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Posted 18 August 2004 - 08:39 PM

Assalamu alaikum...

since I went so long undiagnosed and now have so many problems getting it under control because i went so long undiagnosed...I decided that I would try and find info and post it and Insha'allah help someone before they get in this bad of shape...ONE THIRD OF ALL WOMEN WHO HAVE DIABETES IN THE US DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE IT

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Diabetes Statistics for Women

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Approximately 9.3 million or 8.7% of all women over the age of 20 in the United States have diabetes. However, about one-third of them do not know it. The prevalence of diabetes is at least 2-4 times higher among African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, and Asian/Pacific Islander women than among white women. Because of the increasing lifespan of women and the rapid growth of minority populations, the number of women in the United States at high risk for diabetes and its complications is increasing.

Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease in the United States, and it has no cure. The total annual economic cost of diabetes in 2002 was estimated to be $132 billion, or one out of every 10 health care dollars spent in the United States.

Women with diabetes have an increased risk of vaginal infections and complications during pregnancy. For women who do not currently have diabetes, pregnancy brings the risk of gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes develops in 2% to 5% of all pregnancies but disappears when a pregnancy is over. Women who have had gestational diabetes are at an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life.

Women and diabetes-related complications


The risk for cardiovascular disease, the most common complication attributable to diabetes, is more serious among women than men. Deaths from heart disease in women with diabetes have increased 23% over the past 30 years, compared to a 27% decrease in women without diabetes.


The risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is 50% higher among women than men. DKA, often called diabetic coma, is a condition brought on by poorly controlled diabetes and marked by high blood glucose levels and ketones (by-products of fat metabolism in the blood). Although it is accompanied by high blood glucose levels, DKA is not caused by high blood sugar; it is caused by lack of insulin. Before insulin therapy was available, DKA was the predominant cause of death from diabetes.


Women with diabetes are 7.6 times as likely to suffer peripheral vascular disease (PVD) than women without diabetes. PVD is a disorder resulting in reduced flow of blood and oxygen to tissues in the feet and legs. The principal symptom of PVD is intermittent claudication (pain in the thigh, calf, or buttocks during exercise).
Pregnancy and Diabetes


Pregnancy demands more insulin in the body than normal because of the increased production of hormones that can lead to insulin resistance. For women with diabetes, excellent blood glucose control before conception and then throughout pregnancy is vital to the health of the baby and the mother.


The rate of major congenital malformations in babies born to women with preexisting diabetes varies from 0-5% among women who receive preconception care to 10% among women who do not receive preconception care.


Macrosomia, large birth weight, occurs 2 to 3 times more often in diabetic pregnancies as in the general population. Because of the increased risk of fetal macrosomia, women with diabetes are 3 to 4 times more likely to have a cesarean section.


Women with diabetes are up to 5 times as likely to develop toxemia (a disorder of unknown cause usually marked by hypertension, protein in the urine, edema, headache, and visual disturbances) and hydramnios (excessive amounts of amniotic fluid) as women without diabetes.


Women who have given birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds are at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life.


Approximately 2 to 5% of all non-diabetic pregnant women develop gestational diabetes, a form of diabetes that occurs only during pregnancy.


Approximately 40% of women with gestational diabetes who are obese before pregnancy develop type 2 diabetes within 4 years. The chance of developing diabetes during this same period is lower if the women are less overweight.
Diabetes and birth control


Birth control pills can affect blood glucose levels and diabetes control.


The intrauterine device (IUD) may lead to infections. Because women with diabetes are already at a higher risk of infection, most should not use the IUD.

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Posted 18 August 2004 - 08:50 PM

Assalamu alaikum...

The classic symptoms of diabetes are:

frequent urination, with large volumes of urine (polyuria),
excessive thirst (polydipsia),
hunger (polyphagia), and
weight loss.
Other symptoms might include:
fatigue,
blurry vision,
odd aches and pains,
dry mouth,
dry or itchy skin,
impotence (in a male),
vaginal yeast infections (in a female),
poor healing of cuts and scrapes, or
excessive or unusual infections.
Not everybody will have every one of these symptoms. Indeed, some people may have no symptoms at all!

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I had at one time also found a page that listed several other symptoms for people who have had it awhile and didn't know it....some of the other symptoms included...

1) irratability
2) extreme leg cramps
3) mild to moderate dementia
4) russian writing appearing to resemble the arabic alphabet
5) quick to anger

there were several more...Insha'allah I will be able to find the page again and post it in its entirety...

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Posted 18 August 2004 - 08:51 PM

Assalamu alaikum...

and here is a link to a diabetes risk test...

http://www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp

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Posted 18 August 2004 - 10:53 PM

Assalamu Alaikum
Jazakallah for being conerned enough about others help to provide this useful information!!

I had gestational diabetes and had to take Insulin, although I knew as soon as I delivered my daughter it would disappear it was a very trying time for me  :cry:  Alhamdilullah I am aware I might develop diabetes in the future, so I am more aware of it!!

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 07:17 AM

Asalaam alaikum,

I had diabetes for at least a year with out knowing it. I started to get a chronic yeast infection with burning hands and feet. I might have had it longer  :cry:

I also lost about 30lbs without even trying. I am thrilled but, I felt awful. Not a good way to lose it.

It is important for woman to look out for symptoms. My cousin who was 44 died last week from diabetes that she did not know she had. :cry:

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 09:53 AM

Assalamu Alaikum
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajioon
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Posted 19 August 2004 - 11:20 AM

Salaam Aliekum!

QUOTE(Amani S.)
Assalamu alaikum...


Not everybody will have every one of these symptoms. Indeed, some people may have no symptoms at all!  




That are thruth.I was one of them.I had one symptom but that was a symptom that I thought about urininfection.So I took a test and that show no infection but very much suger.So next two days I took fasting bloodsuger at work.Then I understood that I have diabetes and went to a doctor.

Special elder people ( 60 and up) have no symptoms.Only they might have are that they drink alot but if they live in warm country that can be diffucult to see.So  be aware about yours mothers, mother in law etc when it`s about this sickness.

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 01:53 PM

Salaam Aliekum Sisters,

JazakAllahu khair Sister Amani for all the useful information on diabetes biggrin.gif ....

And JazakAllahu khair to all Sisters who shared insightful information as well.  Education is the key here....InshaAllah this will help us all to be cautious of the signs of this disease.

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 02:02 PM

Assalamu alaikum...

I had many symptoms for many years but when i would bring it up to the doctor...he would tell me i was a hyperchondriac...said women my age don't just develop type 2 (FALSE...THAT IS A MYTH)...

Finally i began getting yeast infections...one right after another and I had never ever had one before...on the directions to Monistat it tells you that is one of the warning signs...So I went a bought a glucose meter...checked my sugars for a week and took the results to the doc...I told him to call me a hyperchondriac now!  He couldn't and he felt stupid...

Long term undiagnosed diabetes does affect your heart/blood pressure...your kidneys....your liver...and in some cases your brain (i.e. mild dementia)

Don't be shy to question your doctor on any topic...Yes they did go to school for way more years then most of us here but they are human and they don't know everything...

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 03:28 PM

Asalaamua alaykum sisters,

Well my mother has diabetis, and her father died of it.

I have really bad pains in my legs lately, and also headaches. And when i don't eat (and i don't eat alot) i usually get really really shaky, and it goes away after i eat. I am starting to freak out now, because i think i have diabetis also. SubhanAllah.

But the question is, how can you try to avoid it? What should you eat, what shouldn't you eat? And what about yeast infection???

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 05:47 PM

Salaam Aliekum!

You can maybe avoid diabetes if you exercise regular, not are overweight, eat healthy etc.
What I mean with eat healthy :?: Don`t eat so much bad fat, cakes, sweet things.Eat much vegetables, fruit, fat fish and white meat.Eat not treated food as flour,rice.This are some proposal but it`s much more.
It depends of you mother/father have type 1 or type 2.You can try to avoid type 2 but type 1 are more hereditary.
I give you a website I like very much.

:arrow: Search for PREVENTION.COM.

I hope this can help you little Insha-Allah

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 07:10 PM

Salaam Aliekum Sisters,

Sister Nejwa, Shukran for the website (Prevention)......I actually was subscribed to this magazine before moving, and completely forgot about it! :shock:  :?  

biggrin.gif Thanks for the reminder......loaded with some wonderful information, MashAllah. Happy to be back in there reading up! biggrin.gif

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Posted 21 August 2004 - 02:52 PM

Assalamu alaikum...

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