Red Rash on Face - Tips That Will Help Prevent Angular Cheilitis

Having dry cracked skin around your mouth can sure be painful. It can make opening your mouth seem almost unbearable. So if you are suffering from cracked skin around the corners of your mouth then you have what is called angular cheilitis. It is a very common skin condition that people from all over the world suffer from. Thankfully you can start preventing it for good by following a few easy tips.

The first thing you must do is start drinking more water. By drinking at least seven glasses of water each day you will allow your skin to become healthier. And that is just what you want. Having moisturized and healthy skin is a way easier way to get rid of that dry skin.

Another way that you can get rid of angular cheilitis is by applying a warm cloth around the affected skin. This helps speed up the blood flow and will allow for faster healing. So instead of doing nothing about that dry skin on your face you need to start following these tips. They will help you get those results that you are looking for.

All About Diabetes Mellitus

What is All About Diabetes Mellitus?

Diabetes mellitus is a disease that causes higher than normal blood sugars in its sufferers. It is of two types: (1) Type I diabetes, which normally affects young people. It occurs when the body doesn't make enough insulin to rid the body of excess sugar. The only way to treat that disease is to provide insulin to make up for the lost insulin from the pancreas. (2) Type II diabetes generally affects older people and is a condition where the body makes insulin but the cells of the body don't respond to the insulin in the body.

The disease of diabetes mellitus affects 20.8 million people in the US or 7% of the total population. Nearly 6 million of them do not know they have the disease. Both genetics and environment and heredity play a role in who gets diabetes and who doesn't. Poor dietary habits and obesity play a large role in the development of type II diabetes.

Treatments For Diabetes Mellitus

Are you familiar with the metabolic disorder called diabetes mellitus?

Way back in 2005, diabetics in the US have already reached a total of 20.8 million. At present, the number has extremely increased. Among the prevalent diabetic cases, diabetes mellitus makes up about 90-95%.

Pre-diabetic cases are also increasing and if these people don't employ preventive measures, their condition can get worse and become full-blown diabetes.

Diabetes mellitus is characterized by lack of insulin secretion and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is already evident at a very young age because it can be inherited.

The condition can be triggered by several environmental factors like obesity and sedentary lifestyle. Aside from that, insulin resistance is also associated with hyperglycemia, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. If you have diabetes mellitus, you're likely to develop cardiovascular diseases as well.

The treatments for diabetes mellitus usually involves the intake of drugs, education, exercise, and dietary changes.

Diabetes And Alcohol Consumption - Do They Go Together ?

It is a shock when you are first diagnosed with diabetes because it is a life changing event. Diabetes has no cure and this means that you will have to treat the disease for the rest of your life.

Treatment involves monitoring your blood sugar level every day. It may also mean injecting insulin or taking some form of medication to make your body more responsive to insulin. It should involve getting more exercise. And it must include watching what you eat and drink.

Watching what you eat and drink is probably one of the hardest things to get used to when you have diabetes because for most people eating is a very enjoyable experience. However once you have adapted to having diabetes, you will find that meal planning is actually quite easy.

One thing that many people wonder about is how alcohol and diabetes go together or maybe they don't go together. This article will cover diabetes and alcohol consumption. How alcohol affects the body and how you can consume alcohol moderately if you have diabetes.

Diabetes in pregnancy and risks to babies

There are several types of 'Diabetes in Pregnancy'. Diabetes can sometimes present for the first time during a pregnancy and this type which is usually picked up by a routine test about half way through the pregnancy is called "gestational diabetes". This type may go away after the pregnancy. Also, a woman could have diabetes before pregnancy, either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and needs to plan carefully for her pregnancy with this pre-existing condition (stay tuned for part 2 in my next article!).

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes affects about 5% of pregnancies and is detected by a routine test that all women should get at about 24-28 weeks of pregnancy. If the doctor or mid-wife suspects that there may be diabetes, they will check earlier. The screening test is a non- fasting sugar drink followed by a blood test 1 hour later. If this is elevated she will usually have another test that is also a sugary drink and has a fasting blood test and then another blood test 1 and 2 hours after the drink. If her results are elevated then she is usually referred to a diabetes education team for a gestational diabetic meal plan and blood sugar testing routine. If the woman is not able to control her blood sugars by her diet then she will begin on insulin. Insulin is a safe, easy and effective method for controlling blood sugars in pregnancy. Woman develop diabetes in pregnancy because pregnancy is a state where there is more demand for insulin due to the increasing resistance to insulin as the pregnancy progresses as a result of the hormones in pregnancy.