During an acute illness, blood sugar levels usually rise. These hormones can be triggered by any kind of stressful condition such as an infection, a cardiovascular or cerebrovascular ischemic event, gastroenteritis, dehydration, etc. Konstantinos Makrilakis, Nikolaos Katsilambros. MORE >>

He was so dehydrated, the doctors had to cut there to find a vein. There have been instances where he missed a blood sugar check. He still has scars on his inner ankles from when he was diagnosed at 8 months old, in fact he showed them to me yesterday. Last year I was very conflicted about J turning 13. And he talks! We have arrived. MORE >>

The means symptoms are vomiting, dehydration, confusion, gasping breath and occasionally falling under coma. When the reason high blood sugar levels present, it ease easily separated from other forms of Ketoacidosis. Diabetic Ketoacidosis What is diabetic ketoacidosis ? The complication arises due to shortage of insulin. MORE >>

What a year 2009 was for the West household! We've had so much happen and I thought I'd just do a brief recap of some highlights of 2009. To read more about most of the events mentioned, you can scroll back through my blog by month over at the right. hope everyone has a very safe and happy new year! Here's to a wonderful 2010 MORE >>

People with poorly controlled diabetes are often dehydrated and vitamin B depleted. However, only 6 percent say they use energy drinks, perhaps because most are aware that caffeine, sugar, herbal stimulants and other ingredients may be unhealthy options for them survey indicates. Living with diabetes is a constant challenge. MORE >>