Hyperglycemia is high blood sugar. Your body works off a simple recipe to make energy... Sugar + insulin = fat cells. Need both ingredients. Your pancreas provides the insulin, but a diabetic do...

The life of a parent of a small child with diabetes is hard to understand if you have not lived it. They not only live in perpetual fear of hypoglycemia that their child will not recognize, they...

There should be some answers for you throught The diabete association. If that is no help try a social worker at a hospital they should have a link up for you.

Most important is to find out what diet her md prescribed. Depending on how severe her diabetes is she will have to take shots 1 to 4 times a day. Her diet is just as important as the shots. It ...

I, myself, have type 1 diabetes, so I guess my answer comes more from a personal experience. Umm, frequent urination would be like around every two hours. Sometimes I would just go to the bathroom ...

Different types of sugars react differently on the body. Fructose, the sugar produced by fruit, can react quickly on the body. I found that if I eat a banana it really shoots my sugar level up. ...

some symptoms of juvenile diabetes are : excessive thirst and going to pee, excessive hunger, weight loss, sweet smelling breathe, fatigue, - there are others, but your sister needs to get checke...

You should be congratulated on how much you care about your condition..i could tell u so many stories of young pts who were is such denial about their diabetes and ended up losing feet and legs, or...

Do You Have Diabetes? Millions of people have diabetes mellitus, commonly called diabetes. You may be surprised to know that many of these people don鈥檛 even know they have it. Diabetes is a se...

Zinc is a constituent of all commercially available Insulins.Naturally occuring Insulin also contains small quantities of Zinc in it. Chromium is a constituent of Glucose tolerance factor of lower ...

The incidence of juveniles diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate and is a very current and appropriate topic. Here is the website to the American Diabetes Association. ...

A lot of mis-information given some of the other answers. Type II can require insulin. Eating sugar is not the cause. Obesity is the biggest factor she can control. Things I would do: Test c...

Hi there well done,i congratulate and thank you on your efforts,as i am a type 2 diabetic and i donate to my local diabetes clinic,which is just outside the UK,i wish you good luck with your walk

True - I read an article that one of the ingredients in diet cola causes Cancer in rats. With you having diabetes you need to cut out sugar out of your diet and sweeteners count towards your sugar ...

I am 41 and have type 1 diabetes for 39 years (most of my family believes that I have had it all my life, tho). I was on shots until about 4 years ago. At that point, I was up to 4-6 shots a day!! ...