Question:
Few days ago I start getting sick, thirst, sleepy, lack of energy, frequent urination, blurred vision, looseing weight. I had diabeties seven months ago when I was pregnant, is there a chance I have it now.
Answer:
Yes, it’s very possible. You have the symptoms and (more…)
Question?
I’ve gotten fever blisters since i was a child, when i reached my teens they got really bad. My whole lip would swell 2 times its size and i’d sometimes get up to 7 blisters and sometimes on both lips. I would have 2 huge lips and it would hurt to even talk. I missed school everytime i got a blister because it looks so horrible and it hurt to even move my mouth. How did i end up getting herpes simplex, which is fever blisters? I dont know how it started?
Answer
You’re right, fever blisters is caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus.
Well, somewhere along the way you’ve come in contact with someone else who had the virus and passed it on to you. Since you’ve been getting the blisters since you were little, you know that you contracted the virus very early. (more…)
Queston:
Why does it takes longer for cuts and wounds to heal for a person with diabetes?
Answer:
First of all is the circulation issue. Circulation is how your body gets oxygen to all the tissues.
Oxygen is needed for healing. Uncontrolled diabetes leads to poor circulation, therefore healing is slowed because of insufficient oxygen getting to the site of injury. (more…)
Question:
If a person chooses to have sex with an HIV+ partner, which is easier, getting HIV or getting pregnant, assuming no condom? (more…)
Anyone would rather spend time with a sweetie pie than with a sour puss, but if you are diabetic, being sweet is not necessarily a good thing. Learn the ABC’s of Diabetes. It really is as easy as 1,2,3. Not only will it save your life, but also your limbs, your heart, your brain, and your kidneys. (more…)
This could be the description of things you’d see on a crisp wintry night. But for many these words describe the shape of their red blood cells, a tell-tale sign of Sickle Cell Disease. Sickle Cell Disease is a hereditary condition, occurring in children whose parents both have the sickle cell trait. Sickle cell can be a very painful, sometimes debilitating illness. The red blood cells in individuals with sickle cell are less flexible, and can lose their usual rounded, disc-like shape, to become sickled-shaped, with jagged edges, kind of like an irregularly shaped icicle or a crescent moon. (more…)