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High blood sugar in young children with type 1 diabetes linked to changes in brain growth
Investigators have found that young children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have slower brain growth compared to children without diabetes. A new study, published in the December issue of Diabetes, now available ahead of print, suggests that continued exposure to hyperglycemia, or high blood sugars, may be detrimental to the developing brain. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
“Our results show the potential vulnerability of young developing brains to abnormally elevated glucose levels, even when the diabetes duration has been relatively brief,” said Nelly Mauras, MD, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Nemours Children’s Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and lead author of the study.
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Yaaaay! My first weight goal, set in October 2019 was 280 and today I’m 279.8! The next weight goal will be 260 which was the lowest I weighed before I lost a ton of weight… that makes no sense. But before I hit 230, 260 was the lowest I’d been in previous weight loss attempts. So that’s my next goal. After that it’ll be 250, then 230, then who knows! I’m gonna do it this time!
The most important thing though is my health and blood sugar. I had some fruitcake last night and my blood sugar spiked super high and I ended up throwing up in the middle of the night. I’ve definitely connected my nausea and vomiting to high blood sugar. So I need to be more careful. I’ve been really worried since my blood sugar just doesn’t seem to be going down as fast as I would like, but I’m still eating a LITTLE sugar. So maybe I need to cut it out completely for a while and see what happens. I do have an endocrinologist appointment for just after Christmas and we’ll see what they say. Then I have an appointment with my diabetes counselor after that. Hopefully I can figure it out and get it all in check.
I’m feeling motivated and optimistic, and a little scared honestly. My shopping is out of control, my blood sugar is out of control, my exercise is just nonexistent. I’m done shopping. Though I had to spend $300 to get my car today, but I’ll get $200 of that back. I was in a car accident last week. He was uninsured, so I had to pay the deductible up front, but I’ll get $200 back once they prove he’s an uninsured driver, since the deductible for that is only $100. I called the bank today to try to get some of my credit card debt transferred to a card with a lover rate. I should hear back tomorrow as to whether I got approved for that. My starbucks stocks also vested today, so I can access about 1500 if I want to take them all out. I’m not sure If I will or not. It’ll probably depend on whether I get approved for that credit line. I might even then though. So I’m feeling at least slightly optimistic about my debt, though it’ll be a long road. Then I have to figure out my blood sugar. I’m still not eating the best and not exercising and my blood sugar just isn’t getting any better. And it’s not going to get better until I figure myself out. I called my counselor today and left a message to set up an appointment. So I feel like I’m taking steps in getting to where I need to be to at least start. Wish me luck!
Animas Chibi mascot, 2016
(drawn to try and improve my own attitude around my type 1 diabetes)
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“…And she has hearts in her eyes as she looked upon his face. All worry, fear and disappointments have faded away as she enters her happy place.”
All product details on my Instagram post of this look. @ reereephillips
Marijuana and blood sugar control linked, study says
Regular marijuana use is associated with favorable indices related to diabetic control, say investigators. They found that current marijuana users had significantly lower fasting insulin and were less likely to be insulin resistant, even after excluding patients with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Their findings are reported in the current issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
Participants who reported using marijuana in the past month had lower levels of fasting insulin and HOMA-IR and higher levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). These associations were weaker among those who reported using marijuana at least once, but not in the past thirty days, suggesting that the impact of marijuana use on insulin and insulin resistance exists during periods of recent use. Current users had 16% lower fasting insulin levels than participants who reported never having used marijuana in their lifetimes.
Marijuana has been used for centuries to relieve pain, improve mood and increase appetite. Outlawed in the United States in 1937, its social use continues to increase and public opinion is swinging in favor of the medicinal use of marijuana. There are an estimated 17.4 million current users of marijuana in the United States. Approximately 4.6 million of these users smoke marijuana daily or almost daily. A synthetic form of its active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC, has already been approved to treat side-effects of chemotherapy, AIDS-induced anorexia, nausea, and other medical conditions. With the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in two states and the legalization of medical marijuana in 19 states and the District of Columbia, physicians will increasingly encounter marijuana use among their patient populations.
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