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You will find out through your research that diabetes is a very common disease. Actors and artists, plumbers and poets, construction workers and kids still in school — this disease affects a little of every group on the planet. Learn to manage your disease properly by using the tips found in this article.

Diabetes is a complicated disease, which leads to many new precautions you’ll need to take. One is to make sure that your dry ,cracked hands and feet remain moisturized. Your extremities will be at an increased risk of getting an infection, so ensuring dry skin doesn’t crack open and let the germs in, is vital.

If you are diabetic, you need to be taking extra good care of your feet. More than half of all foot amputations are related to diabetes. Make sure you are cleaning them well, and not putting any extra strain on your feet. That means not standing for long periods of time, or doing anything to strenuous.

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Watch your feet. More than half of all foot and leg amputations performed in the U.S. are related to diabetes. Diabetes can cause nerve damage and loss of feeling in your feet, known as Neuropathy. It is important for diabetics to check their feet often. You should watch for red spots and swelling, and keep your feet cared for by trimming your nails and wearing comfortable and supportive shoes.

If you have Gestational Diabetes then the concept of “eating for two” needs to be forgotten. You’ll need to reduce your food intake to small amounts every few hours to keep your blood glucose levels in check over the long term of a day. Don’t forget to have a snack before bed to control overnight blood sugar!

If you are a diabetic make sure that you have emergency supplies with you. Make sure to pack an extra glucose meter, insulin, lancet, test strips, syringes and wipes. Hypoglycemia can be treated with glucose tablets, and such tablets can be stored for quite some time. Keeping items such as this handy can ensure that you have a safe trip. An ideal way to carry these items is in a fanny pack.

If you have diabetes, it is important to get the right amount of sleep. Sleeping too much and not sleeping long enough can both affect how much you crave food. If you give in to those cravings, you will gain weight, and you will be at risk for other complications. Try to get around eight hours of sleep each night.

Diabetes is very common, and that also makes it relatively easy to treat — at least in terms of the number of treatment options. Your options are vast here, and the above article has just shed some light on numerous tips and tactics you can use to help you fight your disease. Now you just have to use them. Publish is put up from Uric Acid Symptoms

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yes yes yes and YES a srone that size and smaller CAN cause severe pain!!!!! Any "Doctor" that says NO is ill informed and plain cruel and i have and still do RUN when i come across an idiot like the one your hubby has! Please find another asap. And yes r a JOKE as far as treating Renal Colic goes- He needs something from the Oxycodone class of drugs NOT the Hydrocodone class} Allthough i have gotten pretty good relief from Vicondin ES} anyways i have been getting stones for YEARS and almost all of mine were tiny and i have the to prove alone w/ my own hell that the tiny ones are in fact the most painful!!!! Look it up! Another thing, the Renal CT is ONLY as good as the person reading it,,,,,,,,,,I had a Kstone specialist tell me that! I have had MANY and they have NEVER showed my stones! So ur hubby is lucky they showed any at all ever.{I get stones w/ very little calcium to none in them and they dont show up on conventional xray film} So dont believe me until i take one to their office with me in my purse which i have done for testing etc It is essential that u get one tested to find out its chemical makeup and to find a Dr that knows their stuff b/c until u find the underlying cause he will get them again and again.I found a world wide known specialist in PREVENTION and i cant get to him but he answered my email! And IF he is near he is taking patients .He is in Nebraska,, Dr. S. Leslie
Google him,,,maby he can recomend someone? Hes very nice.I found out more from HIM than all the Uros i have gone to now for years,,,,,,pathetic i know.And the lemon juice /virgin olive oil thing made everyone i know sick as a dog so i am already so sick w/ this pain and nausea i have not tried that yet! They said they all got bad runs and threw up or both! But than there is one other person who swears by it.Look into "Hyperparathyroidism" or "Distal Renal Tubular Acidosos" 2 things that can cause chronic stones.Good luck! I feel his pain

I had an ectopic pregnancy..2 actually, and did not act like I was in pain, because that is just me, and endangered my life..I was told "you cannot be having an ectopic because you are not in enough pain". I see that are still making judgments on how much pain folks should be in. Get another opinion.

I know if 2mm is too small for him to feel, but I think if he has those symptoms with no relief or answers, then he needs to find a new urologist and get a second opinion. If the second urologist figures out the problem, then you need to think seriously about the first urologist to the medical board in your state and/or getting an attorney.

Blood in urine could be from a urinary tract infection (he should have done a UA/CS..urinary analysis and culture) or from cancer (he should have done a urine cytology test) or probably from the stone or of unknown cause (but first you have to rule out the other possibilities).

Lower back and flank pain could be from a repetitive motion (ie chopping/splitting wood, etc) leading to a slipped disc or maybe sciatica (pinched nerve). If he is doing something like chopping wood, then the blood could be maybe from some of jostling around of the kidneys from the movement (happened to me with sciatica and blood in urine from unknown cause that cleared up when I stopped chopping wood).

To test for sciatica, get 2 bathroom scales and stand with one foot on each scale and have someone read the scales. It should read 50% of your weight on each scale, plus or minus 5LBS difference. If more than that difference, then he is putting more weight on one foot than the other foot and probably one hip is higher than the other hip (from a repetitive movement on one side?). This unbalance of the spine can pinch the sciatic nerve, leading to sciatica.

never heard of the lemon juice/olive oil mixture but these either. I would want to know what the stone was made of to see if he needs to limit dairy to prevent more. Lots of water is imperative. When I worked in the ER I could spot someone with a kidney stone a mile away. They are not babies. If the urologist feels not the stone then what? The best advice I think that I could give you is to get a second opinion. He could also have a chronic kidney infection requiring a stint. seen ppl suffer in a lot of pain from this after doctors dismiss it as muscular pain. I wish you all the best.

PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE! First of all, having a stone does not cause pain. The pain is caused from the blockage of urine from the kidney through the ureter. If the stone is not in the ureter and causing blockage, there will not be pain; plain and simple. That is why the urologist said it is not the stone causing pain. HOWEVER, having a kidney stone CAN cause blood in the urine AND, if the stone itself is infected, it can cause the fever and chills (usually a stone is calcium and/or uric acid; rarely other things). I believe he has pyelonephritis (kidney infection), which can cause: pain, fever, chills, lower back/flank pain, and blood in the urine. I HATE IT WHEN DOCTORS DO NOT EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE SAYING WHAT THEY ARE SAYING! A urine analysis should have been done and if there were white cells (pus) and/or bacteria in it, a culture and sensitivity should have been done and antibiotics given. pyelonephritis takes a while to get rid of and a lot of patients complain about for weeks sometimes after treatment is He should be drinking 100 ounces of fluids per day now that he has been diagnosed with a stone (does not have to be ALL water; but not all the SAME thing either). He should be making 2 liters of urine output per day. If you are not getting the answers you need, get a second, third, and opinion if you have to! He should avoid tea, colas, coffee, and leafy green veggies (high in oxalates), and watch his salt intake. He could try taking a hot bath/use a heating pad, take pain meds and use Tylenol or Ibuprofen (if he has no allergy) in between doses of if he needs to. DRINK, DRINK, DRINK to get rid of the infection and pass that stone too while he is at it and prevent future stones. And the word is "stent", meaning a tube to keep an area open, not a stint, which is a period of time.

The ureter would differ in its diameter down its length and a 2mm stone may become stuck or slowly scrape down causing alot of pain.
Mine was fairly small, yet I passed out several times from the pain(and I was fine with natural, drug-free
The stone ended up becoming stuck half way down so I tried the olive oil/lemon juice concoction which was fairly foul and drank lots of water afterwards. All that happened was that I became very bloated and pass much urine. I then tried Coke(as it has caffeine-diuretic) and after drinking a few litres, I ended up passing the stone which by then had broken up into tiny sand-like pieces.

GO TO THE DOCTOR…

annie42 on January 20, 2012 at 4:42 am said:

yes yes yes and YES a srone that size and smaller CAN cause severe pain!!!!! Any "Doctor" that says NO is ill informed and plain cruel and i have and still do RUN when i come across an idiot like the one your hubby has! Please find another asap. And yes r a JOKE as far as treating Renal Colic goes- He needs something from the Oxycodone class of drugs NOT the Hydrocodone class} Allthough i have gotten pretty good relief from Vicondin ES} anyways i have been getting stones for YEARS and almost all of mine were tiny and i have the to prove alone w/ my own hell that the tiny ones are in fact the most painful!!!! Look it up! Another thing, the Renal CT is ONLY as good as the person reading it,,,,,,,,,,I had a Kstone specialist tell me that! I have had MANY and they have NEVER showed my stones! So ur hubby is lucky they showed any at all ever.{I get stones w/ very little calcium to none in them and they dont show up on conventional xray film} So dont believe me until i take one to their office with me in my purse which i have done for testing etc It is essential that u get one tested to find out its chemical makeup and to find a Dr that knows their stuff b/c until u find the underlying cause he will get them again and again.I found a world wide known specialist in PREVENTION and i cant get to him but he answered my email! And IF he is near he is taking patients .He is in Nebraska,, Dr. S. Leslie
Google him,,,maby he can recomend someone? Hes very nice.I found out more from HIM than all the Uros i have gone to now for years,,,,,,pathetic i know.And the lemon juice /virgin olive oil thing made everyone i know sick as a dog so i am already so sick w/ this pain and nausea i have not tried that yet! They said they all got bad runs and threw up or both! But than there is one other person who swears by it.Look into "Hyperparathyroidism" or "Distal Renal Tubular Acidosos" 2 things that can cause chronic stones.Good luck! I feel his pain
Barb M on January 20, 2012 at 5:43 am said:

I had an ectopic pregnancy..2 actually, and did not act like I was in pain, because that is just me, and endangered my life..I was told "you cannot be having an ectopic because you are not in enough pain". I see that are still making judgments on how much pain folks should be in. Get another opinion.
sooz on January 20, 2012 at 6:45 am said:

I know if 2mm is too small for him to feel, but I think if he has those symptoms with no relief or answers, then he needs to find a new urologist and get a second opinion. If the second urologist figures out the problem, then you need to think seriously about the first urologist to the medical board in your state and/or getting an attorney.
Blood in urine could be from a urinary tract infection (he should have done a UA/CS..urinary analysis and culture) or from cancer (he should have done a urine cytology test) or probably from the stone or of unknown cause (but first you have to rule out the other possibilities).
Lower back and flank pain could be from a repetitive motion (ie chopping/splitting wood, etc) leading to a slipped disc or maybe sciatica (pinched nerve). If he is doing something like chopping wood, then the blood could be maybe from some of jostling around of the kidneys from the movement (happened to me with sciatica and blood in urine from unknown cause that cleared up when I stopped chopping wood).
To test for sciatica, get 2 bathroom scales and stand with one foot on each scale and have someone read the scales. It should read 50% of your weight on each scale, plus or minus 5LBS difference. If more than that difference, then he is putting more weight on one foot than the other foot and probably one hip is higher than the other hip (from a repetitive movement on one side?). This unbalance of the spine can pinch the sciatic nerve, leading to sciatica.
Barb M on January 20, 2012 at 9:16 am said:

never heard of the lemon juice/olive oil mixture but these either. I would want to know what the stone was made of to see if he needs to limit dairy to prevent more. Lots of water is imperative. When I worked in the ER I could spot someone with a kidney stone a mile away. They are not babies. If the urologist feels not the stone then what? The best advice I think that I could give you is to get a second opinion. He could also have a chronic kidney infection requiring a stint. seen ppl suffer in a lot of pain from this after doctors dismiss it as muscular pain. I wish you all the best.
Constant reader on January 20, 2012 at 1:05 pm said:

PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE! First of all, having a stone does not cause pain. The pain is caused from the blockage of urine from the kidney through the ureter. If the stone is not in the ureter and causing blockage, there will not be pain; plain and simple. That is why the urologist said it is not the stone causing pain. HOWEVER, having a kidney stone CAN cause blood in the urine AND, if the stone itself is infected, it can cause the fever and chills (usually a stone is calcium and/or uric acid; rarely other things). I believe he has pyelonephritis (kidney infection), which can cause: pain, fever, chills, lower back/flank pain, and blood in the urine. I HATE IT WHEN DOCTORS DO NOT EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE SAYING WHAT THEY ARE SAYING! A urine analysis should have been done and if there were white cells (pus) and/or bacteria in it, a culture and sensitivity should have been done and antibiotics given. pyelonephritis takes a while to get rid of and a lot of patients complain about for weeks sometimes after treatment is He should be drinking 100 ounces of fluids per day now that he has been diagnosed with a stone (does not have to be ALL water; but not all the SAME thing either). He should be making 2 liters of urine output per day. If you are not getting the answers you need, get a second, third, and opinion if you have to! He should avoid tea, colas, coffee, and leafy green veggies (high in oxalates), and watch his salt intake. He could try taking a hot bath/use a heating pad, take pain meds and use Tylenol or Ibuprofen (if he has no allergy) in between doses of if he needs to. DRINK, DRINK, DRINK to get rid of the infection and pass that stone too while he is at it and prevent future stones. And the word is "stent", meaning a tube to keep an area open, not a stint, which is a period of time.
sunflowers on January 21, 2012 at 1:18 am said:

The ureter would differ in its diameter down its length and a 2mm stone may become stuck or slowly scrape down causing alot of pain.
Mine was fairly small, yet I passed out several times from the pain(and I was fine with natural, drug-free
The stone ended up becoming stuck half way down so I tried the olive oil/lemon juice concoction which was fairly foul and drank lots of water afterwards. All that happened was that I became very bloated and pass much urine. I then tried Coke(as it has caffeine-diuretic) and after drinking a few litres, I ended up passing the stone which by then had broken up into tiny sand-like pieces.
LuvzPinK on January 21, 2012 at 3:29 am said:

GO TO THE DOCTOR…