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I have diabetes type 2, If I stop taking my medications would that be certain death? |
Trying to find an easy way out. It would not be certain death and it depends on how well your diabetes is controlled. Some people are able to control their diabetes through diet and exercise alone. This is usually the diabetics who are on oral pills, not insulin. So if you get your weight closer to the ideal body weight for your height, you may be able to go off these pills. However, you shouldn't just stop taking your pills. If you are on insulin, diet and exercise may help, but you probably shouldn't stop taking it. If you stop taking your medication, you might first become very uncomfortable. You might be thirsty, gain or lose weight, pee a lot, and feel moody, irritable, shaky, or sweaty. You would be increasing your risk of complications including heart attack, stroke, blindness, lost limbs, sexual dysfuncation, etc. Diabetes is very serious. I would suggest not going off your medications unless you have talked to your doctor about it and really thought about the consequences for awhile. If the medicine is too expensive, talk to your doctor or call the drug company. They might be able to get it to you for free or at least at a reduced cost. It would be better to just take the medications. The diabetes would kill you, but it would be a long drawn out ordeal. Your circulation would get all skrewed up, especially in your feet, and you would also go blind first. i would highly recommend consulting with your doc first. not taking care of your diabetes and keeping your sugars regulated can lead to some serious complications both acute (if your sugar goes too high) and long-term it can affect your heart, eyes, nerves, and kidneys. yes and no. chances are that you will first become real sick feeling, you could break out in a cold sweet, pass out and might go into a coma. if you are found during the first two fazes and are giving juice or candy you might come out of it. if you go into a coma and you are found they will tube you and keep you that way until they can get ever thing back yo normal. all of this can really mess you up. it would be a very long and painful death. check in with the diabetes web pages, they have a lot of really good advice and receipts that will make living with the diseases not as hard as you might think. If you are heavy and loose some weight you might be able to manage the disease with diet. High blood sugars can lead to many complications in diabetes: Diabetic retinopathy - this can lead to permanent blindness. Having high blood sugars due to no medications can cause this to occur a lot faster. Diabetic nephropathy - your kidneys can get very fibrotic and damaged resulting in loss of kidney function - this can be fatal but takes many years to progress. Your medicines (especially if you are on an ACE inhibitor - any medications that ends in -pril) will slow or prevent progression of this disease. Diabetic neuropathy - you can get pain and tingling as the nerves get damaged by high blood sugars. Foot - you can get many infections, gangrene, foot ulcers and multiple fractures (a degenerative foot disease known as Charcot's). The worst part is rapidly progressing peripheral vascular disease - this means coronary artery disease (heart attacks), strokes and peripheral vascular disease. Peripheral vascular disease can cause life-threatening problems such as infarction/death of sections of gut, kidney failure, abdominal aortic aneurysm (which can rupture and produce catastrophic bleeding). If you are having problems with your medications or side effects, talk to your doctor about other options in managing your diabetes. It is also important to take care of lifestyle issues - exercise, eat a healthy well-balanced diet, check blood sugars regularily. I would encourage you to stick with your treatment plan. If you are able to stick with it, many of these complications can be avoided. I'm a medical student. Merck Manual (medical Textbook), lecture material, Toronto Notes (another medical textbook) Diet Guidelines http://www.diabetes911.net/readit/chapte... Blood Sugar Management http://www.dlife.com/dlife/do/showconten... |
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