Diabetic Strips

Some women are at higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes because of a syndrome that often goes undiagnosed: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, affects between six and ten percent of women who are of childbearing age. One of the symptoms of PCOS is often excess weight gain, with that weight carried around the abdomen. Reducing the risks of developing type 2 .... Read more

All too often we get ill yet overlook the indications we could be experiencing, shrugging them off to a cold, strain from work, or just not feeling healthy. There can be certain indicators that shouldn’t be ignored if they manifest. Those symptoms could lead to blindness, amputation of limbs, coma or even death. Indicators of type 1 diabetes frequently come on suddenly plus are severely .... Read more

"Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that results in destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas." Anyway, now that the terminology is out of the way, lets take a look at this killer disease. Want to know what some of the symptoms are? Type 1 diabetes has some of the same symptoms as type 2 diabetes. That is why it is sometimes confused with type 2. They are: * Increased .... Read more

Diabetes is a serious disease that occurs due to lack of insulin in body. The insulin is hormone that helps in extracting glucose from blood, thereby providing energy to body. If this function does not take place due to some reason, resulting disease is termed as diabetes. It is more prevalent among obese and middle aged population. Diabetes is a serious ailment that makes human body .... Read more

Obviously, I have a child with Type 1 Diabetes; however, what you need to know is that I almost lost my daughter to this disease about 6 years ago when she was first diagnosed.  Diabetes did not “run” in our family; therefore, we had no idea what the signs and symptoms were. On Valentine’s Day of that year, we awoke to find her in a coma.  We rushed her to the hospital only to find out .... Read more