Diabetes runs in my family and I’m probably going to get it any time now. My job gives annual physicals and if I’m found to have diabetes, I’ll be fired. Would eating before a blood test stabilize my sugar level if I get it, or just mess everything up?

Eating before the blood test will cause your blood sugar to go higher. So for many people they’ll eat breakfast and have honey, sugar in the coffee, etc and test borderline for diabetes – then have to go back and re-do it as a fasting blood sugar to get a better reading.

So if I were you would not eat before it at all — or if you have to have very low carbs, sugar, etc.

Also, if you WERE to have diabetes, it is against the law to fire you for this. You would be covered under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). So try not to worry about that.

Good luck!

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I’ve always had lots of sugar, and don’t seem to have symptoms of diabetes. How can I know if I have it?
Also, how do you know if you have bad blood? I ask because I’ve always ate unhealthy food, for like 10 years.

-frequent urination
-infections, cuts slow to heal (type2)
-frequent thirst
-frequent hunger
-fatigue
-bruise-like rash on your neck(mostly type 2)
-Breath that has a corn like odor to it
-Urine that has a strong odor
-blurred vision
-unexplained weight loss

Type 1 symptoms usually show up suddenly, while type 2 symptoms progressively get worse over time.

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I am underweight and wish to gain adequate mass. But the most common suggestion is to increase calorie intake. Question is how increased calories cannot cause diabetes or does it? We all know that taking more calories than what is needed by the body can cause diabetes in the long run. Please let me know how I can gain weight without the risk of progressing to diabetes.

Diabetes, Will only occur if the body consumes far too much carbohydrates and high sugar foods, that the Insulin becomes immune to the glucose or sugar meaning it wont work and convert the glucose into energy this happens when for long periods of time high sugar foods are consumed and not a short term issue.
I suspect it is the Media that has raised this concern with you, if you are "underweight" im sure this will not be a concern to you as long as you plan to put on weight with a varied yet healthy diet and do not binge out on individual food groups.

Also check with a doctor or GP for the best way to put on weight.

Good Luck

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I read on the doctors wall where they have posters informing you of different diseases and they had one where diabetes can hurt your skin and said "Protect Your Skin" And I am just curious to know. How does diabetes hurt your skin? What would your skin look like when it is affected by diabetes?
My concern is because my mom know has Diabetes type 2 and I am concern for myself and not sure if I have the signs. No health insurance.

A lot of times certain diabetic medicines make your skin more susceptible to burns when being in the sun, and when your diabetic it takes a lot longer for your blood to clot when you get a scratch or a sore. Since it takes longer for these things to heal you also become more open to infections and etc.

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Insulin resistance is a condition where normal amounts of insulin do not elicit a normal degree of insulin response. In insulin resistant individuals (without diabetes), the concentrations of blood insulin are higher than normal. Describe all relevant events.

First, insulin resistance is the result of ‘metabolic syndrome’ which is a condition that results from excess carb intake, poor nutrient intake, and inadequate amounts of exercise to burn off the excesses. Insulin resistance is merely a term to describe the condition of someone who is on their way from just having metabolic syndrome to becoming full blown (type two) diabetic. When target cells become less responsive to the signalling of insulin and blood sugar begins to build up, the natural response is for the source cells to produce more insulin in an effort to move the glucose from the blood into the cells. After reading the following source material, you will have a clear understanding of all of the relevant events.

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My grandpa is diabetic, but he used to love those turtle chocolates with caramel and nuts. I would love to make him some for Christmas but I can’t seem to find a recipe online?

Use stevia as the sugar substitute because it is not genetically engineered garbage like all the other ones are and is a natural plant used as medicine in the Amazon. It won’t hurt the body.

Then use Carob as the chocolate substitute.

good luck to you

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I am worried about having diabetes. For months I have been having pain in some of my fingertips and toes. The pain is not constant but very frequent. I have also been having pain in my tailbone with IBS symptoms. Does anyone know if diabetic nueropathy can be like this and if nueropathy can be the first symptom of diabetes?

Nerve entrapment is by far the most common cause of isolated neuropathies, but its not very common to similar nerve entrapments in all four limbs. Diabetes is one possibility, but the symptoms also occur with kidney disorders, vitamin deficiencies, certain endocrine disorders, vascular problems, and a variety of neurological conditions. The docs would need to start with a very complete physical exam, urinalysis, and panel of blood tests to even begin to guess what’s going on.

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it can be at the workplace, in school, in the family, or their social life. how does diabetes affect them daily?

just adds a little more responsibility. Have to check your blood sugar and take care of yourself. If you do it won’t effect you much. As long as we take care of ourselves we can live a completely normal life! also it’s smart to inform friends/family/co-workers/etc. that we have it.

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why is it not allowed for diabetic patients to take their diabetic pills before a cataract surgery? what is the reason behind that?
thanks!

They are guarding against anything that might cause an unsafe drop in blood sugar. I was allowed to take everything except for my insulin the morning of my vitrectomy surgeries. Even so, my sugar still dropped during one of my surgeries and they had to give me something.

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what happens if none diabetic gets insulin injection? and its to much just and takes it really low would this happen the same as in a diabetic?

Insulin’s job is to decrease blood sugar levels by absorbing and storing the sugar as various forms of energy (ie. fat). Diabetics who take insulin have some form of insulin deficiency in their body. A non-diabetic who takes insulin would result in having too much insulin, so their blood sugar will drop. Blood sugar levels must be maintained at a fairly constant level for appropriate body function, and if it drops too low, it can induce seizures or coma.

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