yes, as is excessive trips to the RR, eating like crazy but losing weight, being exhausted, having to get up in the night to pee or get a drink, loss of energy and inability to concentrate. These are all signs of diabetes. If you are curious, have your dr run a glucose tolerance test. If you hate needles like I do take someone with you b/c you will get poked about 4 times, but they are only the little finger pricks, so they aren’t really too bad. I have just been diagnosed with diabetes 2 weeks ago, so I am learning all this as I go. Best of luck and I hope your health works out for the best.
I just had my 1 hour GD testing done last week & it came back as 171 when it should be 140. I have to go back and do a 3 hr glucose test to confirm GD. Now I’m starting to put together why I’m always thirsty and why my son is measuring pretty big. My question is can you have blurred vision in only ONE eye as a symptom of GD? Also, if you have failed your 1 hr GD test…what was your numbers? and did you fail the 3 hour one?
Yes, blurred vision can be a symptom of GD and it doesn’t matter if it’s one eye or both. However, sometimes vision changes in pregnancy even for people without GD, so just make sure you tell your doctor about it.
Many people fail the first but pass the second test. They will be looking to see if your high sugar can fall down below a certain benchmark by the 2nd and 3rd hour. Honestly, a 171 isn’t too promising, that is quite high. So even if you do pass the 2nd test you should adjust your eating to help with that sugar spike.
would it be different if you already have hypoglycemia?
The only sign I am aware of, is rapid weight gain. The Dr will monitor you, ask on your next visit if being hypoglacemic will affect your pregnancy or not. It was amazing my youngest really didnt gain much weight, but since she waited so long to seek medical assistace during pregnancy, they did that test and she was almost to the point of needing insulin, they had her taking blood tests all the time and read her readings journal weekly, she did great, we just have to hope that later in life theres no signs of gum disease/damage due to her being so out of control with it before getting it under control. Baby was fine at birth thank god!
I’ve been peeing allot lately and the fact that i cud have diabetes scares me allot
so i need to know other illnesses that could be linked to frequent urination
i’m only a 14 yr old girl
and diabetes doesn’t run in my family
so it is rele important that i get as many answers as possible
because im scared
i do eat alot of sugar
First off, there’s no need to panic. ^^ Just breathe- You’ll be alright.
It may be as simple as a urinary tract infection. You may have elevated levels of bacteria in your bladder and the body would therefore need to expel it through urination. Overactive bladder syndrome is another possibility. On a more serious note, you could have Interstitial cystitis, which has to do with the wall or lining of the bladder. It could also be a mild kidney infection.
A question to ask yourself- Have you started any new medications as of late? Medicine, like diuretics for example could lead to the frequent need to pee.
My suggestion is for you to call and make an appointment with your family doctor. If they can’t help, make an appointment with a specialist, like a Urologist.
But chances are, you have a simple bladder infection.
Until your appointment, you should try eating a lot of cranberries/drinking cranberry juice/taking cranberry capsules- they’ve been known to help with bladder problems.
I’m always thirsy, and constantly have to go to the bathroom. I am also always tired and I’ve lost five pounds in the past few days. My mom thinks it may be anemia, because she has it, too. Could this be possible? Are these early warning signs for diabetes?
These can most definitely be signs of diabetes, especially if blurry vision is thrown into the mix. However, your mom may also be right about anemia, because it presents with some of the same signs and symptoms. The only way to know for sure is to go see your doctor and have him do some blood work. In between times, it might be to your benefit to go get a glucose meter and check your sugars yourself, just to see where you stand. It can help your doctor determine what to do next. Hope this helps!
I’ve been doing so well with this gestational diabetes diet that I’ve grown a little bored testing. But today (I’m 36 weeks and two days pregnant), I had a small lunch OUT at a restaurant, where I didn’t really know exactly how many carbs I consumed. Probably too many carbs and not enough protein. My one-hour-post-lunch test is supposed to be less than 140, per my doctor, but it came back high: 159. Opps. So I had a bad lunch after all. But after two hours, I tested again, and it was 175! 120, I am told, is what the max should be after two hours. What should my level be after three hours? Everything I find online gives the levels for the three-hour glucose screening test. This is just a regular after-meal test, three hours later instead of one or two.
I failed my glucose screening test primarily because my sugar after two hours went higher when it should have gone lower. But I don’t want to have my afternoon snack before my blood sugar comes back to a level where it should.
Gestational diabetes is a form of Type II Noninsulin Dependent Diabetes, which is a risk factor for the development of diabetes in the nongestational state.
Gestational diabetes is associated with a number of pregnancy and newborn problems and complications the most common being excess weight gain by the mother and the delivery of a newborn who is heavier/larger than would be otherwise expected.
Your blood glucose level 3 or more hours after any meal should be close to that of a fasting level which is in the 75-125 mg/dl range. A single reading of 159 or even 175, if your other glucose readings are in the range I quoted, is not something to worry about. The effects of diabetes are due to prolonged exposure to elevated blood glucose levels.
Review your dietary recommendations as your glucose level at any point in time is due to three factors:
1. Your total recent caloric intake (not the proportions of carbohydrates, protein and fats).
2. Your recent energy expenditure (exercise!).
3. Any medication you may have taken for diabetes.
While overall the proportion of carbohydrates, protein and fat is very important in the control of diabetes all of these food sources will raise your blood glucose (not gram for gram equally). Testing your glucose at one and two hours after eating is going to provide you with confusing results due to the unpredictability of pancreatic insulin release after eating a given meal, your state of hydration, hepatic glycogenolysis (glucose release from liver stores), the rate of absorption of nutrients from your intestines, the degree of insulin resistance you have (the primary cause of Type II Diabetes) amongst several other factors.
Your goals are to:
1. Follow closely the total daily caloric intake recommended by your physician which should take into account the additional needs of the growing fetus.
2. Follow closely the physician-recommended levels of exercise (even daily walks) which will act to keep your glucose down.
3. The proportion and types of carbohydrates, protein and fat you are eating as recommended by your physician.
4. The times you are to measure your glucose.
Remember, it is not a single glucose reading that is important but it is the trend of readings which determine glucose control. Also, be sure to keep a check on your glucose level long after you delivery your baby as Gestational Diabetes is a risk factor for development of Adult Onset Diabetes.
The following link is an excellent resource with other important links for Gestational Diabetes. It is by the American Diabetes Association:
I am 33 and have had diabetes for 25 years. I have not taken good care of myself at all and am now paying the price. I know the big complications… I am now having all these little crazy things happening to me… I am trying to figure out what in the hell is going to happen next. Thanks all.
Diabetic complications can be classified broadly as microvascular or macrovascular disease.
Microvascular complications include neuropathy (nerve damage), nephropathy (kidney disease) and vision disorders (eg retinopathy, glaucoma, cataract and corneal disease).
Macrovascular complications include heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease (which can lead to ulcers, gangrene and amputation). Other complications of diabetes include infections, metabolic difficulties, impotence, autonomic neuropathy and pregnancy problems.
In type 1, the pancreas stop producing insulin, due to autuimmune response or possibly viral attack on pancreas. In absence of insulin, body cells does not get glucose for producing ATP (Adenosin Triphosphate) units which results into primary symptom in the form of nausea and vomiting. In latter stage which leads to ketoacidosis in which body starts breaking down muscle tissue and fat for energy, there is consequently fast weight loss. Dehydration is also usually observed due to electrolyte disturbance. In advance stages even coma and death, are being witnessed.
Diabetes Type 2:
* Increased fatigue : Due to inefficiency of cell to metabolise glucose, reserve fat of body is metabolised to gain energy. When fat is broken down in the body, it uses more energy as compared to glucose, hence body goes in negative calorie effect, which results in fatigue.
* Polydipsia : As the concentration of glucose increases in the blood, brain receives signal for diluting it and in its counteraction we feel thirsty.
* Polyuria: Increase in urine production is the result seen when excess of glucose is present in body. Body tries to get rid of the extra sugar in the blood by excreting it through the urine. This can also lead to dehydration because excreting the sugar which carries a large amount of water out of the body along with it.
* Polyphegia : The hormone insulin is also responsible for stimulating hunger. In order to cope up with high sugar levels in blood, body produces insulin which leads to increased hunger.
* Weight flactuation : Factors like loss of water (polyuria), glucosuria , metabolism of body fat and protein may lead to loss of weight. Few cases may show weight gain due to increased appetite.
* Blurry vision : Hyperosmolar hyperglycemia nonketotic syndrome is the condition when body fluid is pulled out of tissues including lenses of eye, which affects the ability of lenses to focus resulting in blurry vision.
* Irritability : It is one of the sign of high blood sugar because of the inefficient supply of glucose to brain and other body organs, which makes us feel tired and uneasy.
* Infections : Certain signals from the body is given whenever there is fluctuation of blood sugar (due to suppression of immune system) by frequent infections of fungal or bacterial like skin infection or UTI (urinary tract infection).
* Poor wound healing : High blood sugar resists the flourishing of WBC, (white blood cell) which are responsible for body immune system. When these cells do not function accordingly, wound healing is not at good pace. Secondly, long standing diabetes leads to thickening of blood vessels which may affect proper circulation of blood in different body parts.
Dr. David Parks often takes frequent visits to Guam from Los Angeles, California at least three to four times a year to assist patients with diabetic eye disease and other retinal illnesses causing the loss of vision.
Dr. Parks is a skilled and trained board certified ophthalmologist who specializes in retinal diseases. He is expected to see just about anyone from premature babies to senior citizens. In fact, he says he’s seeing more and more young people living with diabetes. “One of the things I do see on Guam is that it does appear in people at a younger age.” explained the physician.
Throughout his scheduled visits, Dr. Parks sees more than 200 patients in a one-week period, most of whom need injections and medication. Of those numbers, a majority of them have diabetes. Dr. Parks’ expertise is needed to assist these patients mainly because a diabetic eye could look normal from the outside but may have abnormal vessels, causing bleeding in the retina.
He continued, “When you dilate the pupil and look at the retina, which is the lining of the inside of the eye, you can see some areas of bleeding which represents abnormal blood vessels and sometimes you can see swelling of the retina.” If left untreated it could cause blindness.
One thing Dr. Parks emphasizes is that it’s important to get your eyes checked frequently. “The best and most important advise is to get regular eye examines with your optometrist or your ophthalmologist. If you can catch it early, you can treat it,” he said.
For more information contact the SDA Eye Clinic in Guam at (671)646-8881 or Dr. Parks in Los Angeles at (310) 289-3666, website:www.socalretina.com.
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