Re: Sex issues---mito and/or diabetes

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Yes,

I almost forgot about the diabetes problems. Shortly after I was done testing

for baseline with the melas I was talking to my gp. At the time I was having

alot of problems with tingling in my feet, top of my foot was numb (that is the

initial reason I had the testing done--found nerves are shot), also my hands

tingling. But I also had a complaint about discharges and general overall

fatique and no desire.

My gp (a woman) who had studied alot of metabolic stuff in her residency and was

first learning more about MELAS, said that the problems could be caused by the

melas or diabetes. It would be hard to know. She said out of control blood

sugar can cause alot of strange problems. About a month after that we found an

oral med that worked and lowered my sugar to 140 most of the time. Some of the

symptoms went away. Today I seldom have problems and my sugar has been 115-125

most of the time with sometimes 60, although I am on the insulin pump now.

However a month ago I had a strange discharge that I thought was an infection.

Yeast infections are very common with diabetics. anyway, nothing could be found

on the lab report. It was itchy so that is why I went in--was driving me crazy.

After about a week it went away. I often have an abnormal vaginal discharge

when I am sick with a runny nose--I call it my body wierd. The gp does not know

why this is but never have mentioned it to any other doc.

Janet

Re: Sex issues

--- Joanne Kocourek servedogmom@...> wrote:

One of the most difficult issues I faced

> when working in a clinic that treated patients with

> hypertension and cardiac problems was compliance

> with

> taking medications because of the side effects

> associated with sexual drive/activity. T>

The blood pressure meds could definately be causing

problems. The mito itself and its associated fatigue

could also cause a huge problem. I'm not sure about

the blood sugar meds but diabetes can cause problems

too.

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