Your ability to control urination or defecation requires: a normal anatomy, a normally functioning nervous system and, being able to determine and respond to the warning signs of an impending bathroom call. Incontinence is the involuntary discharge of urine or faeces due to a lack of control by ... Views: 1122
Diabetes mellitus more commonly referred to as Diabetes belongs to a group of related diseases in which a person’s blood sugar level is higher than normal. This occurs either because the body cannot produce enough insulin, or the insulin being produced is not efficiently used by the body. ... Views: 771
Diabetes mellitus, more commonly referred to as Diabetes, is a group of related diseases in which a person’s blood sugar level is higher than normal. This occurs either because the body cannot produce enough insulin or, the insulin being produced is not used by the body efficiently. Glucose is ... Views: 992
Neuropathies are a variety of ailments which arise when nerves of the peripheral nervous system - the nervous system aside from the brain and spinal cord - are damaged; this is most commonly referred to as peripheral neuropathy. Approximately 50% to 70% of the people who suffer with diabetes, in ... Views: 1176
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a chronic illness in which your blood pressure readings are constantly 140/90 and above. If your pressure rises and remains high for an extended period it can lead to: stroke, heart attack, heart failure, arterial aneurysm or kidney failure. In the majority ... Views: 685
Diabetes is a disease in which the blood glucose or sugar levels in our system are too high. The principal source of glucose is in the foods we eat: starchy foods such as bread, rice and potatoes or from sugar and sweet foods. Our blood carries the glucose to all of the cells in the body ... Views: 1297