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What are Ketones and Their Tests?

A ketone test can warn you of a serious diabetes complication called diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA. But when you have diabetes, things can run out ...

Insulin Resistance

Insulin resistance is when cells in your muscles, fat, and liver don’t respond well to insulin and can’t use glucose from your blood for energy.

What are Insulin Pumps?

Insulin pumps use short-acting and rapid-acting insulin, but not long-acting, since the pump is programmed to deliver a small amount continuously t...

Inhaled Insulin

Researchers, doctors, and people with diabetes agree that injected insulin works well to manage the disease. If you have type 1 diabetes, you'll st...

Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar)

Diabetes drugs: Ask your doctor if any of your medicines can cause low blood sugar. The doctor will check your blood glucose levels over the next f...

Early Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes

Most early symptoms are from higher- than- normal levels of glucose, a kind of sugar, in your blood. With type 1 diabetes, the symptoms usually hap...

Types of Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus, also called diabetes, is a term for several conditions involving how your body turns food into energy. Prediabetes is when your ...

How Does Diabetes Affect Your Body?

The good news: Many studies show that controlling your diabetes through medication, diet and exercise can help you avoid these problems, or stop th...

Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus

In nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, enough ADH is produced. Unlike diabetes mellitus, which results in sweet tasting urine, diabetes insipidus creat...

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Test for Diabetes

The hemoglobin A1c test tells you your average level of blood sugar over the past 2 to 3 months. Red blood cells live for about 3 months, so the te...

Diabetes and Alcohol

If you have diabetes, drinking alcohol may cause your blood sugar to either rise or fall. If you drink, do it occasionally and only when your diabe...

Insulin Shock and Insulin Reactions

Insulin, which normally is made in the pancreas, is necessary for sugar to enter the cells. It helps keep the levels of sugar in the blood from get...