Diabetes

[HughJass]

get an ECG heart test while u are at the clinic,u may have irregular heart rhythms which can cause dizziness and fatigue......cost approx. 600 baht

[hotrod4098]

i am a diabetic.. my sugar levels have been good..so was on diet control..no medication...my count was 5.8...i spent 2 months

in pattaya drinking sam som coke every night...to wards the last few weeks i was very tired...thirsty and peeing every hour...so i

was aware my sugar level had gone up...

back in the uk had the blood test..the highest reading i have ever had 13...was in the danger level...

so the reason being is that thailand has a lot of sugar in the food..and the cocoa cola is one of the worst things for diabetes...

i got lazy eat to much drank to much...so it caught up with me...back to the serious stuff in the uk..will return to thailand and this time,,,will not do the same again...

[sustento]

Here is a recent article on diabetes in Thailand - the third largest cause of death in Thailand in 2011 responsible for nearly 7% of total deaths (the global average is around 3%). http://inversionpoint.com/diabetes-in-thailand-statistics

That's very misleading. You can't actually die from diabetes although you can die prematurely from many of the complications it causes.

[MJP]

Here is a recent article on diabetes in Thailand - the third largest cause of death in Thailand in 2011 responsible for nearly 7% of total deaths (the global average is around 3%). http://inversionpoint.com/diabetes-in-thailand-statistics

That's very misleading. You can't actually die from diabetes although you can die prematurely from many of the complications it causes.

Yes, you generally die through a heart attack or other organ failure or septicemia or other horror. But this can be caused by an acute spike in blood sugars I've been told before. If you have an episode of extremely high blood glucose this will likely cause a heart attack.

But interested to hear a physicians or medical specialists view on this.

[Bantex]

Life's to short to worry.

See a doctor.

Live every day as if it's your last & someday you'll be right.

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[GMajor]

... Grow up and see a doctor.

Haven't seen one for 30 years (I was 60), when I told him so he replied "I don't see my mechanic either when everything runs smooth"... Got a full check-up then analysis confirmed high blood pressure and pre-diabetic condition. I tell you Man, the sooner the better.

[Overcome]

Here is a recent article on diabetes in Thailand - the third largest cause of death in Thailand in 2011 responsible for nearly 7% of total deaths (the global average is around 3%). http://inversionpoint.com/diabetes-in-thailand-statistics

That's very misleading. You can't actually die from diabetes although you can die prematurely from many of the complications it causes.

Yes, you generally die through a heart attack or other organ failure or septicemia or other horror. But this can be caused by an acute spike in blood sugars I've been told before. If you have an episode of extremely high blood glucose this will likely cause a heart attack.

But interested to hear a physicians or medical specialists view on this.

I understand what you are saying but it's the World Health Organisation that defines Diabetes Mellitus as a Cause of Death and that's the way it is compared across all countries.

But by the same token they also define HIV/AIDS as a cause of death which I think probably falls into a similar category in that is isn't the AIDS that kills but what the condition has allowed to occur such as pneumonia or something else. I think that road traffic accidents and 'falls' may also come into the same sort of definition - if you fall and crack your head on the pavement and snuff it as a result then it would probably be a cerebral whatsit that was the killer but it in turn was caused by your fall (which in turn was probably caused by the way footpaths are constructed in Thailand and so on it goes).

But I think the WHO statistics, in being consistent about the original underlying reason behind what may have been the killer blow, gives a lot more meaning to the true position in terms of what are the causes of death in Thailand ... and while you are strictly speaking accurate that these are not the final cause of death I don't agree with you that it's misleading ... but perhaps there is a better way of describing this than 'Cause of Death'. However that is what the WHO uses and it would probably be even more confusing to change that descriptor.

[Overcome]

i am a diabetic.. my sugar levels have been good..so was on diet control..no medication...my count was 5.8...i spent 2 months

in pattaya drinking sam som coke every night...to wards the last few weeks i was very tired...thirsty and peeing every hour...so i

was aware my sugar level had gone up...

back in the uk had the blood test..the highest reading i have ever had 13...was in the danger level...

so the reason being is that thailand has a lot of sugar in the food..and the cocoa cola is one of the worst things for diabetes...

i got lazy eat to much drank to much...so it caught up with me...back to the serious stuff in the uk..will return to thailand and this time,,,will not do the same again...

I agree totally with you. I'm also diabetic and thought I was doing OK until about a year ago when I had a rude awakening to the fact that my levels were way out of control.

Compared with Australia it is extremely difficult to find foods that don't have a huge amount of sugar in them ... go to a convenience store and really look hard and you will end up what happens to me sometimes - my snack is a bottle of water. The availability of healthy food choices in regular retail outlets; and the labelling (quite apart from the language challenge) makes it tough to get low or no sugar products - but I find that in general public awareness is almost non-existent both of the dangers of this sugar-laden diet as well as what has and hasn't got sugar.

Try asking for a diet coke or similar in any fast food or restaurant and you'd think you had asked for a glass of virgin's blood. Ask someone local to make you a coffee with no sugar and chances are it will be made from 3-in-1 which is from memory 28% sugar - but people simply aren't tuned in to this.

Bottom line is I have had to become a grey deal more disciplined and bloody-minded about both what I eat/drink as well as medication because no-one is in a position to look after me if I don't do it myself.

[chiang mai]

Sugar consumption is only one very small part of the picture, the larger and more dangerous part is refined carbohydates - toast and sugar laden cereal for breakfast, sandwich for a snack at 11am. burger, fries or pizza for lunch pie and chips for dinner, all washed down with lashing of coke or similar, deadly.

[louse1953]

If you worry about diabetes its quite cheap to go to a clinic in the morning and let them draw some blood for testing. Its not expensive and its also good to know if your pre diabetic.. at that point you can still help yourself. Doctors are not only there for when your ill.. some tests like this one can be done to see if you are at risk.

I take some other blood tests too at times to check if things are still ok.

2 years ago i found out that i was at risk for diabetic (still in the safe zone but high) I changed a few things now totally risk free from that. Thing is if you test at risk you should change your diet.

Same here.I thought i lived a healthy life style,but too many carbos,rice,pasta and potatoes.Cut these down or out and back to normal.

[JohnC]

where is byetta available in pattaya and what price please??

[AyG]

The Thailand distributor is DHSK. You could try asking them. Contact details on the website at http://www.dksh.co.th/

[JohnC]

Thanks AyG will do.