Diabetes Type 2 Online Health Community and Support Group

Welcome to the Healia Health Community for Diabetes Type 2. Through this Diabetes Type 2 support group, you can get Diabetes Type 2 information, share experiences about Diabetes Type 2, connect with peers, and get answers to your Diabetes Type 2 questions from health professionals.

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Information About Diabetes Type 2

This community is presented in collaboration with the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, is a chronic disease where either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells do not react normally to insulin. This affects the way the body metabolizes sugar (glucose). It is much more common than Type 1 diabetes.

Diabetes Type 2 Community Questions

medical doctors prescribing drugs (metformin and vytorin) nearly killed me. i'm looking doc w/holistic knowledge.

Submitted by anita g, 24 weeks 2 days ago.

had i continued w/metformin and vytorin i would have been dead two years ago.  when i told my doctor how exhausted and awful i felt, he said, just get used to it.....it goes with your age. i finally listened to the commercials with the contraindications and stopped those drugs.  i… [more] 

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What type of illness would cause exhaustion, swelling and pain in the neck not due to injury

Submitted by Isis905, 25 weeks 2 days ago.

Last year, I woke up one morning exhausted with swelling and pain (without a lump) on the left side of my neck and under my arm pits.  This went on for several days.  I went to my doctor who drew blood for tests.  A few days later, I was told… [more] 

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Does anyone think it matters what the Glycoload (GL) is?

Submitted by Stacey888, 25 weeks 4 days ago.

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pins and needles in hands and feet and cold tingley feeling when showering on skin

Submitted by princess1, 24 weeks 2 days ago.

I have been getting cold tingley sensation when washing during shower no matter what type of sponge/puff or washcloth and throughout the day and night I can be doing anything and my hands/feet will get pins and needles. [more] 

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How can you treat type two diabetes?

Submitted by kylie09, 27 weeks 2 days ago.

I'm doing an I-Search paper for school and I must have a primary source. I hope you can answer my question. [more] 

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is lymn desese contagous

Submitted by mom hudson, 32 weeks 4 hours ago.

i was just told today that i have lymn desese , i would like to know if i can still work with children. [more] 

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