It doesn’t turn into Diabetes Type 1, but you could have diabetes type II which eventually requires insulin. Don’t feel badly if this happens, since it is sometimes a natural progression of Diabetes. As one gets older, the pancreatic islet cells make less and less insulin and sometimes people then require insulin shots to maintain blood sugar. Nowadays people are diagnosed with type II diabetes earlier in life, therefore have the disease longer.
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November 5th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Yes, if you don’t control your diabetes now, there would be no option but to take insulin to control your blood sugar.
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November 5th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
yes.that does not mean ur changing into type 1.at the onset of diabetes 50% of cells producing insulin that is the beta calls are lost.they tend to dwindle in number with time.usually by 6-10 yrs of type 2 DM patients become insulinopenic and ultimately become insulin dependent.This period can be delayed by adequate diet and exercise,and maintaining ur blood sugars properly.
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November 5th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
No not always. But w/ proper blood sugar control it can almost always be prevented. Exercise, weight loss if you are overweight and eating right also helps. If you are overweight sometimes just losing the weight will decrease your blood sugar enough so that you are no longer considered a diabetic. Or may be only need diet to control it later.
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November 5th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Diabetes is a result of the Islets of Langerhorn in the pancreas inability or decreased ability to secrete insulin. As a result of this, you must compensate with oral medication or with insulin. If you take the oral medication, follow the diet (and that is a large factor) and exercise properly as the physician will instruct, you may never have to take insulin. However, if you don’t follow the diet and the weight and exercise program, you will definitely over a period of time be dependent on insulin. There also is a chance that even with complete compliance, you may eventually become insulin dependent if the pancreas stops secreting insulin all together but if that happens, it is not the end of the world. With good diabetic teaching, (and demand that from your phyician), you can still live a normal and healthy life…..millions do! Compliance, diet, exercise………those are the keys to success.
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November 5th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
It depends if you take good care of yourself. My mom had type 2 diabetes and got rid of it for several years by changing her diet, lowering her weight, and eliminating sugar. Everyone used to tell us that you can’t get rid of diabetes, but she did. The doctor would not even give her a glucose monitor because he said she wasn’t diabetic.
Some things you can do are: change to whole grains like whole wheat, brown rice, whole oats (cutting down on grains is a good idea too), eat more fresh fruits and vegetables (careful with the fruits because they raise your blood sugar), make sure you get enough protein, eat more homecooked meals – less boxed stuff. Read labels – almost everything has sugar in it.
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November 5th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
It doesn’t turn into Diabetes Type 1, but you could have diabetes type II which eventually requires insulin. Don’t feel badly if this happens, since it is sometimes a natural progression of Diabetes. As one gets older, the pancreatic islet cells make less and less insulin and sometimes people then require insulin shots to maintain blood sugar. Nowadays people are diagnosed with type II diabetes earlier in life, therefore have the disease longer.
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November 5th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Lots of info here.
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http://www.diabetes.jims-info.com/