Question 1

Why is insulin not applied at the nascent stage of diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Diabetes is either due to no insulin production or ineffective insulin. In patients with no insulin production, we are left with no choice other than giving external insulin to control sugars. In nascent cases of other diabetes we try to control the blood sugar by diet/exercise and medicines. Additionally, when external insulin is given, body's own production goes down and it is suppressed.

Question 2

How does diabetes increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke?

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/ stroke such as high blood pressure and deranged cholesterol or triglyceride levels.

Question 3

What are the types of diabetes and how are they treated?

Accepted Answer

Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.Treatment for type 1 diabetes involves insulin injections or the use of an insulin pump.Treatment of type 2 diabetes primarily involves lifestyle changes,along with diabetes medications, insulin or both

Question 4

Which is a bigger contributor to type 1 and 2 diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Diabetes is condition for which exact cause is unknown. But being unhealthy interms of obesity and other comorbid conditions increase the risk of developing diabetes, there are other causes such as family history/ presence of autoantibodies/ polycystic ovarian syndrome etc which increase the risk.

Question 5

Is type 1 diabetes genetic?

Accepted Answer

Your genes definitely play a role in type 1, a less common form of diabetes that's often diagnosed in children and young adults.

Question 6

Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes In Women With Diabetes?

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.

Why is insulin not applied at the nascent stage of diabetes?

Why is insulin not applied at the nascent stage of diabetes?

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How does diabetes increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke?

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