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What I can do to prevent or delay the complications of diabetes?

Friday, July 16th, 2010

complications of diabetes To prevent problems, keep your blood sugar in the blood as close to normal as possible and follow the advice of your physician. Here are some other tips:

* Eat a varied healthy diet. Avoid foods that are high in fat, cholesterol, salt and added sugars.
* Maintain a healthy weight. If you’re overweight, your doctor may advise you how to lose weight without it being dangerous to your health.
* Control your blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
* Be physically active regularly.
* No smoking
* Visit your doctor regularly, even when you are well. Your doctor will test to see if early signs of complications.
* Call your doctor right away if you have any of the warning signs listed in this brochure.

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Diabetic retinopathy (eye problems)

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Diabetic retinopathy (eye problems)
The retina is the part of the eye that is sensitive to light and sends messages to your brain about what you see. Diabetes can damage and weaken the small blood vessels of the retina. This damage is known as diabetic retinopathy.

When damage occurs in blood vessels of your retina, they can leak fluid and cause swelling in the macula. The macula is the central part of the retina that gives a clear and sharp. The swelling and fluid can cause blurred vision, and make it hard to see you, if worse retinopathy can lead to blindness.
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Diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage)

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Diabetic neuropathy this damage makes it hard for the nerves to send messages to the brain and other parts of the body. If you have nerve damage you may lose feeling in parts of your body or having a painful sensation, tingling or burning.

Neuropathy most often affects the legs and feet. If you have neuropathy, you may not feel they have a foot ulcer. The sore can become infected, and in severe cases, the foot may have to be an amputee, is cut. People with diabetic neuropathy may continue walking on one foot, joints or bones that have been injured. This can cause a condition known as Charcot foot that causes swelling and instability in the injured foot. You can also make the foot deformed. However, this problem can often be avoided.

If you have diabetes, check your feet every day. If you see swelling, redness and warmth in your foot feels, go see your doctor immediately. These may be signs of Charcot foot. Your doctor also must examine the feet often.

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What is diabetes?

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

diabetes Your body changes most of the food you eat into a form of sugar called glucose. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that allows glucose to enter every cell of your body to be used as an energy source.

Diabetes is a disease that occurs when a person’s body does not produce enough insulin or can not use insulin properly. When you have diabetes, sugar builds up in the blood instead of moving into the cells. Too much sugar in the blood can cause serious health problems, including heart disease and nerve damage and kidney.

There are two types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body does not produce any insulin. In type 2 diabetes the body does not produce enough insulin or cells ignore the insulin. Nearly 95% of people diagnosed with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.

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Less Cancer with Vegetarian Food

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

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Protects a vegetarian diet to avoid getting cancer? It now has a team of researchers at the University of Oxford examined.

52 700 British women and men aged 20-89 years participated in the study and were followed up through the 90s. They were divided into four groups:

- Carnivores
- Fisketere
- Vegetarians
- Vegans

“Vegetarian” is a broad concept. Some vegetarians eat fish and birds, while others stay away from any kind of meat, also from the fish kingdom. (more…)

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Cold

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Although the cold is caused by viruses, bacteria set in the mucous membranes when they are damaged by virus attack. This can lead to ear infections and sinusitis.

Disease Signs

The nose is tight and flows. Sore throat, pressure over sinuses and discomfort in the ears often simultaneously.

Treatment

Nose drops or nasal spray against common cold may be helpful (for example Iliadin, Rhinox, NASO, Nazarene, Otrivin, Xolin, Zymelin). They contain substances that pulls together the blood vessels – and thus the mucous membranes. (more…)

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Alcohol in Diabetes

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

alcoholindiabetes Diabetics should be careful with alcohol intake. Alcohol is a known risk factor for obesity and the development of type 2 diabetes.

For diabetics, it is therefore important to be careful with alcohol. Patients should consider, preferably in consultation with the doctor about the use of alcohol is acceptable.

Here are some facts about alcohol and diabetes:

- Large amounts of alcohol can reduce blood sugar.
- Beer and sweet wine contain a lot of carbohydrates and may increase glucose levels. (more…)

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Treatments of Breast Cancer

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

There are several types of treatment for use in breast cancer. The therapy is applied depends on many factors, which include the stage or stage where the tumor is, whether or not metastasis, the size of the cancer and how cancer cells are. With the classification made by doctors are set to tumor size, lymph node involvement and the degree of metastasis or spread to other organs, if any. The most used is the TNM system created by the American Joint Committee on Cancer. Each letter refers to a characteristic, which is defined by a number:

* T (size), followed by a number from 0 to 4 indicates the size of the tumor, the larger the cancer, the higher the number. (more…)

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Vitamin B12 for Body

Friday, April 9th, 2010

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Why is vitamin B12 important?

Vitamin B12 is important for brain cells and healthy blood. Without enough vitamin B12, you could increase the likelihood of developing anemia (blood weak and fragile). Eventually you could have problems with your memory and you could have a greater tendency to confuse.

How much vitamin B12 need every day?

Scientists have found that the amount of vitamin B12 that you need, or recommended daily allowance (RDA) is between 0.3 and 2.6 micrograms per day. The amount of vitamin B12 that you need every day is different and depends on your age. Adolescents need 2 micrograms of vitamin B12 each day. (more…)

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How to Improve The Appearance of The Skin

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Using plants for skin care is a good way to keep in good condition. Below is a list of creams, applied as a mask over his face for oily skin , dry skin and also sensitive skin.

For oily skin:

Cream of cucumber and oatmeal: Mix 2 tablespoons cucumber pulp with a teaspoon of oatmeal. Add a tablespoon of soybean oil and stir well. apply a mask over the face for 15 minutes and wash with warm water.

Oatmeal and sage cream: Dissolve 4 tablespoons of flour or oats in 1 / 4 of water. When the mixture is well made to take the desired amount and mix with equal quantity of extract of sage. Apply to face as a mask for 20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

For dry skin:

Honey peanut butter: Blend 20 g of peanuts. Add a teaspoon of soybean oil and two tablespoons of lemon juice. Mix well and apply as a mask on face for 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water. (more…)

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