Dangers of smoking with diabetes

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Avatar n tn i am a 16 year old diabetic type 1 who would like to know the dangers of smoking cannabis?
Avatar f tn I think its both positive and negative. It teaches the kids the dangers of smoking/second hand smoke and the problems it can cause as well as the result od death. As for the negative, the kids with the smoking patents are now worrying about losing their parent(s) due to the day care. Im an ex smoker myself.
Avatar m tn There is not a huge amount of information about concomitant use of marijuana in people with diabetes. Harold Starkman wrote a chapter in a textbook I edited many years ago, and there are periodic articles that have been published since that time that say pretty much the same thing we learned from our own experiences and from the literature review we did.
Avatar f tn Hi. I'm just curious in people's opinions of something. I am an ex smoker. No longer have the habit. My child's daycare have been taught that smoking kills people etc.. so move away from people if they're smoking. A lot of parents from the daycare have come in abusing the child care Centre as they're smokers and there young children keep telling them they're going to die.
Avatar n tn As far as having type 1 diabetes and taking any drugs that are mind altering have inherent dangers. First of all in an altered state a person who smokes pot may not feel a low blood sugar coming on until it is too late or they are in deep trouble. Another issue is that so many people get the "munchies" after and cannot either help but eat or because they are not thinking clearly, eat foods that are not good for them.
Avatar f tn Thank you! Could you please tell me what drinks can be taken and the quantity and how frequent can be taken?
Avatar m tn Hi there, My daughter and her BF had a roomate that smoked that stuff. It's not good. Apparently it is herbs with something that they call synthetic THC. A bunch of chemicals. Here in Utah they are making it illegal because it's considered hazerdous. Google "smoking spice dangers" and there is alot of stuff on it. I think it is telling that there is a push in some states to legalize pot, and yet they are banning that stuff right and left.
Avatar n tn That would also ensure that his past habit of excessive drinking and smoking has not affected badly any of his internal organs.
Avatar f tn What r the dangers of my fasting blood sugar being 96-100 daily am 34 weeks pregnant. My post meal numbers have been from 90-120 and 120 when I eat French fries and ice cream. The reason for my question is that I dont feel comfortable taking medications if there is no need but the docs tend to push meds. I am a medical assistant and to my knowledge blood sugars over 100 when fasting tend to be problematic but 100 or less is fine.
Avatar m tn There is more concentration on what kind of person you should feel like for smoking than the physical dangers of tobacco. Lastly, raising prices for something in terrible economic times is only causing crime to rise, and it continues every day. So these methods or ideas to stop smoking are not working to good. So comes the last attempt, make it illegal. This desperate idea will cause nothing but things to get worse.
2037150 tn?1329659710 Over the past several decades there have been countless warnings - TV and every type of print media - regarding health risks associated with cigarette smoking and alcohol abuse. Is she controlling and managing her diabetes or playing the ignore game? If the latter severe problems will arise. For example, in 2006 an estimated 65,000 Americans had a lower limb - foot/leg - amputated because of uncontrolled diabetes. Pretty good business for the local wheelchair supplier.
Avatar m tn Cigarettes contain 92 carcinogens and smoking also depletes your body of oxygen. Smoking with diabetes also puts your health at more risk from getting serious problems due to poor circulation, gangrene and amputation. If you feel sensations of pins and needles and numbness in any parts of your body and especially your hands and legs, then you already have peripheral nerve damage which will be due to the diabetes. Cold feet usually indicate poor circulation.
Avatar n tn I see you posted in heart disease section also "how safe is it getting a pace-maker put in?" As with any surgery there are some risks; (complications occur less than 1% of the time) but if you are sick enough the doctor thinks you should have a PM or ICD implanted, then heed their advice. Have you looked up PM/ICD surgery risks on the American Heart Association or googled it to see the risks?
Avatar f tn Smoking is horrible for diabetes and a diabetic that smokes regularly for years it taking 5-10 years off their life expectancy. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is not a common cause of RD. It mainly causes hemorrhage within the eye. If it does cause RD it is ually different than the regular RD and is called traction RD. In any case smoking for a short period of time say a month or two will not cause PDR or PVR.
Avatar m tn I was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic 2.5 years ago. I was 29 at the time and my fasting bg went from 100 in march to 300 in august 2012. I was able to get my a1c from 9 to 5.2 with a low carb diet an exercise alone. Last year my endo said I pretty much "cured" my diabetes with diet and exercise. now my weight has shot up 30 pounds since November and my cholesterol is almost 300. my current a1c is 5.8. I am 5'10" and range from 190-210 pounds.
Avatar f tn This may be a good opportunity to start educating your 2 year old on the dangers of cigarette smoking. Teach him not to ever pick them up, especially when he’s older and others around him may be smoking.
1155902 tn?1262438082 You increase all of the diabetes risk factors by smoking. Ie you increase the risks of heart disease, peripheral neuropathy, worsening the diabetes, stroke, etc. Please do whatever you can to stop smoking. It just makes everything worse!
Avatar n tn org, try going to that site and finding where you can look for your local chapter or an online friend with diabetes or go to the part of the site where it say life with diabetes and scroll down to teens. I think if you try talking to someone with diabetes you might find something other than sympathy and judgement. You will probably find understanding and someone who knows what you are going through.
Avatar m tn I'm 34, I quit smoking 4 months ago after smoking since i was 17. I drink a lot of alcohol. I dont have diabetes or hiv.
Avatar f tn Hi ladies I have a question, me and my hubby used to smoke hookah alot but ever since I found I was pregnant I obviously stopped, I am 34wks pregnant and my hubby recently started Smoking hookah again but the VAPORIZOR one, the one that you smoke out the pen.