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Diabetic Nephropathy- Symptoms and Diagnosis

Posted: February 17th 2009 By editor1         under: Diabetes     Tags: , , , , , ,

A kidney disease caused due to long term diabetes, as 15 years or more, is also known as Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome and intercapillary glomerulonephritis. Long term diabetes’ kidney disease regarded as the main cause of dialysis, characterized by nephrotic syndrome.

Generally kidney defects, diseases, and infections are caused in diabetics due to persistent high levels of blood sugar that pass into urine in order to be secreted out. It can be found in both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics. In Type1 patients, insulin production is diminished, and in Type2 patients, once called non-insulin diabetes mellitus, or adult onset diabetes results as insulin deficiency or insulin resistance.

Uncontrolled sugar levels however are fatal for both types of diabetics. Cardiovascular diseases, impairment of several body organs, muscle weakness, nephropathy, blindness, memory loss, artery diseases, and most commonly heightened healing defects are some of the defects and ailments caused due to excessive hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia.

Gestational Diabetes and diet plan during pregnancy

Posted: January 26th 2009 By Admin         under: Diabetes, Pregnancy, Women's Health     Tags: , , , ,

You must have heard about type1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, but the least existing form of diabetes is gestational diabetes. If you are pregnant and during pregnancy you develop diabetes that condition is referred to gestational diabetes or GDM.

In accordance with the normal procedure alimentary canal digest the carbohydrate of food into glucose and absorb into blood. Glucose is the key source of the energy of human body.

After that, the essential organ of the body ‘pancreas’ release hormone called insulin, that get the glucose from blood and provide them to the body cell for proper functioning.

Development of diabetes refer to the state, that either your body in not producing enough protein or your body cells are not recognizing the insulin present in your body, that is why they are not using it in the way they should.

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