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People with diabetes control their blood glucose (sugar) levels in many different ways. Some people inject insulin, some take oral medications, while others with type 2 diabetes control their diabetes through diet and exercise. There are some people, however, who choose insulin pump therapy. An insulin pump is about the size of a pager and is usually worn on a belt or carried in a pocket. There is no surgery required to use an insulin pump. The pump holds a syringe of insulin and thin tubing is attached to the end of the syringe. At the end of the tubing is a needle that is easily inserted into the skin near the patient’s stomach. The pump is programmed to deliver insulin through the tube in the amount that is needed. Your doctor must decide if your diabetes can best be controlled through the use of an insulin pump. Insurance companies also have requirements that must be met before they will…
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The nerves in your body carry messages back and forth between your brain and other parts of your body. All of your nerves together make up your nervous system. For a person with diabetes, high blood sugar over time can damage the blood vessels that bring oxygen to some nerves. The damaged nerves stop sending messages, or may send messages too slowly or at the wrong time. Diabetic neuropathy (ne-ROPuhthee) is the medical name for damage to the nervous system from diabetes. Damage to your nerves can cause your arms, hands, legs or feet to feel numb. You may not be able to feel pain, heat, or cold when you should, or you may feel shooting pains or burning and tingling. Often worse at night, the symptoms can make it hard to sleep. Nerve damage can change the shape of your feet. You may want to ask your doctor about special shoes for people with diabetes to protect your feet…
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Stress can make it harder for a person to control their diabetes. When a person is under a lot of stress, certain hormones are released. This is called the “Fight or Flight” response. For a person with diabetes, this response does not work well. Insulin is not always able to let the extra energy released by the body into the cells and as a result, blood glucose (sugar) rises. Making things worse, many kinds of stress are not short-term threats. For example, it may take many months to recover from surgery. Stress hormones that usually deal with short-term threats will stay on for a longer time and the result is long-term high blood glucose. Long-term causes of stress can be in your mind, such as worrying about taking a test. Your mind reacts to a nondangerous event as if it were a real threat, and the body pumps out stress hormones that cause blood sugar to rise. For some people…
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