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    Apr 26, 2009, 10:46 PM
    Female Diabetes
    Please explain what is Female diabetes.
    Difference between male and female diabetes.
    Female diabetes causes, symptoms, cure, precautions, and everything about it.

    Thanks in advanced.
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    Apr 27, 2009, 05:10 AM

    Being female with diabetes type 2, I have found this explanation of diabetes to be the best and most concise. There is no cure for diabetes, but can be controlled with medication and diet. The only difference between male and femal diabetes (and this is the first time I have heard mention of the gender difference) is possibly diseases women are more pronet too are compounded by having diabetes, i.e. bone density problems.

    Diabetes mellitus
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    Diabetes mellitus (IPA: /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/ or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/, /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/), often referred to simply as diabetes (Ancient Greek: διαβαίνειν "to pass through"), is a syndrome of disordered metabolism, usually due to a combination of hereditary and environmental causes, resulting in abnormally high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia).[2] Blood glucose levels are controlled by a complex interaction of multiple chemicals and hormones in the body, including the hormone insulin made in the beta cells of the pancreas. Diabetes mellitus refers to the group of diseases that lead to high blood glucose levels due to defects in either insulin secretion or insulin action in the body.[3]

    Diabetes develops due to a diminished production of insulin (in type 1) or resistance to its effects (in type 2 and gestational).[4] Both lead to hyperglycemia, which largely causes the acute signs of diabetes: excessive urine production, resulting compensatory thirst and increased fluid intake, blurred vision, unexplained weight loss, lethargy, and changes in energy metabolism.

    All forms of diabetes have been treatable since insulin became medically available in 1921, but there is no cure. The injections by a syringe, insulin pump, or insulin pen deliver insulin, which is a basic treatment of type 1 diabetes. Type 2 is managed with a combination of dietary treatment, exercise, medications and insulin supplementation.

    Diabetes and its treatments can cause many complications. Acute complications including hypoglycemia, ketoacidosis, or nonketotic hyperosmolar coma may occur if the disease is not adequately controlled. Serious long-term complications include cardiovascular disease, chronic renal failure, retinal damage, which can lead to blindness, several types of nerve damage, and microvascular damage, which may cause erectile dysfunction and poor wound healing. Poor healing of wounds, particularly of the feet, can lead to gangrene, and possibly to amputation. Adequate treatment of diabetes, as well as increased emphasis on blood pressure control and lifestyle factors such as not smoking and maintaining a healthy body weight, may improve the risk profile of most of the chronic complications. In the developed world, diabetes is the most significant cause of adult blindness in the non-elderly and the leading cause of non-traumatic amputation in adults, and diabetic nephropathy is the main illness requiring renal dialysis in the United States.[
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    Apr 27, 2009, 06:33 AM

    There is one you missed that's just for the female gender and that's "gestational diabetes"

    Gestational Diabetes Resource Guide - American Diabetes Association
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    Apr 27, 2009, 06:37 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by KeepItSimpleStupid View Post
    There is one you missed that's just for the female gender and that's "gestational diabetes"

    Gestational Diabetes Resource Guide - American Diabetes Association
    This is the only form of diabetes that men don't get. :p

    Otherwise, diabetes is not determined by gender.
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    Apr 28, 2009, 11:26 PM

    Thanks to all

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