Diabetes Guidelines

My doctor ran a blood test to check my calcium level because I had muscle cramping. I did not fast before the test. I just got a message from the doctor stating my blood sugar is 168 and that I am diabetic. I’ve read through the symptoms of diabetes and I don’t have any of the other symptoms. The doctor wants me to pick up a prescription for Clometformin (? sp). I’m hesitent to accept this diagnosis under these conditions… any suggestions?

First off, diabetes canNOT be diagnosed through symptoms alone. Inf act, symptoms of diabetes are NOT important to the diagnosis AT ALL. The symptoms might cause you to go to the doctor, but diabetes is diagnoses TOTALLY through blood tests, NOT symptoms.

A proper diagnosis of diabetes REQUIRES a FASTING blood sugar reading. In fact, PROPER diagnosis of diabetes using blood glucose levels is thus: "Two consecutive fasting readings of more then 130".

But now, a new test is being used, the A1C test. The A1C test, because it AVERAGES your blood sugars over the last 90 days, can be taken fasting or not. But A1C readings come back, like, "5.6" or "8.2", NOT "168". So it appears that you did NOT get an A1C test.

SO . . . .
You have had ONE reading, and it was not fasting, Therefore, your diagnosis of diabetes is much to be questioned.

You need to make an appointment with an ENDOCRINOLOGIST for a "second opinion", and ASK FOR proper testing for diabetes.

Your current GP is "Old School", and, while he is trying to protect your life, he is being a bit too conservative with his judgments.

Make the appointment for the second opinion NOW, but wait on the prescritpion until you get a more definitive answer. But get that second opinion BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK!

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In which country I can find the most developed and advanced treatment for diabetes? I mean the treatment that really works. My friend’s mother is in very critical condition. My friend is ready for paying any sum for the health of his mother. Please, tell me which country should we choose? Bye the way, we are from Uzbekistan (Central Asia)
Ok. Where to find the best consultancy?

Treatment of your diabetes is truly a team effort between you and your doctors. Balancing diet and drug approaches to best control your condition, plus evaluating new or complementary treatments, is a big job for everyone involved. We sorted though the options on Sept. 23, 2004, when JoAnn Manson, MD, from the Harvard School of Public Health, was our guest.

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Pavel Fort MD Ped Endo

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Dr. Barry Ramo talks about New Asthma Guidelines and help better manage their illness.

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Alex Padilla’s message from 2004 ADA video, regarding volunteering and doing outreach for diabetes awareness.

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus today is a global epidemic, a continuing challenge despite the availability of effective therapeutic agents. Current treatment guidelines emphasize early and aggressive treatment targetting the known pathophysiological defects in type 2 diabetes. Yet the reality in clinical practice shows that fewer than 50% of patients under treatment achieve HbA1c levels even in developed countries.
More recently, the addition of incretin-based therapy offers significant solutions to the progressive loss of pancreatic beta cell function and other unmet needs in effective diabetes management. In this session, the role of diminished incretin effects in the metabolic derangements in type 2 diabetes will be reviewed. The mechanism of actions and the therapeutic uses of both incretin enhancers and incretin mimetics will be discussed, highlighting efficacy and safety data since they have been available for use in clinical practice. The role of these agents in addressing earliest defects in glucose homeostasis and postprandial hyperglycemia implies potential of preservation of beta cell function. Incretin-based therapy should clearly be considered as a major part of effective diabetes management in current clinical practice.

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Canadian Diabetes Association – Clothesline – Saint John

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