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retaining water and sugar lows

	helion	Closed Category: Health Posted: 2007-02-22 Status: Closed / helion $ 5 has been prepaid
	Location: Santa Nella, Ca 0 accepts/ 1 questions Accept Rate: 100%	i have an 82 year old mother and lately her legs and feet swell and she actually is dreing water from her legs, what would cause this and what can we do for it. she is a diabetic but her sugar at night goes really low so she stopped taking her insulin

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	bkdaniels	Posted: 2007-02-28 09:18:00
	Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Answers Given: 166 Offline	Swelling of the legs or body parts, in the diabetic, could represent heart failure and acute and chronic nephritis (kidney failure) resulting from fluids collecting in the tissues. This causes swelling and rarely draining of fluids. When there is a severe lack of insulin, glucose accumulates rapidly in the blood, causing hyperglycemia and glycosuria. In addition, fat is broken down, with an accumulation produces produces acid, their accumulation produces acidity of the blood (acidosis). When large amounts of glucose is spilled into the urine, large amounts of water and salts (sodium, potassium, and so on) are also lost and severe dehydration results. Omission of insulin probably constitutes the single largest cause of diabetic acidosis. Occasional insulin reactions are almost unavoidable, and so is insulin resistance in almost all diabetic patients. However, her Physician will have to determine the exact cause of her low insulin levels at night. Some of the cause may be caused by excessive insulin dosage, delayed food intake, or unusual physical activity. Very rarely, an increased sensitivity to insulin is due to early adrenal or pituitary hypofunction. Treatments and management of diabetes can become extremely exhausting for the diabetic, over time. Because of the fragile condition of these patients and the many uncertainties regarding the nature of this syndrome, patients may tend to "give up". You should ensure your mother that it is worth the effort to continue treatment. Occasional insulin reactions and insulin resistance are almost unavoidable in almost all diabetic patients, but they are harmless if reconized and treated early. Hope this answers your question! REFERENCE(S) 1. American Diabetes Association, Depression (Online: American Diabetes Association, 2006) http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes/depression.jsp 2. Dr. Gerald Reaven, Type II Diabetes Syndrome X (Online: General Clinical Research Center: Stanford University Hospitals & Clinics, 2003) http://syndromex.stanford.edu/InsulinResistance.htm 3. Martin Budd, N.D., D.O., Lic.Ac., Low Blood Sugar - Hypoglycemia (Online: Diabetes Information Library, 2006) http://www.diabetessymptom.net/news/news_item.cfm?NewsID=7 A person that won't TREAT you right, damn sure won't TEACH you right!