Q. I've been interested and researching some fields involving things that are medical, and I was wondering how one can get the two types of Diabetes and which is worse. Are people with Diabetes type 1 generally not overweight compared to type 2?
How do people who aren't fat at all get Diabetes? Is it a completely different cause to getting it other than eating too much?
I'm thinking it might be past genes.
How do people who aren't fat at all get Diabetes? Is it a completely different cause to getting it other than eating too much?
I'm thinking it might be past genes.
A. I have been healthy and active my entire life, always skinny as well. But, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes a couple months ago. Why? Because Type 1 is genetic, meaning, you always have had it, but it was not triggered until something caused it to do so. Type 1 is usually triggered by the flu, or fevers, I've even heard of one guy who got it right after he had a simple cold. Sometimes you don't even get sick first, it just happens. Bottom line is, it has nothing to do with what you do or eat, if you have it, you have it, that is it. Type 1 means your pancreas no longer produces Insulin, Insulin is used to bond with the food you eat and cells and this produces energy.
There is no other option for a Type 1 Diabetic but to need daily shots of Insulin, unless you have the pump which is always connected to you and you manage how much insulin goes into you or not.
There is no cure at this time and it is not something that can go away with time.
Type 2 Diabetes, is also GENETIC. But it has been known to be triggered by excess weight, poor diet, and other factors as well. Living a healthy and active lifestyle can prevent Type 2 in some cases, though not all. Type 2 still produces some insulin though not a lot, and can be treated simply with pills, diet, exercise, and in severe cases insulin injections as well. It is possible for Type 2 to go away over time with proper care, though not always and rarely.
I should also point out that my grandmother got Type 2 later on in life, and she was very very thin. It is a misconception that all Type 2s are overweight.
I would say Type 1 is worse, it has no other option but insulin shots, it starts earlier in life so you really do have it your whole life, and there is not chance of it going away.
But, they are closer to finding a cure for Type one, possibly within 20 years, so I guess it depends on if you have faith in them being able to find a cure or not.
Though, no one should have to have Type 1 or 2, because neither are easy and both require a lot of work.
Hope I helped
There is no other option for a Type 1 Diabetic but to need daily shots of Insulin, unless you have the pump which is always connected to you and you manage how much insulin goes into you or not.
There is no cure at this time and it is not something that can go away with time.
Type 2 Diabetes, is also GENETIC. But it has been known to be triggered by excess weight, poor diet, and other factors as well. Living a healthy and active lifestyle can prevent Type 2 in some cases, though not all. Type 2 still produces some insulin though not a lot, and can be treated simply with pills, diet, exercise, and in severe cases insulin injections as well. It is possible for Type 2 to go away over time with proper care, though not always and rarely.
I should also point out that my grandmother got Type 2 later on in life, and she was very very thin. It is a misconception that all Type 2s are overweight.
I would say Type 1 is worse, it has no other option but insulin shots, it starts earlier in life so you really do have it your whole life, and there is not chance of it going away.
But, they are closer to finding a cure for Type one, possibly within 20 years, so I guess it depends on if you have faith in them being able to find a cure or not.
Though, no one should have to have Type 1 or 2, because neither are easy and both require a lot of work.
Hope I helped
Did somebody know any institution where you can stay and learn how to take care of diabetes type 1( like insti?
Q. Did somebody know any institution where you can stay and learn how to take care of diabetes type 1( like institution for alcohol or drugs recovery).I have daughter 28years old with diabetes type1,her blood sugar is almost every day low 20 and she could manage ,and she live with two small children by her self.I would like to put her some where to learn how to take care of diabetes.
A. No one needs institutionalized to learn how to care for diabetes.
Your daughters endocrinologist should have sent her to a diabetes education class as well as a series of appointments with her dietitian.
As she is an adult, you can help by learning what foods are best for her to eat and help her out.Take care of the kids for a while, make a family meal and even offer to spend the night if she wants you to.
Your daughters endocrinologist should have sent her to a diabetes education class as well as a series of appointments with her dietitian.
As she is an adult, you can help by learning what foods are best for her to eat and help her out.Take care of the kids for a while, make a family meal and even offer to spend the night if she wants you to.
Does anyone else out there live with a spouse who has diabetes type 1, and have to deal with their mood swings?
Q. My husband has diabetes type 1 and when his blood sugar is too low or way too high he gets angry even at stupid little things. He ends up complaining alot and blamming me for things I didn't do. Later he acts like I started it all in the first place. Sometimes he says he's sorry. How do you cope with mood swings when you are the spouse?
A. My sister has type one diabetes, and has had it since she was an infant. I have had to deal with her mood swings when she is having a high/low BG. This is normal activity for when they have these kinds of low or high bloodsugars. Diabetics may become irritable or fussy when they have these bloodsugars because of the unnatural levels. When this happens, you simply wait until this is over, making sure they have been treated for their bloodsugar with insulin if they have a high bloodsugar, and carbohydrates if they have a low bloodsugar.
I am 27 and have a mental illness and diabetes ( type 1)do i qualify for social security benefits?
Q. I am 27 and have a mental illness and diabetes ( type 1)do i qualify for social security benefits. It impedes me from working even though I finished college my symptoms keep progressing with the hyper anxiety. I dont have medical insurance and keep seeing these people with free medicine and such how do I get the same help in Los Angeles County???
A. I'm going to give you my standard answer to this question that I wrote up:
You should contact your county social services offices and see what help may be available. I know in my area, a guy needed SSI, and a local church plus general welfare helped pay his bills until the social workers could get his SSI paperwork thru. He has schizophrenia or something, I'm not sure (don't like him, so I don't ask.) The mental health problem has to be very severe, or if you have another condition like low vision or hearing loss, the two disabilities together may be very severe. You have to be unable to work at ANY job where you could earn about $800 a month or more. So if you can flip burgers, you don't qualify. Not being able to work consistently is where many disabilities fit in. It's not realistic to hold a job if you will miss work 50 days a year, obviously. Some states have a program you pay into while you work that will pay for short term disability (that's what it's called, there is short term and long term disability). I know California had that, I used that program. I am pretty sure that Massachusetts does too. You can look at pay stubs and see if there is some state plan you have been paying into. Your employer may have been offering short term and long term disability. Long term disability covers mental illnesses only 2 years, usually (discrimination) but that will get you over to SSI/SSA. In CA and Arkansas, the more genetically based mental illnesses may be covered the same as any other illness tho.
Get the book "Social Security Disability" from Nolo Press, at nolo.com, or see if you can get it at your library (maybe even through an interlibrary loan?) It will give you a lot of background on how to apply, what criteria are used, and how to fill out the forms.
You have to be profoundly disabled to get disability, and if you are relatively young and educated, it will be harder. But if you really can't hold down a job, and you can document that, you should get it eventually. You will almost certainly be rejected the first time, and the process takes awhile, so somehow you have to manage your finances in the meantime.
Keep in mind that once you go on disability, you will never get off of it, no one does. You will be in poverty the rest of your life unless you marry out of it or a miracle cures you. The ways the rules are make you dependent on the system, so keep that in mind when you are deciding if you want to do this. A lot of people have no choice, because they can't work at all, or they can't keep a job with insurance to get their pills. but it's still humiliating in America to have no job-people always ask when you are being introduced,"Oh hello, what do YOU do for a living?" which ends up being a very nosy question without meaning to. If you can get supportive help from social services (in my state, they will pay for support groups and a social worker to visit and help with paperwork) or tweak your meds some more, or from a local consumer group (google the words consumer, mental, and your state. Consumer=person getting mental health services) then maybe you won't have to go on disability.
I'm on SSA myself, and need the Medicare, so I'm not being judgmental, I just want you to know what you're getting into. For me, there was no other way. I know a lot of people in the same boat. **Get the book I recommended, it will give you all the legal and inside information to see if you qualify.**
All the best to you! I hope you feel better soon!
You should contact your county social services offices and see what help may be available. I know in my area, a guy needed SSI, and a local church plus general welfare helped pay his bills until the social workers could get his SSI paperwork thru. He has schizophrenia or something, I'm not sure (don't like him, so I don't ask.) The mental health problem has to be very severe, or if you have another condition like low vision or hearing loss, the two disabilities together may be very severe. You have to be unable to work at ANY job where you could earn about $800 a month or more. So if you can flip burgers, you don't qualify. Not being able to work consistently is where many disabilities fit in. It's not realistic to hold a job if you will miss work 50 days a year, obviously. Some states have a program you pay into while you work that will pay for short term disability (that's what it's called, there is short term and long term disability). I know California had that, I used that program. I am pretty sure that Massachusetts does too. You can look at pay stubs and see if there is some state plan you have been paying into. Your employer may have been offering short term and long term disability. Long term disability covers mental illnesses only 2 years, usually (discrimination) but that will get you over to SSI/SSA. In CA and Arkansas, the more genetically based mental illnesses may be covered the same as any other illness tho.
Get the book "Social Security Disability" from Nolo Press, at nolo.com, or see if you can get it at your library (maybe even through an interlibrary loan?) It will give you a lot of background on how to apply, what criteria are used, and how to fill out the forms.
You have to be profoundly disabled to get disability, and if you are relatively young and educated, it will be harder. But if you really can't hold down a job, and you can document that, you should get it eventually. You will almost certainly be rejected the first time, and the process takes awhile, so somehow you have to manage your finances in the meantime.
Keep in mind that once you go on disability, you will never get off of it, no one does. You will be in poverty the rest of your life unless you marry out of it or a miracle cures you. The ways the rules are make you dependent on the system, so keep that in mind when you are deciding if you want to do this. A lot of people have no choice, because they can't work at all, or they can't keep a job with insurance to get their pills. but it's still humiliating in America to have no job-people always ask when you are being introduced,"Oh hello, what do YOU do for a living?" which ends up being a very nosy question without meaning to. If you can get supportive help from social services (in my state, they will pay for support groups and a social worker to visit and help with paperwork) or tweak your meds some more, or from a local consumer group (google the words consumer, mental, and your state. Consumer=person getting mental health services) then maybe you won't have to go on disability.
I'm on SSA myself, and need the Medicare, so I'm not being judgmental, I just want you to know what you're getting into. For me, there was no other way. I know a lot of people in the same boat. **Get the book I recommended, it will give you all the legal and inside information to see if you qualify.**
All the best to you! I hope you feel better soon!
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