Gestational diabetes: What to know during pregnancy
2025年1月9日 · Gestational diabetes happens when the body cannot produce enough insulin to regulate blood sugar levels during pregnancy. "There are some women who will come into pregnancy having diabetes already, some with type 1 diabetes — autoimmune and genetically linked – and others with type 2 diabetes related to diet, activity and weight," says Dr ...
Mayo Clinic Minute: Managing Type 2 diabetes
2022年9月28日 · Those with Type 1 diabetes don't produce enough insulin and may need to take insulin daily. Most people with diabetes have Type 2. Complications from Type 2 diabetes can include heart disease, kidney disease and a host of other issues. Obesity, family history and a poor diet are among risk factors.
Type 2 diabetes no longer a barrier to becoming a living kidney …
2024年2月29日 · The national policy allows people with Type 2 diabetes to donate a kidney if there is no evidence of organ damage or an unacceptable lifetime risk of complications. Mayo Clinic Transplant Center adopted its own more stringent policies to …
Mayo Clinic Q and A: How does diabetes affect the heart?
2022年6月23日 · Research has shown that people with Type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely than the general population to die from cardiovascular causes. The fact that your health care professional recognizes the connection between these chronic, serious conditions is valuable. You can proactively take steps to reduce your future heart disease risk rather than only …
Diabetes complications are a risk factor for repeat hospitalizations ...
2017年7月7日 · ROCHESTER, Minn. — For patients with diabetes, one reason for hospitalization and unplanned hospital readmission is severe dysglycemia (uncontrolled hyperglycemia – high blood sugar, or hypoglycemia – low blood sugar), says new research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. People who were previously hospitalized for severe hypoglycemia …
Tight Focus on Blood Sugar Narrows Options for Diabetes …
2016年8月29日 · ROCHESTER, Minn. – The glucocentric focus on lowering blood sugar in Type 2 diabetes may have short-circuited development of new diabetes therapies, according to a new paper published by Mayo Clinic researchers in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. The authors, Victor Montori, M.D., and Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez, M.D., of the …
The potentially deadly paradox of diabetes management
2020年2月19日 · ROCHESTER, Minn. — Diabetes affects nearly 1 in 10 adults in the U.S., of these millions, more than 90% have Type 2 diabetes. Controlling blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin levels ― or HbA1c, which is sometimes referred to as A1C ― is key to diabetes management and necessary to prevent its immediate and long-term complications. […]
Complications of Diabetes - Mayo Clinic News Network
Complications of Diabetes. February 1, 2011. Share this: In this Medical Edge episode, Dr. Adrian Vella ...
The importance of diagnosing, treating diabetes in the Hispanic ...
2022年9月28日 · "It's really important that diabetes is identified, and that it's adequately treated and controlled in order to avoid those complications," Dr. White says. Type 2 diabetes increases the risk for a number of conditions that may severely impact a person's health including: Heart and vessel disease. Neuropathy. Cataracts and glaucoma. Sleep apnea.
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Putting your best foot forward with diabetes
2022年5月9日 · Two complications of diabetes are nerve damage and restricted blood flow to the legs and feet. Both increase the risk of various foot complications. Nerve damage decreases the feeling in your feet, a condition called peripheral neuropathy. Reduced blood flow to the feet makes it harder to heal an injury or resist infection.