Diabetes FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about diabetes or other blood glucose disorder.
This FAQ about diabetes or other blood glucose disorder was compiled and written by Edward Reid edward@paleo.org with numerous contributions by others.
Copyright 1993-2003 by Edward Reid. Re-use beyond the fair use provisions
of copyright law and convention requires the author's permission.
Advice given in m.h.d is *never* medical advice. That includes this FAQ.
Never substitute advice from the net for a physician's care. Diabetes is a
critical health topic and you should always consult your physician or
personally understand the ramifications before taking any therapeutic action
based on advice found here or elsewhere on the net.
01 Where's the FAQ? (misc.health.diabetes)- This FAQ attempts to answer the questions which have been most ...
- 02 What's this newsgroup like? (misc.health.diabetes)
- Posting topics range through emotional support, treatment techniques,...
- 03 Abuse of the newsgroup (misc.health.diabetes)
- As mentioned above, a few participants believe that name-calling and ...
- 04 The newsgroup charter (misc.health.diabetes)
- The actual charter which led to the creation of the newsgroup in May ...
- 05 Newsgroup posting guidelines (misc.health.diabetes)
- The following posting guidelines were adopted by a vote of m.h.d ...
- 06 What is glucose? What does "bG" mean?
- Glucose is a specific form of sugar, one of the simplest. It is the ...
- 07 What are mg/dl and mmol/l? How to convert? Glucose? Cholesterol?
- There are two main methods of describing concentrations: by weight, ...
- 08 What is c-peptide? What do c-peptide levels mean?
- Thanks to Andrew Torres
- 09 What's type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes?
- The term diabetes mellitus comes from Greek words for flow and honey,...
- 10 Is it OK to discuss diabetes insipidus here? What is it?
- Diabetes insipidus (DI) results from abnormalities in the production ...
- 11 How about discussing hypoglycemia?
- To clarify: the term hypoglycemia is used to refer to two ...
- 12 Helping with the diagnosis (DM or hypoglycemia) and waiting
- Diagnosis of marginal type 2 diabetes, and even more so ...
- 13 Exercise and insulin
- Charles Coughran
- 14 How accurate is my (blood glucose) meter?
- bG (blood glucose) meters are not as accurate as the readings you get ...
- 15 Ouch! The cost of blood glucose measurement strips hurts my wallet!
- The cost of blood glucose measurement strips is a complex ...
- 16 What do meters cost? (blood glucose measurement)
- The flip side of expensive blood glucose measurement strips is ...
- 17 Comparing blood glucose meters
- Here are three ways of getting a list of the specs for most ...
- 18 How can I download data from my meter? (blood glucose measurement)
- You can get a cable to hook the One Touch II and Profile meters to a ...
- 19 I've heard of a non-invasive bG meter -- the Dream Beam?
- ***The following information is incomplete, as another company has ...
- 20 What's HbA1c and what's it mean?
- Hb = hemoglobin, the compound in the red blood cells that ...
- 21 Why is interpreting HbA1c values tricky?
- Interpreting HbA1c values is tricky for several reasons: differing ...
- 22 Who determined the HbA1c reaction rates and the consequences?
- In the early 1980s, Henrik Mortensen and colleagues at ...
- 23 HbA1c by mail
- You may find it cheaper and/or more convenient to have your ...
- 24 Why is my morning bg high? What are dawn phenomenon, rebound, and Somogyi effect?
- This section is written by Charles Coughran
- 25 My diabetic father isn't taking care of himself. What can I do?
- We'll assume your father has type 2 diabetes. See separate section ...
- 26 Managing adolescence, including the adult forms (diabetes)
- Adolescents have special problems in managing diabetes. These include ...
- 27 So-and-so eats sugar! Isn't that poison for diabetics?
- This is asked from both sides: the non-diabetic who doesn't ...
- 28 Insulin nomenclature
- The major types of insulin have both generic designations and brand ...
- 29 What is Humalog / LysPro / lispro / ultrafast insulin?
- Except as otherwise noted, this info comes from an article on p396 of ...
- 30 Travelling with insulin
- Insulin does not need to be kept cold....
- 31 Injectors: Syringe and lancet reuse and disposal (diabetes)
- Disposable syringes can be safely reused as long as you take ...
- 32 Injectors: Pens (diabetes)
- A pen injector is a device that holds a small vial of insulin and ...
- 33 Injectors: Jets (diabetes)
- A jet injector uses no needles, but instead squirts the substance ...
- 34 Insulin pumps
- An insulin pump provides a Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion, or CSII,...
- 35 Type 1 cures -- beta cell implants (diabetes)
- Beta cells can be isolated and implanted, requiring only outpatient ...
- 36 Type 1 cures -- pancreas transplants (diabetes)
- Whole pancreas transplants have the same rejection problems as ...
- 37 Type 2 cures -- barely a dream (diabetes)
- The treatments described in the preceding sections apply only to type ...
- 38 What's a glycemic index? How can I get a GI table for foods?
- The glycemic index, or GI, is a measure of how a given food ...
- 39 Should I take a chromium supplement?
- The short answer is no. I'll quote the ADA's longer answer, from the ...
- 40 Does falling blood glucose feel like hypoglycemia?
- Sometimes. Symptoms of hypoglycemia are divided into the adrenergic and ...
- 41 Alcohol and Diabetes
- This section provided by Peter Stockwell
- 42 Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum (NLD) consists of oval plaques, usually ...
- 43 Has anybody heard of frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)?
- Short answers: adhesive capsulitis, aka frozen shoulder, is a ...
- 44 Gastroparesis
- J K Drummond (no longer on the net, but well) contributed this section....
- 45 Extreme insulin resistance
- Mayer Davidson writes several pages about insulin resistance in ...
- 46 What is pycnogenol? Where and how is it sold?
- All sections on pycnogenol are written by Laura Clift
- 47 What claims do the sales pitches make for pycnogenol?
- Written by Laura Clift....
- 48 What's the real published scientific knowledge about pycnogenol?
- Written by Laura Clift. (refs) point to pycnogenol references section....
- 49 How reliable is the literature cited by the pycnogenol ads?
- Written by Laura Clift....
- 50 What's the bottom line on pycnogenol?
- Written by Laura Clift. (refs) point to pycnogenol references section....
- 51 Pycnogenol references
- Written by Laura Clift. This is the section to which the (refs) point....
- 52 Online resources: diabetes-related newsgroups
- On the Usenet, the misc.health.diabetes newsgroup carries most of ...
- 53 Online resources: diabetes-related mailing lists
- Several public electronic mailing lists have diabetes-related content. ...
- 54 Online resources: commercial services (diabetes)
- Most of the information here comes from David Cohler
- 55 Online resources: FTP (diabetes)
- Demon Internet Services, a UK service provider, donated FTP space ...
- 56 Online resources: World Wide Web (diabetes)
- I list a few excellent starting points for diabetes information on ...
- 57 Online resources: other (diabetes)
- Most online resources previously available via other means are ...
- 58 Where can I mail order XYZ? (diabetes)
- XYZ is most often blood glucose measurement strips, especially for those ...
- 59 How can I contact the American Diabetes Association (ADA) ?
- The ADA has local offices in many cities. Check your local phone book first....
- 60 How can I contact the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF) ?
- Check your phone book for a local office, or call 1-800-533-2873....
- 61 How can I contact the British Diabetic Association (BDA) ?
- The British Diabetic ...
- 62 How can I contact the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) ?
- The CDA has local offices in many cities. Check your local phone book first....
- 63 What about diabetes organizations outside North America?
- I can't list them unless someone sends me the information....
- 64 How can I contact the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)?
- UNOS (United Network of Organ Sharing) has a variety of ...
- 65 Could you recommend some good reading? (diabetes)
- You mean to curl up with on the sofa? Oh, diabetes ... OK....
- 66 Could you recommend some good magazines? (diabetes)
- Diabetes Interview is a popular monthly tabloid with a variety of ...
- 67 What is the DCCT? What are the results?
- The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial was a large multi-...
- 68 More details about the DCCT
- The study placed subjects into two cohorts, primary prevention ...
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