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  Health&Care: Hypoglycemia (part 2)

  Hypoglycemia I have recently lost my warning signs for Hypoglycemia. Is it likely that they will return? Very tight diabetic control is known to reduce Hypoglycemia awareness. A study carried out with the help of people who had lost their warning symptoms showed that when the participants kept their blood sugar above 4 mmol/L continuously for three months, avoiding hypos altogether, they experienced partial or complete restoration of warning symptoms. Do you think that your diabetes could be too tightly controlled? If so, it may be worth discussing this with your diabetes team and reducing your dose of insulin. My father has had diabetes for 20 years. Recently he had what his doctor calls epileptic fits. Would you tell me how...

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  Health&Care: Hypoglycemia (part 1)

  Hypoglycemia Since my wife has been started on insulin she has had funny turns. What is the cause of this? Your wife’s funny turns are likely to be due to a low blood glucose level. The medical term is hypoglycemia that most people call ‘hypo’ for short. When the blood glucose falls below a certain level (usually 3 mmol/litre), the brain is affected. Highly dependent on glucose, the brain stops working properly and begins to produce symptoms such as weakness of the legs, double or blurred vision, confusion, headache and, in severe cases, loss of consciousness and convulsions. Hypoglycemia will also trigger the production of adrenaline, a hormone responsible for causing sweating, rapid heartbeat and feelings of panic and anxiety....

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  Treatment Diabetes: insulin and diet (part 3)

  Continuation of the article about diabetes and diet. DIET AND INSULIN My husband has been putting on weight since being diagnosed as having diabetes three months ago. What are the reasons for this? Most people lose weight before their diabetes is diagnosed and treated. In uncontrolled diabetes, body fat is broken down and many calories are lost as glucose in the urine. As soon as the diabetes is brought under control, the body fat stops being broken down, the calories are no longer lost and the weight loss stops. Many people, like your husband, begin to put weight back on again. If he starts to put on too much weight, your husband should discuss this with his diabetes specialist nurse...

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  Canadian Health: V is Viagra

  Traditionally, Viagra comes in form of diamond-shaped blue pills with a “V” on them. Those legendary pills are produced by their original manufacturer Pfizer, whose first patent for sildenafil citrate marketed as Viagra expired in 2013. But the actual fact is that in this day and year Viagra is generically manufactured to quite an expansive degree. Offshore pharmacy companies with reputable and well-established names in their respective countries of origin have long learnt the formula of the blue pill and made Viagra pills available cost-wise for us mortals, not unlike Prometheus bringing fire to the people, heeding not the wrath of gods. It is but natural that you might hear every now and then that generic medicines are not legal;...

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  Treatment Diabetes: insulin and diet (part 2)

  Continuation of the article about diabetes and diet. DIET AND INSULIN Is it all right for me, as someone who takes insulin, to have a lie in on Sunday or must I get up and have my injection and breakfast at the normal time? Your insulin treatment needs to fit your chosen lifestyle as much as possible and you should be able have a lie in on a Sunday if you wish! Some trial and error might be necessary and we would encourage you to monitor to see what works for you. If you are on twice-daily insulin and you delay your first injection by several hours, then you may need to reduce this first dose, especially if you are...

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  Treatment Diabetes: insulin and diet (part 1)

  We asked a few questions of patients who have diabetes: is it possible to sit on a diet during diabetes, and occurs as treatment with insulin. On this read in this and subsequent articles. DIET AND INSULIN I understand that different forms of carbohydrate have different rates of digestion and that this affects the rise in blood glucose after a meal. I gather there is a ‘glycaemic index’ for each type of carbohydrate. What is this glycaemic index? The glycaemic index (Cl) is a measure of how quickly foods that contain carbohydrate raise blood glucose levels. Each food is given a number relating to its effect on blood glucose. Foods with a high Gl are quickly converted to glucose when...

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  Infographic: 10 tips on how to eat during the holidays

  Hello everyone! This is another column Infographic on Canadian Health Care Mall, and then we'll talk and show you clearly today about the most painful things. Namely, a sharp weight gain during the holidays and how to avoid it. Surely every girl or guy who has problems with being overweight - think how to avoid set during the New Year holidays and Christmas ?! Because you then can not get into your favorite dress or pants, and I would like to! See our infographic and eat well. Until next time!)

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