Brittle Diabetes

For those who suffer from diabetes, at times life can be challenging when trying to manage this serious condition. Diabetes affects us at work, at play and when traveling, and even when sleeping, sometimes you can hear people with diabetes say "my diabetes" as if it were another entity. Managing diabetes can become difficult when suffering from Brittle diabetes. What is Brittle Diabetes?

Brittle diabetes is the name physicians give diabetes that is extremely hard to manage. Blood sugars are constantly at high or low levels. It’s also named “labile” diabetes.

Brittle diabetes is associated with type 1 diabetes, it can  cause blood glucose levels to go from hypoglycemic(very low) to hyperglycemic(very high), according to WebMD.

Many things can affect blood sugar levels including not taking your medication or testing your blood sugar as you should, Being under a lot of stress, having an eating disorder, Your intestines fighting to absorb nutrients, suffering from Celiac disease, and Gastroparesis, which is an illness that slows down or prevents emptying food from your stomach into your intestines.

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By Anita Johnson-Brown

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