Type 2 diabetes mellitus is often asymptomatic. How to detect the disease in time, how does it differ from type 1 diabetes, and who is at risk?
A child’s diabetes diagnosis always comes as a shock to his or her parents. However, it is better to detect it sooner rather than later. What symptoms should parents look out for?
Diabetes is a serious problem for many people around the world. Significant amounts of research and money are poured into understanding more about it. What innovations should we be waiting for soon?
Is it possible that this is just something doctors like to do for no good reason? And why should you fast before taking a blood test?
Until now, it was widely believed that old age is the primary factor for the decrease in elasticity of blood vessels and buildup of cholesterol. However, this thinking is changing. Your blood vessels can be much older than you are, which comes with consequences.
Diabetes mellitus can appear at any age. To avoid missing the beginning of the disease, you should regularly check your blood glucose levels. This is especially true if you are over the age of 45, are overweight, or have noticed several of the symptoms listed below.
Thanks to recent medical advances, many of the limitations that people with diabetes had to live with are now a thing of the past. Still, there are important questions that both diabetics and their loved ones need to know the answers to. We have tried to answer the most common ones.