According to a recent UC Irvine Health Policy Research Institute study strictly controlling blood glucose levels as a type 2 diabetic will not lower the chance of heart attack or stroke, but keeping hemoglobin levels (low glucose levels) under 7 percent may reduce these issues for diabetics with less serious heart and health problems.
Earlier studies infact found that lowering blood sugar too quickly can seriously harm or kill a diabetic. Study co-leader Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, Donald Bren Professor of Medicine at UCI and co-executive director of the Health Policy Research Institute believes that doctors trying to treat diabetics should try and keep a moderate blood sugar level, while keeping their other conditions under control.
The test was done with 2,613 subjects moderated by 205 doctors in Italy. They monitored histories of heart disease, lung disease, heart failure, urinary tract disease, arthritis, foot issues and digestive conditions.
In less severe conditions some symtoms of high blood suger are showed in the picture at the top. The other picture above shows at what levels of blood sugar does one need to take action.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091214173523.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+(ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News)&utm_content=Netvibes
Pictures:
http://www.mountnittany.org/assets/images/krames/111278.jpg
http://www.med.umich.edu/intmed/endocrinology/images/t2_1_12.gif
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This is a really interesting and upsetting article.
ReplyDeleteIts really clear and easy to understand, good job. Thanks!
yeah, this is a surprising article. I didn't know about this and I thought that lowering blood sugar would help but i guess, it's not super effective as I thought. Also, it's scary that if it drops too low, there could be bad effects.
ReplyDeleteDo ordinary blood sugar test drastically lower blood sugar?
ReplyDeleteThis was a really good blog article. I agree with Irena that is it surprising that lowering blood sugar doesn't always help. I also thought the 1st picture was a good but could have been placed differently in the article because at first I didn't know what I was looking at. Overall, really good.
ReplyDeleteThis is cool. I'm a little confused though.
ReplyDeletehow drastic is the quickly lowering blood sugar?
ReplyDeleteI learned a lot of things I did't know before.
ReplyDeleteGood Job
How sad for the people who have this type of diabeties. I learned new things that I never knew before.
ReplyDeleteWow this is crazy, poor people with this type of diabetes.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really great article.
ReplyDeleteGood Job Venice.
This is good and very sad. amazing work, Venice.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how quick is to quickly to lower the blood sugar level as well as what is considered the moderate blood sugar level in this situation.
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