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How To Prevent Diabetic Ketoacidosis?

by tanja July 21, 2019

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening problem that affects people with diabetes. Moreover, it can occur if you have type 2 diabetes as well. In some cases, diabetic ketoacidosis may be the first sign that a person has diabetes. That is why it is important to know how to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis.

Diabetic ketoacidosis is treated with fluids, electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, and chloride and insulin. It can lead to loss of consciousness and, eventually, it can be fatal.

How to prevent ketoacidosis complications?

A person with diabetes can take many steps to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis. In order to do that, we have to learn how to manage diabetes well.

Preventive steps include:

  • Manage your diabetes. In order to manage diabetes, you should make healthy eating and physical activity part of your daily routine.
  • Monitor your blood sugar level. Careful monitoring is the only way to make sure your blood sugar level remains within your target range. You should do this more often, especially if you are ill or under stress.
  • Adjust your insulin dosage as needed. In order to do this, talk to your doctor. Moreover, he or she will tell you what you eat, how active you are, whether you’re ill and other factors.
  • Check your ketone level. When you’re ill or under stress, test your urine for excess ketones with an over-the-counter urine ketones test kit. If your ketone level is moderate or high, contact your doctor right away or seek emergency care. If you have low levels of ketones, you may need to take more insulin.
  • Always be prepared to act quickly. If your blood sugar level is high, and you have excess ketones in your urine, seek emergency care.

Diabetes complications are scary. But don’t let fear keep you from taking good care of yourself. That is why we have to know how to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis complications. Follow your diabetes treatment plan carefully, and ask your diabetes treatment team for help when you need it.

July 21, 2019 0 comment
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Diabetic Retinopathy – Symptoms and Causes

by tanja October 22, 2018

One of the diabetes complications that may affect our eyes is diabetic retinopathy. This happens when high blood sugar levels cause damage to blood vessels in the retina. The retina detects light and converts it to signals sent through the optic nerve to the brain. Furthermore, it can cause blood vessels in the retina to leak fluid or hemorrhage (bleed), distorting vision.

The description about what diabetic retinopathy means.

In fact, diabetic retinopathy may cause no symptoms. As the condition progresses, the symptoms may include:

  • Spots or dark strings floating in your vision (floaters)
  • Blurred vision
  • Fluctuating vision
  • Impaired color vision
  • Dark or empty areas in your vision
  • Vision loss.

Consequently, diabetic retinopathy usually affects both eyes. However, it may progress through four stages:

Mild nonproliferative retinopathy

To start with, this is the earliest stage of the disease when small areas (microaneurysms) in the retina’s tiny blood vessels occur. Likewise, they may leak fluid into the retina

Moderate nonproliferative retinopathy

As the disease progresses, blood vessels that nourish the retina may swell and distort. Moreover, they may also lose their ability to transport blood.

Severe nonproliferative retinopathy

In this stage, not only many more blood vessels are blocked, but also the blood can’t be supplied to the areas of the retina. These areas secrete growth factors that signal the retina to grow new blood vessels.

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)

At this advanced stage, the new blood vessels are fragile and they are more likely to leak and bleed as well. Accompanying scar tissue can contract and cause retinal detachment—the pulling away of the retina from underlying tissue and this can lead to permanent vision loss.

Source: https://nei.nih.gov/health/diabetic/retinopathy

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