In the kidney waste substances are filtered from the blood through tangles of capillaries called glomeruli and collected into tiny tubes. The waste substances and water flow into larger tubes and eventually down the ureters into the bladder. In diabetes the membrane around the capillaries may thicken, preventing the passage of wastes. Gradually the glomeruli […]
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Menses become irregular or may cease when diabetes is uncontrolled and become regular when diabetes is well controlled. The kidney threshold for glucose may be reduced during menstruation. Hence glucose may appear in urine even with normal blood glucose level.
Fluctuations in blood glucose level may occur in different phases of the menstrual cycle. The pattern […]
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The injected insulin when gets absorbed into the body via blood, its action in lowering the blood sugar is continuous and bears no relation to the needs of the sugar levels in the blood. In other words, even when the blood sugar reaches the normal level or even below normal levels, injected insulin continues to […]
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