Rolanda Perkins

November is  National Diabetes month  and today’s subject is about diabetes and your feet. We all might know of at least one person with diabetes. I know a few people who have it. I also know of a few people who have succumbed to it. Two of my friends, who had diabetes, began experiencing issues with their feet. It started with their feet but began to affect other parts of their bodies. One friend had his toe amputated. The other, his leg. After further research on the disease, I learned more about how it can affect a person’s feet. I learned that when a person has diabetes, they can experience nerve damage and poor blood flow which puts them at risk of developing sores or wounds,  also known as foot ulcers . Foot ulcers can get infected and not heal well. When this occurs, your foot, toe, or leg might need to be surgically removed to prevent the infection from spreading to other parts of your body, which can help save your life. Below is a link from the CDC ( Centers for Disease Contr

November is  National Diabetes month  and today’s subject concerns  Diabetes symptoms  and the ‘ risk test ’.   The following information was obtained from the American Diabetes website : The symptoms of diabetes listed below are some of the common ones that people experience. Some people with type 2 diabetes have symptoms so mild that they go unnoticed. Early detection and treatment of diabetes can decrease the risk of developing complications. The site goes on to explain that although there are many similarities between type 1 & 2 diabetes, the cause and treatment for both are quite different.   Below is a list of some common symptoms : -Urinating often -Feeling very thirsty -Feeling very hungry-even though you are eating -Extreme fatigue -Blurry vision -Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal -Weight loss-even though you are eating more (type 1) -Tingling, pain, or numbness in the hands/feet (type 2)   You can check your risk for developing type 2 diabetes by clicking on the link pro

  November is  National Diabetes Month  and the information that I’m sharing may already be very familiar to a lot of people reading this post. However, I don’t know a lot about the disease so I’m trying to keep the information basic so that those of us who are not that familiar with it, can better understand it.         Today’s focus is on the  A1-C test . This is a test that measures a three-month average of your blood sugars. Prior to my research, I was not aware of that timeline. I thought that, prior to taking an A1-C test, the results were determined due to the foods consumed within the last couple of days, ( prior to having the test administered ). So THAT was eye-opening news to me!!   I know people who have diabetes and I’ve seen them ‘test’ their blood before. However, I now understand that there are multiple ways in which the A1-C test is used,  in relation to the disease . It’s used to help doctors diagnose prediabetes, it’s also used to diagnose type 1 & 2 diabetes, an

  November is  National Diabetes Month,  and I wanted to bring attention to this disease because it allows me an opportunity to learn more about myself. When I was younger, I used to hear people refer to diabetes as,  “SUGAR ”. They would say things like, “ so-in-so has SUGAR ”, ( meaning that they had a disease called, Diabetes ).   I’ve learned that diabetes is a  metabolic disorder  in which the body has high sugar levels for prolonged periods of time. I wasn’t sure what a  metabolic disorder  was, so I looked that up as well. The definition that I located on Wikipedia describes it as being a disorder that negatively alters the body’s processing and distribution of  macronutrients , ( such as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates ). To get a better understanding of the disease, I found a short, animated video that explains what diabetes is. The video was produced by  Diabetes UK  & it provides a very good explanation of what diabetes is.   https://youtu.be/wZAjVQWbMlE