Patient investigation Report. (Diabetic patient.male)?
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talk to your doctor don't trust the opinions of people on the Internet
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your brother needs to go to a diabetics support group, where other diabetics talk about their struggles and the illness. I am sure his primary care physician, or the local hospital, can refer him to such a group.\n\nYou can also show him medical literature, describing the long term affects of untreated diabetes, or improper care and diet by diabetics. Some of these effects include blindness, kidney and liver failure, gangrene, and amputation of limbs.\n\nMy father was an alcholic and a diabetic. He died of renal failure, but not after undergoing four amputations, and suffering through daily dialysis. It wasn't pretty. He was one of those diabetics who refused to watch his diet, until it was too late.
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You'll get various opinions from different individuals, frankly...  You might check the American Diabetes Association for their guidelines--they are what most of us try to run by.\n\nOn the whole, ideally your fasting sugar should be 110 or less, and I like to see people in the 80-100 range most of the time.  I'm willing to settle for anything less than 125, though.  As for the postprandial sugars, I focus on the 2-hours-after-eating (or 2 hour postprandial) sugars.  Prefer to see them below 140 mg/dl; I'll tolerate them less than 160.\n\nIncreasingly, however, I tend to focus on the Hemoglobin A1c value.  That's a measure of the proportion (expressed as a percentage) of the hemoglobin that is tagged with a glucose molecule at a particular site (the 1c site on Hemoglobin A.  DUH!)  Dr. RIchard Guthrie, a decade or two ago, showed that the Hemoglobin A1c correlated very much better with the rapidity of the diabetic damage being caused than anything reasonable you could do with individual sugar readings, or with aggregate calculations of the readings over a couple of months time.\n\nDO NOT take this to indicate that the fasting and postprandial sugars are not of use; they certainly are, but they are of greatest use in recognizing the presence of complicating illnesses (on the whole, you can look at the sugars of a diabetic and use them to get a handle on the presence of an infectious process just like you can use the body temperature), and the presence of patterns in the sugars to guide in the alteration of long vs. short acting insulins to control the sugar.\n\nOK, so I'm longwinded.  I knew that.  Hope this gives you some useful insight!
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Hi\nI have been a diabetic for 22 years and just found this website about 3months ago. This is a great website for diabetics. \nhttp://www.diabetesforums.com/
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I'm sending you a link so you can look through the various things which may be mistaken to be diabetes.
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I am not a nurse or doctor,however,I have been diabetic (type 1) for 36 years. A normal blood sugar reading is between 80 and 120, At 190 sugar spills into your urine. That's when you become thirsty, beyond belief, and start to dehydrate. You will know every washroom in the city because of constant urination. I have been hospilized w/ a reading of about 1200. That was with taking insulin. I had dental work done, and the infection got the best of me. Your reading shows you that your sugar is high, but it is the way the sugar affects your organs that can be fatal. When I had my episode, my potassium levels were screaming high,my kidneys had shut down,I lost the vision in one eye from such a low blood pressure. I was in a coma for a day before anyone found me. I remained so for an additional five days. During that time I suffered a heart attack. Diabetes can be hard to control, even with insulin. Sometimes it becomes more complicated because of the insulin. If you can manage it without..DO IT! Get on a diet recommended by a dietition, get yourself a glucometer to check your sugar at home frequently. Exercise. Show your family the way to deal with it should they eventually have it. Your circulation is compromised, affecting your legs and feet, eyes, and kidneys, skin. High sugar means you will have a harder time fighting infections. Your teeth and gums will need extra care-and you are the only one that can do it. Don't become blind or on dialysis because you can't pass up a candy bar or a chunk of cake. your family needs you, and when you look at their smiling faces, you'll be grateful to be with them. I know I am telling you scary things. I wish someone had really explained to me HOW these things could come to pass. It's because it affects the smallest,tiniest blood vessels in your body. You don't always "just die" from diabetes. You could live a long time with what it can do to you. Good luck to you. I would be so proud of you if you could turn this thing around to become incredibley healthy. This would be the time to do that. If you see that your sugar is rising,for no apparent reason, such as large meal,eating fruit,etc.,call your doctor. It may be from a sinus infection, earache,cut that won't heal. The infection raises your sugar, your sugar makes it difficult to get rid of the infection. And so it goes..round and round. Don't wait for a huge spike in your numbers.
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Check with your doctor to do a blood glucose test. Often the finger prick tests aren't very reliable.
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HI. My son was diagnosed with MODY 3.  You are right there is not a lot of comprehensive information.  What i can tell you is what my late husband experienced, but it's not pleasant.  My son is currenly 13 years old, I don't expect him to show symptoms until he is 16, but we keep him checked.  My husband was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 24, he had it unbeknownst to him since he was about 17, he did not do the greatest job taking care of it, he had multiple eye surgerys and was diagnosed with kidney failure at the age of 31.  He was on dialysis for 3 years and died on his 35th birthday. It is a very tragic tale, and I am going to do everything I can to keep my son from going that same route.  My late husband was not a drinker, not a smoker and not over weight, but his diabetes was very progressive and aggressive. All I ask is that you PLEASE take this very seriously and take care of yourself.  If you want to chat more on this..I'd love to hear from you.
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Study of "Mad Cow" disease.  Or maybe something on insulin and diabetes.
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Get checked!  There are kits you can get that will test your blood, you prick your finger and test your blood sugar.  Don't let it go, it could lead to more serious problems!
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Have you been checked for diabetes?
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My husband has had a blood sugar od 900, was admitted to hospital for 3 days, took that long to bring it down, (because of snacks he wasn't supposed to have) but is fine, his blood sugar will say high on glucometer 3 or 4 times a week, which means over 600+
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Contact the American Diabetes Association.  Your doctor should have pamplets and information.  There should also be information that comes with your glucometer.  Your local hospital should also have information available.
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In September of 1974 my blood sugar was 1200+ I woke up in intensive care. I don't know if that's 'the highest' but it was enough to put me in a 7-day coma! \n\nHey killer this wasn't a glucometer, back in 1974 it probably would take 3+ minutes to get the results and anything over 250 would register "High" this test was taken by the hospital lab!
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Several possibilities spring to mind.  Please read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_postprandial_syndrome\n\nhttp://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=diabetes/16859\n\nhttp://medinfo.ufl.edu/~gec/coa1/pt5tk1/slide7.html\n\nhttp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/reactive-hypoglycemia/AN00934\n\nYou need to visit your primary care physician, explain what you're experiencing and first line testing would include a fasting glucose tolerance test where you will fast for 10 to 12 hours (overnight) and then go into the lab where they will test your blood sugar, then give you a sugary drink to consume, then test again in 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes and 2 hours after consumption of the drink to see how your body is metabolizing sugars.  At the same time they would be checking your blood pressure at each of these time increments to determine if you're excessively dropping pressure after consuming glucose/carbohydrates.\n\nPlease visit your physician for appropriate testing and possible treatment guidelines.
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I really think the only piece of advice to give in the instance is go see the doctor and yes I know you already no this.  It's best to not get this type of advice through this forum.  There are many people out there that know nothing about diabetes yet give lots of advice on the subject.  My question to you is .. Does your husband see an Endocrinologist or a General Practitioner?  If he sees a GP and isn't getting the treatment he needs he really should see an Endocrinologist - a specialist in the field of diabetes.  I only say this because I have found many Type II's do not see one or know that they exist.\n\nI hope you get the answers you need and that it isn't a serious problem.  Sounds like he is taking great care of himself and that is FANTASTIC - It's great he has you looking out for him, we have to help as much as we can!  Good Luck!
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