KNH 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Diabetic Coma, Blood Proteins, Gastroparesis
8 Feb 2018
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Research has gone on for about 30 years, they have a first report and a second most recent updated report. A1c = test of the hemoglobin with sugar attached to it: normal is a percentage of your blood with sugar attached to it, test done every 3 months blood lives 120 days. Lower a1c percentage of blood that has sugar attached to protein molecules: normal range = 5. 5-6, lower a1c = fewer complications. Normal blood sugar = 70-110: high blood sugar = 200+ Charcot foot- weakening of the bones in the foot cause by nerve damage. Because blood is thick, pumping through small capillaries can cause them to burst this causes significant nerve damage. This causes bones to be weakened, which can cause them to fracture = Kidney nephrons are stretched in the kidneys resulting in large blood proteins passing through microalbuminia = increased albumin in the blood.
