Question 1

What is a sugar patient called?

Accepted Answer

Diabetic

Question 2

If you have diabetes will you go blind?

Accepted Answer

With time, raised blood sugar can damage back of the eye - retina causing Diabetic retinopathy, which left untreated can lead to blindness.

Question 3

Should I be so worried about being a type 1 diabetic?

Accepted Answer

Over time, type 1 diabetes complications can affect major organs in your body, including heart, blood vessels, nerves, eyes and kidneys. Maintaining a normal blood sugar level can dramatically reduce the risk of many complications. Eventually, diabetes complications may be disabling or even life-threatening.

Question 4

Is 1.7 Creatinine level dangerous for a diabetic patient?

Accepted Answer

Creatinine level of 1.7 is significant of mild elevation from normal range, but it alone does not dictate severity of kidney disease in Diabetic patients.

Question 5

Do mothers with gestational diabetes deliver early?

Accepted Answer

Babies of GDM mothers may have more birth weight, preterm birth and respiratory distress, low blood sugar shortly after birth and hypoglycemic seizures, still birth and obesity/ diabetes later in their life.

Question 6

Why does diabetes lead to so many other medical issues?

Accepted Answer

With time, raised blood sugar levels can damage the blood vessels and nerves that control the heart. Additionally, people with diabetes are also more likely to have other conditions that raise the risk for heart disease such as high blood pressure and deranged cholesterol or triglyceride levels.

What is a sugar patient called?

What is a sugar patient called?

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If you have diabetes will you go blind?

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Do mothers with gestational diabetes deliver early?

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