Is a raw vegan diet healthful over a long period of time, especially with diabetes and high blood pressure? I am trying to switch to a raw vegan diet, but my dietitian insists it is not healthful. Has anybody here tried it long-term, or know anybody who has? I’m wanting to lose a lot of weight, and I’ve been making a lot of salads, with cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, green bell peppers, celery, onions, carrots … and then I pour on a bunch of vinegar and lemon juice. It’s tasty, nutritious, and very low-calorie. It seems to be working for me, but my dietitian isn’t happy. And I didn’t even tell you what my primary care physician thinks about my decision to quit all my diabetes and blood pressure medications and just rely on a raw vegan diet instead of the meds … except that I’m going to have to find another primary care physician.

Did you know that with sensitive listening equipment vegetables have been recorded screaming when eaten. At least cook them fast to be humane. Also, vegetables reduce greenhouse gases and release oxygen so that we all may live. And you eat them? Animals are part of the problem with global warming, but dont deserve to suffer either. We really shouldn’t eat anything but each other. I’ve had enough of this business of killing a cotton plant just so you can wear its fibers as clothing. I’d rather go naked.

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There’s any organisation can help poeple can’t pay for diabetes medications?

I can’t say for sure, but check out www.pparx.org. And in the meantime it may help to know that some insulin is now sold over the counter, meaning that the cost is very very low and you don’t need a prescription. Ask the doctor if you can make a switch to a lower-priced medication; that may help. Also ask pharmacists for suggestions; they’ll understand.

One of my local hospitals is part of a university, and they charge extremely low prices for certain medications (my insulin costs only $7.15). My supermarket (Kroger’s) and the nearby Wal-Mart also have substantially lowered their prices on many common prescription drugs. So you’ll have to do some research, but it can really be worth it.

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