How is diabetes mellitus a risk factor for developing atheroma?

Q. I can understand that badly controlled blood glucose levels may lead to damage to walls of blood vessels, hence making them more susceptible to developing atheroma, but is simply having Type 1 and Type 2 a risk factor to atheroma when blood sugar levels are near perfectly controlled?

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What are each of the symptoms that patients suffer from diabetes?

Q. I am researching diabetes at school and I would like to know more about the different types of diabetes for example
Type 1 Diatbetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

What are the symptoms they suffer and what do the patients of this disease discuss of these symptoms?

A. Treating diabetes is best carried out during the early stages of the disease when the consequences can still be controlled and minimized. Such an approach will require an early determination of diabetic symptoms. These diabetic symptoms are:

* Extreme and excessive thirst that is quite abnormal
* Hunger even when meals have recently been taken
* Frequent urination
* Fatigue easily creeps in
* Excessive weight loss at such a short period of time
* Smeared vision
* Nagging impatience that has recently been developed

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Can someone join the military more specific the Air Force if they have Diabetes?

Q. I have Type 1 Diabetes and want to join but i heard im not allowed.

A. I've never known Type I or II Diabetes to be waived. There is a valid reason for this. Military members are subject to deployment to remote areas of the World, at any time, with no notice, and medicines may not be available in these remote locations

The causes for rejection for appointment, enlistment, and induction (without an approved waiver) are an authenticated history of:

a. Adrenal dysfunction (255) of any degree.

b. Diabetes mellitus (250) of any type.

c. Glycosuria. Persistent, when associated with impaired glucose tolerance (250) or renal tubular defects (271.4).

d. Acromegaly. Gigantism or other disorder of pituitary function (253).

e. Gout (274).

f. Hyperinsulinism (251.1).

g. Hyperparathyroidism (252.0) and hypoparathyroidism (252.1).

h. Thyroid disorders.

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How many types of diabetes are there?

Q. My friend is telling me there's 4 types of diabetes:

Type 1 and 2
gestational diabetes and
pre-diabetes

I thought there were only 3
does pre-diabetes count as one?

A. Are you ready for this?
You count them!!!

Type 1 Diabetes.
This is sometimes referred to as Juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus (shortened to IDDM).

Type 2 Diabetes.
This has been called by many different names down the time. You may have heard it referred to as adult diabetes, maturity onset diabetes, old age diabetes, or non-insulin-dependant diabetes (shortened to NIDDM).

LADA.
Sometimes referred to as type 1.5, Slow onset type 1, LADA - latent autoimmune diabetes in adults or Slowly Progressive Diabetes (SPIDDM).

Pre-diabetes.
This is also known as borderline diabetes, potential diabetes, sugar disregulation or chemical diabetes.

Gestational diabetes.
(Also called glucose intolerance of pregnancy) This is a complication of pregnancy and usually appears in the later half (5-6th month), when the baby is fully formed but still growing.

MODY.
These initials stand for Mature Onset Diabetes of the Young.
It affects one to two per cent of people with diabetes and is often unrecognised.

Steroid diabetes.
This is listed here as a different type although it is sometimes classed with type 1 and at other times with type 2.

MIDD or Maternally Inherited Diabetes And Deafness.
This is a very rare form of Type 2 diabetes, accounting for only 1% of diabetics.

Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus.
There are two types, Permanent Neonatal Diabetes mellitus (PNDM) and Transient Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus (TNDM).


Take care

TIN

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How much does it cost to see if i have diabetes mellitus?

Q. I will soon get health insurance. I live in Texas. Can someone give me a estimate on how much it would cost for them to run tests on me for Type 1 diabetes mellitus?

If i do have type 1 diabetes, how much money would it cost for medicine.

Can someone give me a estimate like around $500 dollars?

A. Hi Jay,

It should not cost you more than $200.00
All you need to do is to tell your doctor that you want to be tested for diabetes. He will discourage you but if you persist he will agree.

Request him to do the Glucose Tolerence Test (GTT)

Good luck. I hope you do NOT have diabetes.

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Can you join the army or any armed force when you have diabetes type 1?

Q. I have diabetes type 1 and i've considered the army or national reserve as a way to pay for college but im not certain if i can i have diabetes type 2. Can anyone help me, preferably retired or active soldiers but all are welcome to answer.

A. No you can't join any branch.

Current or history of diabetes mellitus (250) is disqualifying.

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How long can someone with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus survive without their insulin?

Q. I'm type 1 diabetic but obviously never been dumb enough to test this! Just curious
please could someone just answer my question? lol ive had diabetes almost 12 years i know all the tips - only insulin works

A. It depends how high their blood sugars are but since Type 1s do not produce any insulin and all human beings are dependent on insulin, it could be as little as a day.

Having been through DKA I can tell you that it would be a horrible way to die.

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What is the difference between diabetes mellitus and just diabetes?

Q. Is diabetes mellitus the specific name for type one diabetes or does mean both type one and two.

A. Diabetes mellitus, often simply referred to as diabetes�is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. This high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger).

There are three main types of diabetes:

Type 1 diabetes: results from the body's failure to produce insulin, and presently requires the person to inject insulin. (Also referred to as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM for short, and juvenile diabetes.)
Type 2 diabetes: results from insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to use insulin properly, sometimes combined with an absolute insulin deficiency. (Formerly referred to as non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM for short, and adult-onset diabetes.)
Gestational diabetes: is when pregnant women, who have never had diabetes before, have a high blood glucose level during pregnancy. It may precede development of type 2 DM.
Other forms of diabetes mellitus include congenital diabetes, which is due to genetic defects of insulin secretion, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, steroid diabetes induced by high doses of glucocorticoids, and several forms of monogenic diabetes.

So simply diabetes mellitus is the specific medical name for all three main Diabetes type 1 , Diabetes type 2, Diabetes gestational (pregnancy related) and other forms that are listed above.

Hope this helps.

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