About Blood Tests and Treatment in Diabetes
In order to determine if a person has diabetes, there are some blood tests that can be performed.
To perform the fasting glucose test, the doctor will take blood from a vein in the patient’s arm, but it is important that the patient has not eaten in the last 8 hours. The red blood cells [...]
Some Facts About Diabetes Insipidus
When the kidneys are unable to conserve water as they perform their function of filtering blood, there can appear an uncommon condition called diabetes insipidus.
ADH, also called vasopressin is the hormone that controls the amount of water conserved. This hormone is produced in the hypothalamus, a region of the brain, and then is stored and [...]
The Types of Diabetes
It is known that when an individual’s system is unable to efficiently process glucose, there will appear multiple health problems. The body’s inability to break down sugars and store them properly leads to a chronic metabolic condition called diabetes.
Statistics say that there exist over one hundred and twenty million individuals worldwide, and there also are [...]
Diabetes and Pets
Diabetes is one of the most common hormonal disorders in dogs and cats. When the pet’s body has too much blood glucose because is insensitive to the available insulin in his body or because doesn’t produce enough insulin, diabetes occurs.
There are known two types of diabetes. When there is an insufficient number of insulin-producing cells [...]
Diabetes – Two Steps you Must Take to Avoid Vision Loss
Back in the 1950’s and 60’s most people didn’t rate diabetes as a major problem. Back then, all the focus was on dealing with more prominent diseases such as polio and tuberculosis. If diabetes was thought about, it was more in the context of cutting out sugar in your coffee, rather than as a serious [...]