Q. I know the difference between type 1 and 2, but is there a difference in the symptoms?
A. Difference between type 1 and type 2
What is Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 1 Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not produce insulin (a hormone that aids in moving sugar from the blood to the cells). This type of diabetes can be due to a virus or autoimmune disorder in which the body does not recognize an organ as its own and attacks it. In this case the body attacks an organ known as the pancreas where insulin is made. This type of diabetes is usually diagnosed before age 40.
What is the treatment for Type 1 Diabetes?
Those with Type 1 Diabetes are required to take insulin injections to move sugar from the bloodstream.
What about Type 2 Diabetes?
Type 2 Diabetes occurs when insulin that the body produces is less efficient at moving sugar out of the bloodstream. Some sugar is moved out of the blood, just not as effectively compared to a person with normal insulin efficiency. High blood sugar is a result of this. Type 2 Diabetes used to be thought of as the adult onset type of diabetes. However, an alarming rate of children are now being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes.
How is Type 2 Diabetes Treated?
Diet, exercise, weight loss, and in many cases medication are the treatment for this type of diabetes. Occasionally, someone with Type 2 may be placed on insulin to better control blood sugar. This type of diabetes is associated with physical inactivity and obesity
Take care Tin
What is Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 1 Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not produce insulin (a hormone that aids in moving sugar from the blood to the cells). This type of diabetes can be due to a virus or autoimmune disorder in which the body does not recognize an organ as its own and attacks it. In this case the body attacks an organ known as the pancreas where insulin is made. This type of diabetes is usually diagnosed before age 40.
What is the treatment for Type 1 Diabetes?
Those with Type 1 Diabetes are required to take insulin injections to move sugar from the bloodstream.
What about Type 2 Diabetes?
Type 2 Diabetes occurs when insulin that the body produces is less efficient at moving sugar out of the bloodstream. Some sugar is moved out of the blood, just not as effectively compared to a person with normal insulin efficiency. High blood sugar is a result of this. Type 2 Diabetes used to be thought of as the adult onset type of diabetes. However, an alarming rate of children are now being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes.
How is Type 2 Diabetes Treated?
Diet, exercise, weight loss, and in many cases medication are the treatment for this type of diabetes. Occasionally, someone with Type 2 may be placed on insulin to better control blood sugar. This type of diabetes is associated with physical inactivity and obesity
Take care Tin
My mom recently was diagnosed with diabetes and is on new meds. Now has blurred vision. Should she be worried?
Q. My mom was recently diagnosed with diabetes type 2. She just started taking new meds and she is now seeing blurry. Is this a normal symptom of medications? Her doctor said yes but were not too sure. She scared of going blind. Will the blurred vision go away after time or should she be worried?
A. Blurry vision is common with type 2 diabetes. Make sure your mom is also exercising and dieting the way she should be. Sometimes diet and exercise alone are enough to reverse the disease if it is in its early stages. But you know how doctors love to prescribe medicine for everything no matter what. Read this website to help your mom.
http://www.diabetespreventiondiet.com
http://www.diabetespreventiondiet.com
There is tingling at the tips of my fingers of one hand. This may be an indication of what?
Q. I may have diabetes type 2.
A. Finger tingling and numbness can indeed be a sign of neuropathy caused by Type 2 Diabetes. In can also be a sign of several other conditions.
Since you provide no other information, it would be impossible for us to guess at what the medical problem actually is. If you suspect that you have type 2 Diabetes, you need to be under a doctor's care as well as making some lifestyle adjustments and dietary changes.
Apparently Wrong Diagnosis list 36 possibilities if that is the only symptom. They list 501 possible causes when this symptom is accompanied by others.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/tingling_fingers.htm
I'm going to mention just a few possibilities: spinal injury, neck injury, frostbite (I saw this from the list and since it is winter...) Parkinson's disease, MS. GAD (generalized anxiety disorder)
Please don't put off a doctor's appointment unless this symptom has only been present for a day or so and then stops. I just found the article below, I think it was written for you: "How to Know When to See a Doctor for Tingling Fingers"
http://www.ehow.com/how_2088349_know-see-doctor-tingling-fingers.html
Since you provide no other information, it would be impossible for us to guess at what the medical problem actually is. If you suspect that you have type 2 Diabetes, you need to be under a doctor's care as well as making some lifestyle adjustments and dietary changes.
Apparently Wrong Diagnosis list 36 possibilities if that is the only symptom. They list 501 possible causes when this symptom is accompanied by others.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/tingling_fingers.htm
I'm going to mention just a few possibilities: spinal injury, neck injury, frostbite (I saw this from the list and since it is winter...) Parkinson's disease, MS. GAD (generalized anxiety disorder)
Please don't put off a doctor's appointment unless this symptom has only been present for a day or so and then stops. I just found the article below, I think it was written for you: "How to Know When to See a Doctor for Tingling Fingers"
http://www.ehow.com/how_2088349_know-see-doctor-tingling-fingers.html
how long does it take to develop type 2 diabetes?
Q. I am at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. does it happen just one day all of a sudden? or is it gradual and little symptoms here and there over a long period of time?
are there any early signs?
are there any early signs?
A. It is very gradual, it can take from between 2 years to 30 years to fully manifest, but it is usually about 10 years from the time it starts before the individual is diagnosed.
Yes, the onset symptoms are usually slow and subtle, especially at first.
The primary cause of diabetes is genetic.
Type 1 occurs when the body loses its ability to produce insulin. This is most likely because the body is programmed to destroy the part of the pancreas that makes insulin [beta islet cells] early in life.
Type 2 occurs because the body loses its' sensitivity to insulin in peripheral tissues [ie arms, legs]. While genetic in nature, its' onset is also affected by luck and lifestyle. Someone who is born with the tendency can keep it at bay for a prolonged period of time by a combination of strict dietary weight control and daily aerobic exercise. This does not mean it won't happen, it just means it will take 20 to 30 years to develop instead of 5 to 10 years. [my mother-in-law held back diabetes for almost 40 years in this manner]
Yes, the onset symptoms are usually slow and subtle, especially at first.
The primary cause of diabetes is genetic.
Type 1 occurs when the body loses its ability to produce insulin. This is most likely because the body is programmed to destroy the part of the pancreas that makes insulin [beta islet cells] early in life.
Type 2 occurs because the body loses its' sensitivity to insulin in peripheral tissues [ie arms, legs]. While genetic in nature, its' onset is also affected by luck and lifestyle. Someone who is born with the tendency can keep it at bay for a prolonged period of time by a combination of strict dietary weight control and daily aerobic exercise. This does not mean it won't happen, it just means it will take 20 to 30 years to develop instead of 5 to 10 years. [my mother-in-law held back diabetes for almost 40 years in this manner]
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