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These are the initial symptoms, but other more severe:

– muscle weakness
– Slurred speech
– blurred vision
– confusion
– sleepiness
– seizures
– Unconsciousness

There are also symptoms of hypoglycemia diabetes that may occur during the night:

– excessive sweating
– nightmares
– Irritability, tiredness and confusion upon waking. Read the rest of this entry »

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Low levels of blood sugar, called hypoglycemia, affecting people with diabetes. When this “downturn” is not treated in time can have serious consequences for your health. How can you recognize when your sugar is low and what to do to stabilize it? In life and health we tell you what you can do.

The diagnosis of diabetes is usually associated with elevated blood sugar. But the truth is that people with diabetes the glucose or sugar they may fluctuate very low end as well. This is known as “diabetic hypoglycemia or hypoglycemia” and occurs when too much insulin in your blood and not much sugar or glucose.

What causes the lowering of glucose levels in the blood? It may be that you have exceeded the dose of insulin or medication, you have not eaten enough, you’ve been exercising without having eaten, you have taken alcohol or, for some reason, you’ve skipped a meal. Read the rest of this entry »

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When glucose (sugar) in your blood drops to exaggerated levels, is dangerous because you can suffer convulsions and lose consciousness (pass out). So if you notice these symptoms, you should act immediately. What can you do if you think you are suffering from an overdose of insulin?

First, you must check your blood sugar. If confirm that is below 70 mg/dl, do the following:

– Eat something with carbohydrate. Take half cup of unsweetened fruit juice or half a glass of regular soda. Eating a candy can also help.
– Rests. Read the rest of this entry »

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If you have diabetes, you know that insulin plays a vital role to control your condition. For insulin to the desired effect, you must manage it in the correct dose. However, the calculation can sometimes fail or it may be that other factors such as not eating or exercise influences the absorption and the result is an overdose of insulin. Find out what it is, what are the symptoms and what to do if you overdose on insulin.

Marcelo has type 1 diabetes and always have to inject insulin. Luisa, have type 2 diabetes and need insulin injections because oral medications (taken) not worked to control sugar levels in the blood. You see, whether you have diabetes type 1 (when the body produces no insulin) and in some cases of type 2 (when the body does not produce enough or have resistance to it – does not adequately respond to it), insulin is key.

So, think you can overdose on insulin may sound like something that should not have to happen if you know exactly the dose that you administer your and you’re monitored closely by your doctor. However, it could happen in the following cases: Read the rest of this entry »

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Nowadays, we might say that there is always a cure for every disease as the result of health and medicine development as well as the technology in science. There are also various ways of treatment that can be chosen by patients including treatment for piles. Piles treatment also develops than before. But, it does not always relate with technology like the usage of laser or surgery. Many people also try herbal medicine containing natural ingredients which can be safer than chemical medicine.

There are many factors you should consider before choosing what piles treatment that suit for you. First, check your health condition and consult it with your doctor or the experts about the best treatment that suit for your body’s condition. Whether you may consume medicine or supplement or may use some creams, ointments and suppositories or even surgery. Make sure that you follow all of the instructions from the doctors.

Here are the instructions that will help you to get a faster and better result. Don’t do ineptly with your medicine if you unsure about the medicine or treatment. Try to consult with the doctor immediately. Ask the doctor for suggestion about the best steps you should take. Piles treatment can become the best solution for you. Above all, keep your body condition and think positively because it will be better if you have positive thought.

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Diarrhoea should only affect you the most, one week. This is especially true if your condition is caused by improper eating habit. The same goes with traveller’s illness – it should gradually fade away and you will be totally cured within a week. Taking Imodium diarrhoea treatment can also help you ease the symptoms. However, if the symptoms are prolonged, your condition might be caused by something else. The best thing to do is to get a proper diagnosis to know about your actual health condition.

It is a fact of life that nobody in the world can really get away from getting diarrhoea from time to time. In fact, in certain countries it is normal for the adults to be affected by this illness for four to five times annually. They can take Imodium diarrhoea treatment and most of the symptoms will be gone in just a few days.

It is important that you know the real cause of your illness. It may due to acute diarrhoea, which is not that complicated but if it is due to food poisoning you must get immediate treatment because severe cases can even lead to death. You can try using Imodium diarrhoea treatment but make sure your doctor knows about this. This is because this medication is very effective in treating certain types of diarrhoea but it might not provide the same results for those caused by other reasons.

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As a mother, of course you would love your child as much as you can. You would do anything to protect your children until they can stand on their own. If you really understand how important you are for the child, then you must also understand the benefit of banking cord blood once you give birth to your baby. There are many reasons of why you want to save your cord blood; one of them is because you actually have no idea about what would happen to you or your children, several years from now.

Consider banking your this blood as your early investment. There are many diseases that can be cured if you have this asset and a big part of these threats is the blood disease. Cord Blood itself contains a high level of stem cells within it, and once you decide to save it over the cord blood bank, you will have years of protection until one day you really use it.

By the time you agree to store your blood, when you give birth, the health provider will take the blood from the umbilical cord and placenta as well. After that, the management of the bank will take and save it in a sterile place. If in the future, you do not use it, you can discard your investment as medical waste.

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It is a disorder of intestinal motility without structural damage, characterized by the presence of abdominal pain, painful diarrhea, alternating with constipation, bloating after eating and excessive flatulence.

If you have been diagnosed with syndrome “irritable colon” or “irritable bowel” and mild constipation or diarrhea or alternating constipation and diarrhea, you should increase fiber intake by:

Increase your intake of foods rich in fiber: bread, fruits and vegetables with skin.

Use wheat bran supplementation: 4 to 8 tablespoons daily mixed with food or liquids. Read the rest of this entry »

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