by Patient Guide to Diabetes
A condition associated with an increased risk for developing diabetes. This can be diagnosed by hemoglobin A1c, fasting glucose, or through an oral glucose tolerance test. Prediabetes is usually treated with diet and exercise changes or sometimes with metformin to...
by Patient Guide to Diabetes
Pain in the legs caused by too little blood flow, usually during exercise.
by Patient Guide to Diabetes
Literally means “requiring oxygen (air)”, but often used to describe a type of exercise lasting for a longer period of time that uses oxygen (e.g. jogging, swimming, walking, biking).
by Patient Guide to Diabetes
A type of diabetes mellitus that develops because the body becomes resistant to the action of insulin. Early stages of this type of diabetes may be treated with changes in diet and exercise. Oral medications and/or insulin therapy are usually needed to treat type 2...
by Patient Guide to Diabetes
Typically refers to the result of an intervention (new medication, diet or exercise, etc).
