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Pre-diabetes: Major signs indicating diabetes is creeping on you
“It was scary. Not life-threatening scary, but confusing scary. Almost apocalyptic due to shock and a bombard of information to assimilate” recounts Barbara Carleton, a quora contributor and diabetes survivor, on being diagnosed with diabetes. “I was super angry with regrets of ignoring early signs.” She remembers the dark cloud of anger that hang around Read more
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Sunday dose of humor
…been receiving a lot of traffic lately, with a fair share of criticism. Nonetheless, as stated before, it is not intended to reduce chronic conditions, some idiopathic, into laughable misinformations. It is rather the opposite. In fact, it is intended to ease the hardships of living with a chronic condition by stirring a laugh or… Read more
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Infographic: 5 facts about stroke you should know
FIRST FACT: A stroke kills brain cells Cell death is due to inadequate oxygen-rich blood supply to brain. Supply is interfered by disruption of blood flow to the brain by a clot or a rupture. SECOND FACT: A stroke increases risk of subsequent stroke Approximately one out of every four stroke survivors is at risk of having another. THIRD FACT: Stroke Types Ischemic stroke is due to clot, blood vessel rupture causes hemorrhagic stroke, and a momentary blockage causes Read more
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Debugging Diabetes Misconceptions
A lot of the time, these misconceptions of what causes diabetes shows up in the classroom, specifically math class. Almost everyone has had the math problem about someone eating an absurd amount of chocolate, followed by the offhand student remark, “If I ate that much chocolate, I’d have diabetes.” This is not only offensive, but Read more
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Sunday dose of diabetic humor and puns
“Laughter is the Best Medicine (Unless You Have Diabetes and Then Insulin Is Probably Better). If you don’t, throw me a bone and tell me you loved it anyway.” Says David Greene (PhD) of Take Control of Your Diabetes (TCoYD.org) Moreover, if you can not laugh about it, what can you do? Firstly, am a Read more
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Gestatation Diabetes: Definition, pathophysiology, risk factors, and mangement
In the short term, diabetes-related pregnancy complications continue to be a significant cause of maternal and fetal morbidity, and they act as antecedents and predictors of long-term risks of diabetes, obesity, and more widespread metabolic disease in both mother and fetus. GDM (gestational diabetes mellitus) is characterized as glucose sensitivity of varying severity that develops Read more
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