Diabetes

[emmie]

if a person went undiagnosed when overweight, due to not being tested, would diabetes show up in fasting test, blood test being considerably lighter. may seem a strange question, but any thoughts would be useful -

[Sqad]

Say it again..........in simple terms.

[Peter Pedant]

yes a fasting blood glucose if it is raised, is a good indicator of diabetes.

- which is what you asked, wasnt it, as you said he hadnt been tested before.

[emmie]

ok,
a year ago i was overweight, which has been swinging back and forth for quite a while, around that time i was getting the
sharp stabbing sensations in the buttocks, and nagging pain in the coccyx area, underside of feet, which has got worse.
if i didn't do a blood and fasting test a year ago when this started, would it show up now i am considerably lighter.

not sure can explain this any better.

[emmie]

the neurologist said that everything i presented with indicated diabetes,
but this small peripheral neuropathy that i have been told is what causes the nerve damage can also be product of undiagnosed diabetes.
one thing is that i ended up in hospital earlier this week with severe gastric problems, likely caused by the naproxen i was given.

[Sqad]

Interesting.........I don't know.

If you had had type 2 diabetes a year ago but you were not tested and you dieted and lost weight over the last year, a fasting blood sugar may well be normal.........i.e you had cured your diabetes.

However as PP has said a raised blood sugar now would confirm the diagnosis.

[emmie]

i didn't diet, the weight has been dropping off,

[Sqad]

P.S Peripheral neuropathy is a complication of long standing, poorly controlled diabetes.........and you do not fit that bill.

[emmie]

the electrical sharp stabbing sensations are the worse because they happen any time, and so far no one has come up with a definitive answer,
i have a theory, but have to speak with the neurologist, which isn't going to be easy, ii have left one message already.

[whirlyhurly]

Oh no I have been taking Naproxen for the past few weeks, I thought this was safe to take !

[emmie]

if so why did the registrar neurologist put it forward as an explanation,
i have been in distress over this because there hasn't been a way to shut it off, not without high doses of medicines, like Gabapentin, Pregabalin
the first made the room spin continuously, and slur words.

[jno]

Naproxen has side effects, but so does anything.

http://www.drugs.com/sfx/naproxen-side-effects.html

[whirlyhurly]

Thanks for the link jno

[emmie]

i took it and 30 minutes later i was doubled over in agony, i don't tolerate meds well at all, can't take co codamol, it could also have been the co drydomol which was prescribed for pain relief.
they irritate my gut completely, i haven't experienced pain like that since i had pancreatitis

[emmie]

sqad from jno link

this is what happened

difficult or labored breathing
feeling of indigestion,


pain in the chest below the breastbone
shortness of breath

[emmie]

having been violently sick several weeks ago taking doxcyline i am not inclined to take much at all

[Sqad]

emmie...i am getting confused.

You started the thread about undiagnosed diabetes and now we have got to the side effects of naproxen.

[jno]

cone on, Sqad, even in the old days people had more than one ailment at a time! I myself have 347 on a good day.

[emmie]

sqad, sorry to confuse you, i only wondered if being overweight a year back
i could have had an undiagnosed diabetes, as i wasn't tested when i went for back, leg pain tests.
the sickness seems to come from certain medicines, irritating the gut.

[murraymints]

As stated before dad takes amitriptyline for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in feet...doesn't take symptoms away completely , but helps at night...

[pixie373]

It will only show if you are diabetic now. They can measure your readings over the last three months, but i don't think they can tell you any further back than that. (if I'm understanding your question).