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Diabetic Clarity
developing type II diabetes. The wrong foods can also have a negative
impact on your lifestyle. Therefore, you need to watch the foods you
consume.
A Look At Gestational Diabetes
This diabetes type is seen only in pregnant women. It occurs when a
woman has an excessive amount of blood glucose and the body cannot
generate enough insulin to use all the sugar. When gestational
diabetes isn’t controlled, it can result in childbirth complications.
The baby may be bigger than they should be, which means the woman
may need a C-section. Once gestational diabetes is diagnosed, the
woman must start using blood-sugar controlling medications.
According to various research, consuming a significant amount of
cholesterol and animal fat increases a woman’s chance of developing
gestational diabetes. If you plan on becoming pregnant, you must
control how much animal fat and cholesterol you consume.
A Look At Bronze Diabetes
Bronze diabetes – also called hemochromatosis – is diagnosed when
doctors note the body is absorbing a significant amount of iron from
the food you consume. The name comes from what it does to the body
– darkens the skin and hyperglycemia.
This type of diabetes is the result of a faulty gene and will eventually
lead to potential damage in other bodily organs. Due to the fact that
bronze diabetes can cause damage to organs, a liver biopsy must be
done to see if damage has taken place.
Bronze diabetes symptoms tend to become noticeable at age 40.
Doctors will diagnose people with this condition by doing a serum
ferritin and transferrin saturation blood test. It may also be necessary
to do a DNA blood test to see if it’s genetic.
A Look At Diabetes Insipidus
This is a rare diabetes type, which results in the imbalance of bodily
fluids. Due to the imbalance, you may still be thirsty even if you just
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