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06/19/09
07:11 PM
"How does diabetes affect the nerves and cause the upper body to shake?"
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henrycrosby
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06/25/09
12:02 PM
Dear HenryCrosby; Diabetes impacts the entire body, impacting all systems, if not properly managed. One of the systems impacted can be the nervous system, or neuropathy. Excess glucose fuels a pathway in the nerves that can impact there proper functioning. Diabetes is the greatest cause for blindness, excess glucose impacts the tiny vessels in your eyes, uncontrolled blood glucose in the primary case for impotence, high glucose contributes to nephropathy(impairment to the kidney), impacts wound healing or head- to- toe, IF, not managed properly. Meaning; A1C<7%, Blood pressure<130/80, LDL cholesterol<100, and HDL-cholesterol>40mg/dl. If you smoke-please stop(this impacts the vascular-blood supply which can also be a cause of many complications(stroke, heart attack, artery diseases-to mention a few). Most health insurances will cover consultations with Diabetes Educators(RN,RD-medical nutrition therapy, and RPh). Contact your local-larger hospital and they may have a Certified Diabetes Ed Program. You ask about the upper body shaking, this shaking maybe a sign of a hypoglycemic episode. Meaning the blood glucose levels have dipped such that this reaction is your body telling you something is happening that is not normal. Please set up those appointments and this will give you more insight into what is happening with diabetes and it's pathophysiology. Thanks for asking dLife, call on as needed. Regards Sue
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Susan Throop
Accreditations: RD, CDE, MA
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07/01/09
07:37 PM
Like the expert said I would test your bs when you feel this way. It could absolutely be a low bs and that is why you shakie like that
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07/01/09
07:37 PM
Like the expert said I would test your bs when you feel this way. It could absolutely be a low bs and that is why you shakie like that.
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