Pregnant women with diabetes who do not control their blood sugar levels may suffer from health problems like their babies: Birth Defects The baby's organs develop during the first months of pregnancy, often before the woman knows she is pregnant. Uncontrolled blood sugar can affect these organs while they are growing and cause severe congenital disabilities in the development … [Read more...]
DBlog Week’s Mantras and More: Getting Through Bad Diabetes Days
Today let’s share what gets us through a hard day. Or more specifically, a hard diabetes day. Is there something positive you tell yourself? Are there mantras that you fall back on to get you through? Is there something specific you do when your mood needs a boost? Maybe we've done that and we can help others do it too? “Everything’s gonna be OK.” It’s cliché. It’s a … [Read more...]
Diabetes Blog Week 2014: Poetry Tuesday
This year, Diabetes Blog Week and TuDiabetes are teaming up to bring out the poet in you! Write a poem, rhyme, ballad, haiku, or any other form of poetry about diabetes. It Depends... This is the moment when you become speechless …of seemingly endless pondering and wild guesses …the moment when you feel shattered and helpless …This is the moment when the doctor says, … [Read more...]
Diabetes, Depression, and Diabetes Burnout
Can Diabetes cause depression? There is no sure answer on the connection between the two. Depression, for one thing has become a common ‘sickness’ in human beings since the prehistoric period. I understand that people without health insurance, unemployed, and divorced are likely to suffer from depression and that's a fact. With diseases, research says that it is thrice likely … [Read more...]
How Diabetes Is Diagnosed
A lot of people assume they have Diabetes when they start urinating frequently or they have a wound that is very slow to heal. These alone are not enough basis to declare yourself a Diabetic. For all that you know, you could be afflicted with UTI or another autoimmune disease. It does not make it any better, of course, but knowing the real trouble helps you identify the right … [Read more...]