Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 I read your article with interest Bea.. My observations with people in our community: Elderly people tend to develope diabetes as their body wears out and some organs tend to shut down.The age varies depending on one's health problems Most of my elderly friends with heart disease and cholesterol problems end up diabetic. My Mother was diagnosed as diabetic a few months before she died. I now realize she had diabetic symptoms several years before but Dr did not even recognize it OR did not tell her. DR. don't realize the symptoms greatly affect their health and comfort. My MOM had itching which was diagnosed as yeast infection and was very uncomfortable and her dr treated her but not for diabetics which was the real cause. Her Dr had a hip replacement and someone else took his patients fortunately for my Mother the substitite Dr recognized her problem and When we cut out her sugar (her addiction) her symptoms and discomfort went away. This undiagnosed medical problem also causes blindness and memory problems in the elderly. Gladys Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:55:32 +1000 Subject: Re: commercial diets Recently I started reading a huge document about the standards for treating older people who have diabetes in Australia. It appears to have been developed after much discussion and forums of people in the field. One thing that stunned me was the lowering of standards for older people on the basis of life expectancy. In a nutshell if the doctor thinks you have 5 or less years to go - they don't bother with fussing over getting BGs down. If your life expectancy is longer -10 years then they suggest modest (by our standards) levels, and if your life expectancy is 15 or more years then they suggest more stringent goals and efforts to keep your BGs down. It was far roo long to print - and I will go back and check it sometime - but I'm writing about other topics at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 In a message dated 3/19/2004 10:54:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, diabetes_int writes: > This undiagnosed medical problem also causes blindness and memory problems > in the elderly. > Gladys Was this temporal arteritis? That is what my mother had. She was left undiagnosed for so long that the treatment killed her. Just before she died, I think they said she was diabetic, but not sure. This is a very common and treatable illness if treated early. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 > Gladys > Was this temporal arteritis? > That is what my mother had. She was left undiagnosed for so long that > the treatment killed her. Just before she died, I think they said she > was diabetic, but not sure. This is a very common and treatable > illness if treated early. > > Janet Diabetics have more than usual oxidative stress, A.K.A. free radical damage. Most diabetic complications including this one can be avoided with a decent antioxidant program and avoiding foods that lead to acidic cellular and extracellular fluids, such as carbs, and known free radical producers such as the polyunsaturated oils, which cause atherosclerosis ayway. Here's a brand new study that deals with this specific " disease " . BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE. Oxidative injury caused by lipid oxidation is considered a major factor in the development of several ocular disorders including temporal arteritis. This study investigates the role of 8-epi-PGF2alpha as a marker of oxidative stress in vivo. CONCLUSIONS. Our findings ...suggest that lipid peroxidation products may also play a role in the pathogenesis of this disease. Ophthalmologe. 2004 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\ ct & list_uids=14999422 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 HI Duncan Thanks. I will send this on to my brother who would have a better understanding of this than I. Janet >>CONCLUSIONS. Our findings ...suggest that lipid peroxidation products >>also play a role in the pathogenesis of this disease. >>Ophthalmologe. 2004 >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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