Guest guest Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Hello, I live in Ohio and every few months local grocery stores and churches will offer screening for diabetes, glaucoma, cholesterol, etc. I would recommend checking with your local grocery store or church and ask when they will be having these screenings in your area. > Hi everyone, > > here is my question. Is there a economic way to test for diabetes > without going to a physician? > > thanks christa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Also, you may check the senior apartments they generally do screening every month. Sometimes they want a medicasre/medicaid card and sometimes not. Depends on the company doing the screenings. The mall also does many screenings. Glad I could be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 There is an autoimmune form of diabetes. I think it's called Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults, or LADA. It's a Type 1 diabetes, or Type 1.5. Why would you want to wait weeks or months to begin dealing with it? H. In a message dated 10/27/06 9:15:12 AM, sophie65@... writes: !!!!!!!! just had my checkup, and my sugar level is high... and on diabetes.org they specifically put a possible link between celiac and diabetes... SHIT! Anybody here? Am I really at risk? or could it be because I'm healing and my gut and my diet are not completely in sync yet? The only thing I read (and recommended by my doc) is "exercise". Which I could do. But I also wonder about the food we cook. Does replacing wheat by rice add so much sugar? Anyway. I need to live a few weeks/ months chewing on the news, and pay attention to what I do wrong and improve. And yes, having be on a 3000cal a day diet for over 20years (and thin as a stick) takes some time to adjust to eating less. :-) Sophie (31) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 I believe the genetic link between celiac and diabetes applies primarily to Type I. DQ8 (one of the 'celiac genes') is also a high risk marker for Type I Diabetes. --- Debbie Duncan <debbie@...> wrote: > Sophie, as I understand it, there is a genetic link > between celiac > disease and diabetes -- so strong that many newly > diagnosed diabetic > children are being screened for celiac disease. The > Kaiser Santa > Clara pediatrician who spoke at the Stanford > Conference a few years > ago said that celiac children who do not follow the > diet are at a > much higher risk of developing diabetes. > > Anecdotally, I've observed this for years: every > year at the > Conference there'll be about two diabetics among a > group of 25 > children. That's not the case in " normal " > classrooms. They all have > Type I diabetes, and yours may be Type II (2?). > > > On Oct 27, 2006, at 8:57 AM, sophie_and_martin > wrote: > > > !!!!!!!! > > just had my checkup, and my sugar level is high... > and on > > diabetes.org they specifically put a > > possible link between celiac and diabetes... SHIT! > > > > Anybody here? Am I really at risk? or could it be > because I'm > > healing and my gut and my diet > > are not completely in sync yet? > > > > The only thing I read (and recommended by my doc) > is " exercise " . > > Which I could do. But I also > > wonder about the food we cook. Does replacing > wheat by rice add so > > much sugar? > > > > Anyway. I need to live a few weeks/ months chewing > on the news, and > > pay attention to what I > > do wrong and improve. And yes, having be on a > 3000cal a day diet > > for over 20years (and thin > > as a stick) takes some time to adjust to eating > less. :-) > > > > Sophie (31) > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Ok, sorry. Somehow I missed your original post so now that I see it I have a few things to add (some of which you may know). As I mentioned in my other post, the genetic link between CD and DM is for Type I (via DQ8, for one). Type I Diabetes Mellitus is an autoimmune disease involving destruction of the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin. Historically, we have called and thought of Type I as a disease with onset in childhood. It used to be called Juvenile Diabetes. While this term is accurate for a child, it implies that the disease only affects (or more accurately, presents) in children. This is NOT the case. People of any age can develop Type I diabetes (though it is more common for it to show up in children). We used to call it MODY (mature onset diabetes of the young) when it appeared in adults but basically its all type I. Beta cell destruction is not, at this point, reversible and there is no 'cure.' All type I diabetics will reach a point in their disease where they will require insulin therapy (which will be lifelong pending other medical advancements in ones lifetime . Most of the oral diabetic therapies have no role in DM type I treatment. Type II diabetes is not an autoimmune disease. The primary mechanism of type II is reduced sensitivity to insulin in muscle and other peripheral tissue. Diet and exercise are first line treatments and can successfully manage DM II if caught early. There are also a number of oral medications available. Ultimately (especially if earlier stages are not caught or are poorly managed) DM II can also result in insulin therapy dependance. I don't know how high is high in your case (and I'm certainly not asking you to post it! but one high fasting blood glucose value (it was fasting-preferabley overnight, right??) isn't a diagnosis of DM. However, since you have another autoimmune disease I think your doctor is remiss to simply assume its a prediabetic type II state and tell you to exercise. Were you scheduled for further fasting blood glucose testing? Because management of the two types is different it is important, in my opinion, to pursue the differential diagnosis in your case. It is true that for most people your age presenting with a high blood sugar level would probably indicate type II or a prediabetic 'impaired glucose regulation' state but I think your co-presentation with CD merits additional examination. I also think you're on to something with the rice/wheat exchange. I don't know much about how you ate before or your diet now but its much easier to consume whole grains (which have more fiber and less glycemic impact) as a wheat eater than someone following the GF diet. Plain white rice has a fairly high glycemic impact and it can be difficult to find products that use more brown rice flours. It's hard enough to find the non-wheat products in the first place!! Sorry for the novel. For the record lest anyone think otherwise I'm not a physician, I'm a pharmacy student, but we have a good deal of DM training because pharmacists are becoming key players in assessing and managing this complicated disease state. --- sophie_and_martin <sophie65@...> wrote: > !!!!!!!! > just had my checkup, and my sugar level is high... > and on diabetes.org they specifically put a > possible link between celiac and diabetes... SHIT! > > Anybody here? Am I really at risk? or could it be > because I'm healing and my gut and my diet > are not completely in sync yet? > > The only thing I read (and recommended by my doc) is > " exercise " . Which I could do. But I also > wonder about the food we cook. Does replacing wheat > by rice add so much sugar? > > Anyway. I need to live a few weeks/ months chewing > on the news, and pay attention to what I > do wrong and improve. And yes, having be on a > 3000cal a day diet for over 20years (and thin > as a stick) takes some time to adjust to eating > less. :-) > > Sophie (31) > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 thanks for all yoru answers. no it not over the line. My result was right on the line (100), and my dr just dropped the line " pre diabetes. Increase exercise " . I went online to understant how excercise could possibly be linked to diabetes. Diabetes.org was a good start... till I read " celiac " and my brain clicked. No my doctor didnt panick, and my next blood count is scheduled in a year. What worries me is what I put in my first message. We are eating abnormaly more carbs than others. Thats why I wonder if there is a link and if there is a possibility (and it seems it's not stupid to think so), I can NOW change some of our cooking habits so next year the blood count is OK. I also fear that not changing my diet slightly kind of soon might exponentiate the problem because I " feel " that I'm healing full speed (no/tiny reaction from the last contamination!!!) (and assuming that I will indeed plateau at a regular 2000calorie diet) Last, and specificaly because you are in pharmacy business. Could you explain the blood testing options? We bought a good blood pressure machine after hubby got hight numbers in office, and monitoring over several months, several times a day really helped him figure out how to improve his life style. Considering the price of the copays in this country.. I'd rather spend 100 bucks in a machine.. and do my statistiques over 60 days than spend 3 visits and 3 labs ;-) (of course, only if it makes sense) thansk again to all of you. And yes, I'll try to search and label my GF flours according to sugars, so I can use them the right way. Sophie > All type I > diabetics will reach a point in their disease where > they will require insulin therapy (which will be > lifelong pending other medical advancements in ones > lifetime . > > Type II diabetes is not an autoimmune disease. The > primary mechanism of type II is reduced sensitivity to > insulin in muscle and other peripheral tissue. Diet > and exercise are first line treatments and can > successfully manage DM II if caught early. There are > also a number of oral medications available. > Ultimately (especially if earlier stages are not > caught or are poorly managed) DM II can also result in > insulin therapy dependance. > > > I also think you're on to something with the > rice/wheat exchange. I don't know much about how you > ate before or your diet now but its much easier to > consume whole grains (which have more fiber and less > glycemic impact) as a wheat eater than someone > following the GF diet. Plain white rice has a fairly > high glycemic impact and it can be difficult to find > products that use more brown rice flours. It's hard > enough to find the non-wheat products in the first > place!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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