You Don't Have To Be Fat And Over 40 To Develop Diabetes...and I'm Proof
When Stephanie Spires started to feel exhausted every afternoon, the full-time mother put it down to the rigours of having a young child. After all, her son was only two, and she had no reason to suspect there was anything wrong. Stephanie, 35, who worked briefly as a catwalk model, has always exercised every day, has a slender size ten figure and eats well. Her tiredness continued beyond her son’s early years, but she simply attributed this to passing 30. Yet she used to feel so wiped out that she needed an afternoon nap most days, and would only manage to wake up again by setting an alarm. Even so, she still managed to cycle, do a fitness video or go for an hour-long walk each day. As she was so active she felt this explained her regular yearning for a glass of water every half an hour. This continued for ten years. Then earlier this year she developed stabbing pains in her chest. Her doctor ran some tests which revealed that while her heart was fine, she had type-2 diabetes, and would need to take medication straight away. The condition is largely a disorder triggered by excess weight, in which the body fails to respond to insulin, which is crucial for controlling blood sugar. Ultimately, the body stops producing enough insulin. It is normally thought of as something that affects people who are overweight and past 40. Yet as Stephanie discovered, this is not necessarily always the case. ‘When the doctor broke the news to me that I was a diabetic I felt quite emotional and shocked,’ says former nanny Stephanie who is single and lives in Ipswich with her 13-year-old son, Bradley. ‘If I had been overweight or didn’t look after myself then I might have understood it. But I was just 9½ st, quite slim for my 5ft 8in height. ‘My uncle had type-2 diabetes and it Continue reading >>
A 52-year-old Woman With Hypertension And Diabetes Who Presents With Chest Pain
A 52-Year-Old Woman With Hypertension and Diabetes Who Presents With Chest Pain Clinical Diabetes 2007 Jul; 25(3): 115-118. L.R. is a 52-year-old Caucasian woman with a known history ofprehypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes. She presented to theoffice 6 months ago to get established. She had no complaints at that time.Her review of systems was negative except for some occasional fatigue. Shesmoked cigarettes as a teenager and young adult but quit 25 years ago. Herfamily history was positive for hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and myocardialinfarction (MI) (father at age 62 and mother at age 68). Her examination revealed a healthy appearing woman with height of54 and weight of 168 lb (BMI of 28.8 kg/m2). Herblood pressure was 138/88 mmHg. Initial laboratory evaluation revealed arandom glucose of 180 mg/dl, triglycerides of 185 mg/dl, total cholesterol of225 mg/dl, HDL cholesterol of 52 mg/dl, LDL cholesterol of 132 mg/dl, andhemoglobin A1c (A1C) of 7.6%. She was on a sulfonylurea andmetformin twice daily for her diabetes and atorvastatin daily for herdyslipidemia. She was instructed about starting a daily exercise program andagreed to a weight loss program. She seemed to be doing well until she presented to the emergency roomcomplaining of shortness of breathe and palpitations. On admission, she hadelevated blood pressures in the range of 138-146 mmHg systolic and 86-90 mmHgdiastolic. Her evaluation was negative, with normal electrocardiograms andcardiac enzymes. She was discharged the next morning on her same diabetes andcholesterol medications. A diuretic was added for her blood pressure. She wasasked to follow up in the office in 1 week. At the 1-week follow-up visit, herexamination revealed a weight of 175 lb (BMI 30.0 kg/m2) and blood pressure of 132/86 Continue reading >>
25 Years Of Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes , Disease , Inspirational People , inspirations , motivation , PERSONAL STORY , type 1 diabetes On Friday 13th, 1992 at the age of 13 I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. It was also a historic flood in my town and looking back on the pictures from it, I could clearly see how sick I was. I had all the classics symptoms: thirst, urination, significant weight loss, fatigue and looked gaunt like a ghost. My blood sugar was around 1000, which at that point I had no idea what a dangerous situation I was facing. Little did I know how much my life would truly change that day due to my diagnosis. Many people would think it would be devastating and this would be a negative thing, but this diagnosis made me who I am today. Dont get me wrong there have been some highs and lows, literally and figuratively, but I always had the thought process that there are two paths you go with this disease. You either let it control you or you control it! I chose to control it and let this be a diagnosis that I would do my absolute best to not let define me. I just hit my 25 year anniversary living with diabetesand that is something I am extremely proud of. I even got my Eli Lilly 25 year medal! I decided to go into the nursing field after finding out at a young age all the mis-information that was out there, even among medical professionals surrounding diabetes. Then, of course, my next step was to become a Certified Diabetes Educator. After college I became the Nursing Coordinator at Joslin Diabetes camps and then transitioned to a Pediatric Diabetes Nurse educator there as well. I always loved working with children and their families since I felt I truly could relate to what they were all going through. I really think having them see someone that had been living with this disease fo Continue reading >>
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Diabetes May Double In 25 Years - Abc News
FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The number of people with diabetes in the United States is expected to double over the next 25 years, a new study predicts. That would bring the total by 2034 to about 44.1 million people with the disease, up from 23.7 million today. At the same time, the cost of treating people with diabetes will triple, the study also warns, rising from an estimated $113 billion in 2009 to $336 billion in 2034. One factor driving the soaring costs: the number of people living with diabetes for lengthy periods, the researchers said. Over time, the cost of caring for someone with diabetes tends to rise along with their risk for developing complications, such as end-stage renal disease, which requires dialysis. "We believe our model provides a more precise estimate of what the population size will look like and what it will cost the country and government programs like Medicare," said study author Dr. Elbert Huang, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago. Prior forecasts, including the ones currently used by the federal government's budget analysts, have underestimated the burden, the researchers said. A 1991 study, for example, predicted that 11.6 million people would have diabetes in 2030. In 2009, there were already more than twice that many living with diabetes. "In a similar way, we may be underestimating what's happening, which is actually very disturbing," Huang said. Among Medicare beneficiaries, the number with diabetes is expected to rise from 8.2 million to 14.6 million in 2034, with an accompanying rise in spending from $45 billion to $171 billion. "That essentially means that in 2034, half of all direct spending on diabetes care will be coming from the Medicare population," Huang said. The study is published in the Continue reading >>
Why Is Type 1 Surging?
With all the publicity about a Type 2 diabetes epidemic, an equally scary rise in rates of Type 1 has been ignored. What is causing the surge in Type 1 diabetes? Does it have anything to do with the Type 2 explosion? First the numbers. Type 1 diabetes has always existed, but it was rare. According to an exhaustive study by Dr. Edwin A. M. Gale of the University of Bristol, rates of Type 1 were on the order of 4 cases per 100,000 children prior to 1950. In the early 50’s, Type 1 started increasing at a rate of 2% to 4% a year in the US and Europe. That may not sound like much, but now there are 3–4 cases per 1,000 children in these countries. This increase is actually as sharp as the increase in Type 2. It just started from a much lower point, so it’s still under most people’s radar. Sometime in the 60’s and 70’s, Asian countries also started experiencing the Type 1 increase, and now most (but not all) countries in the world are seeing it. It’s still happening. In a June meeting of the American Diabetes Association, researchers reported a 23% rise in Type 1 in the USA over an eight-year period ending in 2009. Prevalence of Type 2 diabetes over the same period increased 21%, the researchers found. So Type 1 is going up even faster than Type 2. What Causes Type 1? Type 1 diabetes is considered an “autoimmune” disease. Autoimmunity is present when our immune systems damage and destroy healthy cells. Autoimmunity can hit anywhere in the body. In rheumatoid arthritis, it attacks the joints; in multiple sclerosis it’s the nerves; in lupus, mostly the kidneys. In Type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin. But what causes autoimmunity? We don’t know. Many experts believe it’s the thousands of new chemicals Continue reading >>
A 25-year-old Woman With Type 2 Diabetes And Liver Disease
Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2014 Sep-Dec; 8(3): 398403. Published online 2014 Dec 12. doi: 10.1159/000369968 A 25-Year-Old Woman with Type 2 Diabetes and Liver Disease Anders Ellekr Junker ,a,b Lise Lotte Gluud ,c Jens Pedersen ,b Jill Levin Langhoff ,d Jens Juul Holst ,b Filip Krag Knop ,a and Tina Vilsbll a,* aCenter for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark bNNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research and Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark cDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark dDepartment of Pathology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark *Prof. Tina Vilsbll, Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Kildegrdsvej 28, DK-2900 Hellerup (Denmark), E-Mail [email protected] Author information Copyright and License information This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions. A 25-year-old female nurse was referred to our diabetes outpatient clinic with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, obesity and elevated liver function tests (LFTs). Following a liver biopsy she was diagnosed with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and liver fibrosis. Treatment with subcutaneous injections of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor Continue reading >>
25 Years Old With Type 2..
Diabetes Forum The Global Diabetes Community Find support, ask questions and share your experiences. Join the community Hi everyone. Another newbie diagnosed with type 2. A bit about my diabetes journey so far.. My GP discovered I had sugar in my wee just before the New Year a couple of months ago, after visiting the doctors for another reason. A few blood tests later and I was told my blood sugar was 16.2 and HBA1c was 77. Another test at the start of January actually showed my blood sugar had gone up to 17.9 (random sample). So safe to say it was astronomically high! GP believed it to be Type 1 because of my age (I'm only 25), however it was confirmed to be Type 2 due to a prevalent family history and after another blood test which showed I was still producing insulin. GP wanted to start me on insulin/tablets straight away, however I begged and pleaded for her to give me some time to try and sort it with diet and exercise. Fast forward 5 weeks and a lot of concerned doctors who wanted me to use insulin, and a random blood sugar test showed me to be down to 9.7 this afternoon. Still some way to go but I think we are on the right track. Just thought I would share especially for those newly diagnosed, it can be a stressful and scary time! Looking forward to accessing all the facts and knowledge on the forum and website. Art Of Flowers I reversed my Type 2 Well-Known Member Hi. You probably need to get your own blood glucose meter, so you can monitor your blood sugar. When I met with the diabetes nurse five weeks after being T2 diagnosed my blood sugar level was down to 9.8 from 13, but since then it has come down further to around 6.5, with some readings around 5.7 before my evening meals. I am on Metformin, but I suspect that most of my reduction in blood sugar has bee Continue reading >>
25 Year Old.... Pre-diabetic? Confused And Concerned - The Diabetes Forum Support Community For Diabetics Online
Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum. I wasn't sure where to ask this but after looking at so many sites I figured this was the best place. I took some numbers with a meter and I'm not exactly sure what they mean. Recently (last august 2012) I went in to have blood work done because I was feeling really drowsy and a general feel of sluggishness after I eat (little more than just typical food coma, and does not matter how much i eat) and they found my A1c was 5.8% and said it was slightly high and that I should take some preventative measures. I admit those particular few months I've been eating pretty badly (lots of carbs, pizza, sugars,) since it was a stressful semester for me in grad school. Afterwards I did some research and decided to get a monitor to just see what was exactly going on, and these were some numbers that I found concerning when I ate meals with refined carbs. 1/11/13: Roughly 1 cup of white rice with some beef/salsa 1/14/13: 1 cup of white rice, chicken/salsa/ dinner: 2 chicken breasts, 1 cup of corn, and a bowl of chinese cabbage I would love to hear anyones thoughts on these numbers. Do they qualify as pre-diabetic/glucose intolerance? My fastings are pretty normal but the post meal sugars are the ones that are worrisome. Frankly I was really anxious over this period and was really worried about my health. I weighed 195lbs and was 5 ft 9, so I'm def overweight, and my grandmother had diabetes. Since those last couple months I have dropped 15 lbs and have pretty much cut out all sorts of refined carbs, for meals where I eat no carbs (chicken breasts and some veggies) my numbers are actually pretty low (way below 120 at the 1 hr mark). I NO LONGER EAT LIKE THE FOODS I LISTED HERE. Since it's been a couple months I decided to re-test to see if there's Continue reading >>
Age Of Onset For Type 2 Diabetes: Know Your Risk
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 21 million people were diagnosed with diabetes in 2012. The CDC also notes that 90 to 95 percent of cases in adults involve type 2 diabetes. In the past, type 2 diabetes was most prevalent in older adults. But due to widespread poor lifestyle habits, it’s more common in younger people than ever before. Type 2 diabetes is often preventable. Learn what you can do to prevent or delay its onset, no matter your age. Middle-aged and older adults are still at the highest risk for developing type 2 diabetes. According to the CDC, there were a total of 1.7 million new total diabetes cases in 2012. In 2012, adults aged 45 to 64 were the most diagnosed age group for diabetes. New cases of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in people aged 20 years and older were distributed as follows: ages 20 to 44: 371,000 new cases ages 45 to 64: 892,000 new cases age 65 and older: 400,000 new cases People aged 45 to 64 were also developing diabetes at a faster rate, edging out adults aged 65 and older. Type 2 diabetes used to be only prevalent in adults. It was once called “adult-onset” diabetes. Now, because it is becoming more common in children, it’s simply called “type 2" diabetes. While type 1 diabetes, which is believed to be due to an autoimmune reaction, is more common in children and young adults, type 2 diabetes is rising in incidence, attributed in part to poor lifestyle habits. According to the American Diabetes Association, about 5,090 people under the age of 20 are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes every year. A 2012 study published in Diabetes Care considered the potential future number of diabetes cases in people under the age of 20. The study found that, at current rates, the number of people under the age o Continue reading >>
Success Story: Sarah Boison
Name: Sarah Boison, age 25 Location: Washington, D.C. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on Dec. 5, 2012. I felt sick the month before, but I thought it was stress from my graduate classes at Georgetown University. I showed all the signs at the time—thirst, feeling tired, frequent bathroom trips—but I wasn’t informed, so I didn’t know it was diabetes. I went to the doctor and found out my blood glucose was in the mid-300s and my A1C (a measure of average blood glucose control for the past 2 to 3 months) was 10.7. When they told me I had type 2 diabetes, I was scared and my family was worried. My grandma had diabetes and eventually passed away last year because of complications. But it opened up a family dialogue, because I discovered all of my family members were working hard to keep their blood glucose at normal levels. Although they don’t need medication at this time, at some point they all were considered to have prediabetes. I went through stages of grief. Initially, I was in denial about my diet and figured I could still “push it” and eat whatever I wanted. But I found out the hard way when the food made me feel horrible. So I made a huge change by altering my diet and slowly adding exercise. It was hard to go from eating a lot of junk food and carbohydrates to only eating whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies. I started cooking more at home, eating five or six times a day and only drinking water. I had to change the way I looked at food, as I was an emotional eater and enjoyed eating for entertainment. Now, I look at it as fuel and try to eat foods that will give me energy throughout the day and during my workouts. I bought products from the American Diabetes Association, like the portion-control plate and measuring cups, which help me out daily. Continue reading >>
Diagnosed At 25
Usually, when you hear of a person getting diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes you think of a child under the age of 10. Well, that’s what I always thought. Boy, was I wrong. On November 25, 2000 I was diagnosed, Yes, with Type 1 diabetes. I clearly was not a child (although my mom may fight you on that), I was a 25 year old woman. Working a full-time job, going out with my friends on weekends, dating, and doing all the things a young adult does. After the diagnosis everything changed. I felt different, scared and alone. Worst of all I was ashamed that I had diabetes. Here I was living my life one way and all of a sudden I was told I had to change everything I have ever known and learn to live a new way. I needed to learn how to draw up syringes, change my diet, count carbs, sliding scales, NPH, Humalog, test blood sugars, high blood sugars, low blood sugars, the list goes on. My daily routine had turned into a three ring circus. My head was spinning from all the information I had to consume in a week. All I kept thinking…WHY ME? What did I do to deserve this? I became very depressed for a very long time after diagnosis. I did not go out as much anymore and was ruining relationships with my friends because I was embarrassed about having diabetes. This went on for over a year. The only place you could find me was at work 9-5. You also learn a lot about your friends when dealing with a chronic illness. A lot of my friends stuck by me and helped me through it but some just bailed. I was lucky though, lucky to have a solid support system in my family. My parents never made me do it alone. As I learned, they learned too. We were all in it together as a family. They came to all my doctor and nutrition appointments with me. My mother learned how to make meals that were better o Continue reading >>
Iam 25 Years Old And Iam Affected With Diabetes For 6 Month's.could This Can Be Cured Permanently.
Iam 25 years old and Iam affected with diabetes for 6 month's.could this can be cured permanently. Diabetes cannot be cured permanently but can be managed within limits if you adopt the required lifestyle.As a diabetic for 18 years I am giving some general suggestions which you may consider and adopt if you find them suitable. Diabetes is a metabolic disorder which is a result of the pancreatic gland in our body either produces little or no insulin or the body has developed resistance to insulin. In both cases,the body cells do not receive the glucose needed for production of energy because insulin is essential for glucose to enter the cells. This results in the blood sugar levels to increase beyond acceptable levels,though your body cells are starved for glucose. This condition is very bad for our well being and over long term may result in severe complications. Controlling blood sugar levels is a tough job but it is not impossible if you realize that everything is in your own hands. This is so,because though you may get good advise from doctors and dieticians, it is ultimately Y O U that will have to take all the necessary steps to successfully control diabetes. Diet plays a very important role in managing diabetes. You should reduce intake of foods that are rich in carbohydrates like sweets, rice,wheat,other grains ,potato,beet and other root vegetables rich in starch. You should eat more of vegetables,sprouts,greens,mushrooms and salads that give you lot of fiber,vitamins and minerals. Each meal you take should be smaller but you may have 5 or 6 meals instead 3 meals a day. Exercise is very important to control diabetes. Daily brisk walking or jogging for at least 40 to 60 minutes is ideal. Such exercise will consume lots of energy(about 100 calories for every mile Continue reading >>
Top 10 Tips For People Newly Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes
twitter summary: Ten tips for newly diagnosed T2 #diabetes: act NOW for long-term benefits, use healthy eating, exercise, meds + structured blood glucose testing short summary: This article offers ten tips for people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes: 1) Know that developing type 2 diabetes does not represent a personal failing; 2) Start to take care of your diabetes as soon as you’re diagnosed (and even better, before, if you know you have prediabetes); 3) Recognize that type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease; 4) Keep in mind that food has a major impact on blood glucose; work to optimize your mealtime choices; 5) Exercise is a powerful and underutilized tool which can increase insulin sensitivity and improve health – use it as much as possible; 6) Use blood glucose testing to identify patterns; 7) Don’t forget that needing to take insulin doesn’t mean you failed; 8) Keep learning and find support; 9) Seek out the services of a Diabetes Educator; and 10) Review our Patient's Guide to Individualizing Therapy at www.diaTribe.org/patientguide. Know that developing type 2 diabetes does not represent a personal failing. It develops through a combination of factors that are still being uncovered and better understood. Lifestyle (food, exercise, stress, sleep) certainly plays a major role, but genetics play a significant role as well. Type 2 diabetes is often described in the media as a result of being overweight, but the relationship is not that simple. Many overweight individuals never get type 2, and some people with type 2 were never overweight. At its core, type 2 involves two physiological issues: resistance to the insulin made by the person’s beta cells and too little insulin production relative to the amount one needs. These problems can lead to high bl Continue reading >>
Growing Old With Diabetes: Ongoing Management And Care
We're sorry, an error occurred. We are unable to collect your feedback at this time. However, your feedback is important to us. Please try again later. People with diabetes are living longer and healthier lives than ever. The life expectancy for PWDs has dramatically increased through the years (yay!), but that doesn't mean that diabetes gets any easier. In fact, as the well-respected endocrinologist and person with diabetes (PWD) himself Dr. Irl Hirsch put it at a conference earlier this year: we're seeing more "geriatric PWDs" these days and that presents a new host of issues that endocrinologists and patients traditionally hadn't had to think about. Ironically, growing older with diabetes is the best thing that can happen to you... (Think of the alternative!) But while it's a positive, there are some distinct and difficult changes that occur when you hit your Golden Years. Here's a quick run-through of things you should be aware of, either for yourself when the time comes or for your own aging parents (and we're talking about more than just "being good" about taking meds regularly ). Medical professionals disagree about whether PWDs of a certain age (generally over age 65) need to maintain tight BG control. Although diabetes itself doesn't necessarily change as you age, the aging process itself makes tight diabetes control riskier. Complications, such as peripheral neuropathy or orthostatic hypertension (a form of autonomic neuropathy that affects balance), and low blood sugars can also cause more falls, broken hips and other broken bones. Ouch! So tight control can be dangerous. Some older PWDs might need to lighten up on aggressive control if they are frailer, live alone, or are at-risk for falls and broken bones. Patricia Bonsignore, a diabetes educator at Joslin Continue reading >>
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Diabetes Type 1
Type 1 diabetes tends to start when people are under 25, although it can be diagnosed later in life. With Type 1 diabetes (also called insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes) the body's immune system destroys, or attempts to destroy, the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. Insulin is the hormone that allows glucose to enter the cells of the body to provide fuel. When glucose can't enter the cells, it builds up in the blood and the body's cells literally starve to death. Everyone with Type 1 diabetes must take daily insulin injections and regularly monitor their blood glucose levels. The cause of Type 1 diabetes is unknown but it is thought to be an autoimmune disease, where the body's immune system destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. Not all diabetes in children and teenagers is the kind called Type 1. Type 2 diabetes is being seen increasingly in young people. Where Type 1 diabetes always requires insulin, Type 2 can require insulin but often it can be treated with other medicines such as tablets. This section deals only with young people who have Type 1 diabetes. We have talked to a range of young people who've lived with Type 1 diabetes from those who were very young when they were first diagnosed to those who were diagnosed when they were teenagers. We have also talked to some young people only recently diagnosed. In this section young people talk about the signs and symptoms that prompted them to seek medical help. Signs of diabetes Most people remembered that the first symptoms of diabetes had crept up on them over weeks or even months- most had felt thirsty all the time and said that they started to drink more and more and found that they were unable to quench their thirst. Lots of people described realising something must be wrong wi Continue reading >>
