Symptoms

Gastroparesis is a serious condition that may be the result of diabetes and can make the condition worse. In addition to other complications resulting from diabetes, nerve damage is one long-term effect. The vagus nerve which regulates digestion and stomach functioning can be adversely affected by diabetes. If the vagus nerve is damaged, it may […]

Type I diabetes often called juvenile diabetes, is a genetic disease that is usually diagnosed in early childhood. However, because doctors do not do blood sugar testing during the regular course of an examination, you have to be aware of the signs and symptoms of diabetes. However, the first thing you have to be aware […]

Type I diabetes is often called juvenile diabetes because of the fact that it is usually diagnosed in adolescents. Having regular checkups is definitely going to go a long way towards finding out if your child has diabetes or not, but even more important than having regular checkups is knowing the signs of juvenile diabetes. […]

There are a lot of people diagnosed with diabetes in this country. In fact, experts predict that half of the people in the United States currently have diabetes or suffer from prediabetes. That makes knowing what the warning signs are of this potentially deadly illness extremely important. Perhaps the most important of the warning signs […]

Type I diabetes used to be called juvenile diabetes because it typically manifested during childhood. Currently, 5% to 10% of the population has type I diabetes, while the rest have type II. With type I diabetes, the body’s immune system destroys the insulin-releasing cells, which eventually completely impairs the body’s ability to manufacture insulin at […]

Diabetes is a condition where the body cannot process the glucose that you get from the foods that you eat. Glucose is what gives you the energy to make it through the day and perform all of your bodily functions. But people with diabetes cannot process glucose – otherwise known as sugar – which causes […]