July 7th, 2010 Toby Dushieney
Let’s start by clarifying something; a diabetic mother can expect to carry her baby to full term and enjoy a normal pregnancy.
However, she and her partner will have to take extra precautions as the disease can cause complications if not correctly managed.
Even if the mother is not a diabetic, there is such a thing as gestational diabetes which can be contracted during the second half of the pregnancy, which needs to be looked out for.
Unlike the mother to be who already has the disease, a mother who contracts gestational diabetes, which comes with no warning, instantly has to adopt a different lifestyle, injecting herself with insulin for example, which can bring on stress and anxiety.
The problem is gestational diabetes, just like type 1 or type 2 diabetes, is not just a health risk for the mother, it can affect the unborn child as well.
If the mother is already diabetic, she will want to consult with her doctor before conception, so that steps can be taken, particularly with regard to medication, to ensure a straightforward pregnancy. Read more...
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July 6th, 2010 Toby Dushieney
Eye diseases such as cataracts and glaucoma affect diabetics and non diabetics alike, but diabetics are more likely to develop them and at an earlier age.
However, both diabetics and those who do not have the disease are easily treated for both these conditions, but there are other eye diseases where treatment for a diabetic individual is likely to be less successful than for a non diabetic.
Possibly the main threat to the diabetic’s eyesight, and a disease that can only be caught by diabetics, is retinopathy which is usally contracted, if at all, after 10 years of having diabetes.
Some years ago, retinopathy almost always ended in going blind, but fortunately that situation has changed. In the UK, the General Practitioner Contract states that diabetics must have the back of their eyes checked on initial diagnosis, and then on an annual basis thereafter.
Most local surgeries have the necessary equipment to perform the examination, so no hospital visit is required.
Eye drops are put into the patient’s eyes which dilate (open) the pupil. They then take pictures of the retina at the back of the eye. These pictures are kept, so that an ongoing picture of the eyes is built up over time. Read more...
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July 5th, 2010 Toby Dushieney
There is no certain thought as to how type 1 diabetes is contracted. However, it is thought possible that 90% of cases are contracted by a virus, and indeed research has isolated a number of suspected viruses, nearly all of which are thought to be responsible for the common cold. It may well be, that if an individual’s genetic makeup is such, they may contract this disease by simply coming into contact with someone who has a cold.
For the other 10% it can be as a result of the autoimmune destruction of beta cells.
So how does this work?
If an individual’s genetic makeup is such that they have a variation in their chromosomes they may be prone to an autoimmune disease. If their immune system believes that insulin is actually attacking the body, rather than being the essential hormone that it is, the immune system will destroy it, resulting in type 1 diabetes.
Even if people could demonstrate that they had abnormalities in their DNA which could lead to type 1 diabetes, it doesn’t mean that it will. It is quite possible to have variaqtions on your DNA and yet not contract type 1 diabetes. Read more...
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