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Pre-diabetes - The Growing Epidemic
By Terry

One of the new buzz words going about these days is pre-diabetes. It has become a serious health concern for our society in general. How do you know if you're at risk?

One of the new buzz words going about these days is pre-diabetes. And for good reason. Pre-diabetes has become a serious health concern for our society in general.

The facts tell the story all to well. More than 18 million Americans live with every day, and that number is continuing to grow at a staggering pace. Even more alarming is the fact that 5 million people don't even know they have diabetes. In addition, roughly 41 million Americans have pre-diabetes, which left undetected and untreated, progresses into full-blown diabetes.

So, how do you know if you need tested for pre-diabetes and how do you know if you have it?

One of the main problems with

Could you have diabetic kidney disease and not even know it?
Questions to ask your doctor.

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Diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is on the rise in part because diabetes is on the rise. If you are at risk for diabetes or have been recently diagnosed with the disease, here’s what you should know about the link between diabetes and CKD.

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Diabetes and minorities: What are the risks?
Some ethnic groups develop diabetes at two to six times the rate of whites. If you are African American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian or Pacific Islander, here’s what you should know about your risk for diabetes.

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Preventing chronic kidney disease when you have diabetes

Diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease. Keeping diabetes in check and early diagnosis of kidney disease could help decrease the chances of developing kidney failure.

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Diet tips for diabetics with kidney disease
When diabetes leads to kidney disease the goal is to preserve kidney function as long as possible and manage diabetes. What you eat can affect both your blood sugar and your kidney function. A dietitian will work with you to create an eating plan that's right for you, probably using some of the diet tips presented here.

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Introduction

Diabetes: definition, causes and symptoms

For a while now, a?leading topic in the United States has been?about the growing number of people?diagnosed with diabetes. But what exactly is diabetes? Here you'll find the definition, causes and signs of diabetes.

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Controlling diabetes
Diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease in the United States. By controlling diabetes through lifestyle choices such as diet and exercise, taking prescribed medicines and seeing a doctor regularly, people with diabetes can usually maintain a healthy lifestyle and help prevent chronic kidney disease and kidney failure. Find out what you can do to control diabetes.

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Diabetes and chronic kidney disease
Diabetes and chronic kidney disease

Diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease in America. Many people with diabetes are not aware that chronic kidney disease can lead to kidney failure. However, having diabetes does not necessarily mean you will have kidney failure. Learn about the diabetes and kidney disease connection and how you can keep your kidneys healthy.

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Preventing diabetic kidney disease
All about diabetes Preventing diabetic kidney disease How can I slow the progression of kidney disease? Keeping healthy is the most important part of delaying kidney disease. If you have diabetes and have been diagnosed with an early stage of chronic kidney disease, following your doctor?s instructions regard

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Get the facts

Are you in control of your diabetes?
If you have diabetes, your doctor advises you to keep your glucose levels in a healthy range. One of the problems that can occur for diabetics who don’t control their diabetes is the risk of kidney disease which may lead to kidney failure and dialysis. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease in America. Learn how you can control your diabetes to avoid other health complications such as renal disease.

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Diabetic nephropathy
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Diabetic nephropathy means kidney damage that occurs as a result of diabetes. Researchers believe poor control of blood sugar or blood glucose levels is one of the reasons people with diabetes develop this type of kidney disease. Learn about diabetic nephropathy symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

 

 

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Diabetes and peritoneal dialysis
diabetes and pd 340x160Diabetes mellitus is the number one cause of kidney failure in the United States, leading many people to need dialysis. Learn about the relationship between diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well as how people with diabetes can choose to do the home dialysis treatment, peritoneal dialysis (PD).

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diabetes is that many times you may have it and it won't even know it. As a human we generally wait to go see a doctor until we have a medical problem. It usually takes a pain, cut, or sickness that affects us severely before we head off to see a doctor. It's just the way we are.

This presents a major problem in knowing if you have pre-diabetes. You may have the tell-tale symptoms such as frequent thirst, urination and unexplained weight loss or gain, but you don't realize it is a sign. Therefore, it can be damaging your body without you knowing it. is a slow developing disease, but if it's not caught in time it can be catastrophic.

The good news with all of this is that you can likely prevent the onset of with early detection and the right care. Don't wait until you don't feel right to be checked out. Ask your doctor, if they haven't already recommended it during a routine physical, to have your blood sugar checked. It's very quick, very simple, and is not painful.

Your doctor can find out if you have pre-diabetes by doing a glucose test. It requires you to fast overnight and not eat anything until after the doctor checks your blood sugar level. The fasting glucose test is done with a simple blood test. The results should be available to you within a day or two at most. An even easier quick test is with a finger stick and putting it in a blood glucose tester. It gives results in 5 seconds.

Diabetes is a very serious health issue. Please, don't wait until it's too late. Have yourself checked at least every six months and keep yourself on the road to good health.




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