Diabetes

Possible causes of high blood sugar or hyperglycemia, besides Diabetes.

San Jose Care Resource Guide: “Wrong Diagnosis” is actually a website disseminating medical news. It’s post about possible  hyperglycemia (High Blood Sugar)  has actually a very long and varied list of causes, aside for diabetes.  Click Here for link.

San Jose Care Resource Guide: So if the reason is not diabetes, one could be in for  a  wait before the cause is found….

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Diabetes: Foot Care Vigilance Is a Must!

SJCRG: This article from French hospitals (sciencedirect) about  diabetic foot infections is not good news:

Quoting: “..In spite of being managed at specialized centres that were, in general, following the agreed-upon published guidelines, the prognosis for diabetic foot infection remains poor, with a high rate (48%) of lower-limb amputation”

Caregivers and Care recipients must be vigilant and react quickly: Better waste a doctor’s visit than being sorry..

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Diabetes: Update on the treatment of neuropathies (sciencedirect)

SJCRG: This article on diabethic neuropathy published in Medicine particularly discusses two kinds of neuropathies

• Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN):   “..DPN is a cause of considerable morbidity, including foot ulceration, amputations and neuropathic pain, and is associated with cardiovascular disease and increased mortality…”
  •  Serious business, the article outlines the various approaches and treatments, from antidepressant to gabapentin.
  • causes and risks:  Poor glucose control, hypertension
• Diabetic autonomic neuropathy: Treatment is multidisciplinary and challenging since “..It may involve cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urogenital, pupillomotor, thermoregulatory and sudomotor function…”

In any case, probably not something to want to “tough out”

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Diabetes: Update on Care of the diabetic foot (ScienceDirect)

SJCRG: The foot is at the frontline of diabetes complications. This study is a link to a status of diabetic foot care published in the journal Medicine.

Quoting: “…The key to management of diabetic neuropathic foot ulceration is aggressive debridement with removal of callus and dead tissue, followed by application of some form of cast to offload the ulcer area”

SJCRG: The paper goes on to give specific directives.  The tone of the study is all agressive approach to diabetic foot problem.

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Diabetics and Compromised Immune System: Could Cupron Anti-Microbial Cloth Material be Beneficial?

CareResourceGuide: Anti Microbial Cupron socks were sent to the Chilean trapped miners (Wall Street Journal)

Anti Bacterial Socks from Cupron

 CareResourceGuide:   Could they help you? Ask your doctor if such socks would protect diabetics from infections. Check out roughness too.

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