Friday 22 January 2010

Diabetes Affects The Body's Ability To Use Blood Sugar For Energy.

By Pedro Toledo

Inability to achieve and then maintain erection hard enough to have an intercourse is termed "Erectile Dysfunction". It comes under an umbrella term of "impotence". Impotence covers some other sexual problems like inability to orgasm or lack of arousal. However it s important to make clear that erectile dysfunction is not an occasional disability that is generally experienced by every men. If a person is suffering from erectile dysfunction he may be unable to achieve and then maintain erection most of the times.

Usually this form of diabetes is diagnosed during 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy. When the woman is being checked for gestational diabetes, she will be informed not to eat anything for 4 to 8 hours prior to the test. Then her blood sugar level is checked. Thereafter, she will be given a sugar laced drink and once again her blood sugar level will be checked after a period of 2 hours. If the blood sugar level is more than 140mg/dl, the diagnosis will be gestational diabetes.

While you take these blood sugar readings daily, your health care provider is interested in another number... that of the HbA1c measurement. This number helps you to adjust your food and exercise and helps your health care provider with adjusting your medications. Of course, you are looking for a level less than 6.0%. The HbA1c gives you an average of your blood sugar over the last three months.

How to prevent erectile dysfunction if you are experiencing signs of diabetes Get Hold of Your Blood Sugar Levels: This will enable you to prevent the damage to nervous and vascular system of the body. These two are the diabetic complications that results in erectile dysfunction. Talk To Doctor: He is in a better position of helping you to control the levels of blood sugar thus preventing damage to different body systems.

Other studies have shown that glycated albumin is important in detecting short-term changes in blood sugar control, and the test is highly recommended to be used when looking for a glycemic indicator in pregnant mothers diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Researchers also commented that the use of this test could save on health care costs.

If gestational diabetes is not treated or controlled, it can be dangerous for the baby. The baby can get jaundice, respiratory distress syndrome, die after 28 weeks of pregnancy or die after birth as it will suffer from hypoglycemia after birth.

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