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Diabetes

Let's Talk About Diabetes

一切你想知道的(一些)on the causes, symptoms, and treatments of this chronic condition, and how to keep living your life, disease be damned.

    我们的专业面板Diabetes

    We went to some of the nation's top experts in diabetes to bring you the most up-to-date information possible.

    Katherine Araque, M.D.

    Katherine Araque, M.D.Director of Endocrinology

    Pacific Neuroscience Institute at Providence Saint John’s Health Center
    Santa Monica, CA
    Stelios Mantis, M.D.

    Stelios Mantis, M.D.儿科内分泌

    拉什大学医学中心
    Chicago, IL
    Peter Goulden, M.D.

    Peter Goulden, M.D.内分泌代谢科的医务主任

    Mount Sinai St. Luke's
    New York, NY
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    Common diabetes treatments include insulin, oral medications, home glucose meter, diet and exercise
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    Frequently Asked QuestionsDiabetes

    How many Americans have diabetes?

    关于23 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with diabetes. It’s estimated that another 7 million have it, but don’t know it yet. An additional 80 million Americans have prediabetes—higher-than-normal blood sugar that increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2 is the most common form of the disease: Between 90 and 95 percent of people with diabetes have it.

    Is diabetes a disease?

    是的,糖尿病是一种疾病,导致人们在他们的血液中高于正常的水平糖(或葡萄糖)的。有三种主要类型:1型,2型和妊娠糖尿病。类型1是一个主要自身免疫性疾病,停止从产生胰岛素的胰腺。在2型,大多数人制造足够的胰岛素,但他们的身体没有利用好。妊娠期糖尿病只在怀孕期间发生。

    什么是标志我有糖尿病?

    本病是偷偷摸摸的:它可以有几乎没有任何明显的症状。这就是为什么美国预防服务工作组建议超过40成年人谁具有危险因素如腹部肥胖筛查。一些迹象看出来的包括极度口渴,视力模糊,并更加需要小便。

    你怎么测试糖尿病?

    第一步是验血,通常A1C(或糖化血红蛋白)测试已涂敷有葡萄糖在过去的两到三个月多大比例的红细胞的措施。较高的血糖,你的分数越高:低于5.7的结果被认为是正常的;5.7至6.4是糖尿病前期;6.5或以上表明糖尿病。

    Sunny Sea Gold

    Sunny Sea Gold

    @sunnyseagold

    Sunny is a health journalist, book author, and essayist living in Portland, OR.