Diabetes and Life

For millions of people, children as well as adults, diabetes has become a way of life. These articles are intended to help you or a loved one cope with this potentiality debilitating and life threatening condition.

• Diabetic Wound Care
  A diabetic foot ulcer is an open sore or wound that most commonly occurs on the bottom of the foot in approximately 15 percent of patients with diabetes. Of those who develop a foot ulcer, six percent will be hospitalized
  
  
• Diabetic Neuropathy
  As the name suggests, diabetic neuropathy is a nerve disorder caused by diabetes. Over many years, diabetic patients suffer damage to nerves all over the body. The longer a person has been diabetic, the greater the danger of diabetic neuropathy.
  
  
• Diabetes and Pregnancy
  To bear a child in this world is no doubt one of the most wonderful things that can happen to a woman. But for some women, it is not as simple as carrying a child in your womb and delivering them after nine months
  
  
• The Emotional Impact of Diabetes
  Diabetes: Unless someone is diabetic, or very close to someone who is, they do not realize how life changing this disease can be. Tracey Wilson
  
  
• Diabetes and the Menopause
  You might be thinking "What's the connection between diabetes and the menopause?" Well, for ladies reaching that certain age, it can be very traumatic - especially when some of the effects experienced can easily be mistaken for those we have to be aware of when managing our diabetes...
  
  
• Life Insurance For Diabetics
  Is there anything more precious than your life? I believe that almost everyone would answer this question with a loud 'no'
  
  
• Menopause and Sugar Imbalance
  As a woman, you go through profound changes during menopause, and this affects your emotional and physical health. At that time, you go through a series of metabolic changes that could lead to blood sugar imbalance, and other serious health associated problems