Diabetes (131 contents)
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (29 contents)
How to manage diabetes problems?
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterised by elevated blood sugar (glucose) levels, resulting from problems with the production or...
What is a healthy diet for people with diabetes problems?
Diabetes is a metabolic disease that requires special attention in the daily diet. Proper nutrition can not only help control blood sugar levels, but also prevent diabetes-related complications. In...
How to manage diabetes problems?
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterised by elevated blood glucose levels. It can lead to serious health complications if not properly controlled. Managing diabetes requires an...
What is a healthy blood sugar level?
Maintaining healthy blood sugar levels is key to overall health and wellbeing. Proper blood glucose levels ensure that our bodies function properly and that cells have enough energy to perform their...
How to reduce sugar intake?
Too much sugar in the diet can lead to many health problems such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. Reducing sugar intake is therefore a key part of a healthy lifestyle. In this article,...
What is type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disease that is characterised by abnormalities in glucose metabolism, leading to elevated blood sugar levels. It is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide...
What does an elevated glucose level mean?
In this article, we will focus on understanding what an elevated blood glucose level is, what the causes and consequences can be, as well as methods of diagnosis and treatment. Glucose, a key blood...
What are the symptoms of diabetes?
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterised by elevated blood glucose levels. Below are the symptoms that may indicate diabetes and which should be a signal to consult your doctor.
Nutrition in gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes is a disease that is increasingly complicating the course of pregnancy. A number of changes in the pregnant woman's body promote the onset of diabetes in previously apparently...
Dysautonomia - a possible cause of syncope and dizziness
Dysautonomia is an abnormality of the autonomic nervous system. It can occur in the course of various neurodegenerative diseases, as well as in people with diabetes or coeliac disease. What symptoms...
Diabetic foot - a preventable complication of diabetes
Diabetic foot is one of the very dangerous preventable complications of diabetes - there are many times when it is necessary to amputate the foot of a patient who has developed this problem. Such a...
World Diabetes Day
27 June is World Diabetes Day. This holiday is celebrated on the anniversary of the invention of insulin, the use of which changed the category of the condition that is diabetes from fatal to...
24 October - World Obesity Day
Obesity is a disease of civilisation that affects more and more people, including children. Therefore, each year on 24 October, World Day to Combat Obesity is celebrated at the initiative of the...
Increase in diabetes among children
Diabetes (from the Latin diabetes mellitus) is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. According to data published by The New England Journal Of Medicine, the incidence of type 1 and...
Metformin and weight loss - how long does it take to lose weight?
Women have always been looking for effective methods to lose a few pounds. Is metformin the golden mean in the fight against excess weight? In an endocrinologist or gynaecologist's surgery, patients...
Diabetes mellitus in children - what symptoms may indicate its onset?
Diabetes mellitusis a metabolic disease characterised by a disorder of carbohydratemetabolism. Its intrinsic component is a state of hyperglycaemia, i.e. an elevated blood glucose concentration,...
