Charlotte’s Première Health: What Dr. Carol Rupe Wants You to Know About Diabetes

June 9, 2011 - PRLog -- Diabetes is a wide-spread disease in which the body is incapable of producing and/or using insulin, the hormone made by the pancreas to regulate the amount of sugar found in the blood stream. According to the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 25.8 million people in the United States have diabetes while an additional 79 million are pre-diabetic. Diabetes is the leading cause of a variety of medical complications including blindness, kidney disease, and neuropathy.

Monitoring Blood Sugar Levels
   
   While diabetics often have a hard time keeping their blood sugar within a healthy range, many people with diabetes go undiagnosed because many of the common symptoms appear to be harmless. In addition to fluctuating glucose levels, diabetes may also cause overwhelming thirst, insatiable hunger, inexplicable weight loss, fatigue, irritability, frequent and/or recurring infections, slow healing cuts or bruises, blurred vision, and tingling or numbness in the hands or feet.

Dr. Carol Rupe Explains The Risk Factors

   Dr. Carol Rupe of Charlotte’s Premiere Health (http://www.premiere-health.com) wants to be your personal family doctor. According to her, “Although anyone can contract diabetes there are many factors which may increase your risk of becoming a diabetic. Age is an important factor in determining your risk of diabetes, adults over the age of 50 are much more likely to develop diabetes. Individuals who are overweight or suffer from heart disease or high blood pressure are also at an increased risk. Another factor that increases your likelihood of getting diabetes is genetics, children with diabetic parents have a much higher probability of contracting the disease than children with no immediate family members with diabetes. Additionally, some ethnic groups are at a higher risk of diabetes than others, namely African Americans and Latin Americans.”

Addressing The Symptoms Of Diabetes

   The most important thing to do if you’re experiencing any symptoms related to diabetes or if you are particularly at risk of becoming diabetic is to talk to your private family doctor. Going into your doctor’s office for regular check-ups is a simple method to detect the onset of diabetes before the disease becomes too hard to manage. A doctor who specializes in treating diabetics will address any concerns you may have as well as discussing how to manage your diabetes. This may include using a lancet and meter to regularly check your blood sugar levels, receiving insulin injections, going on a diet that is low in both saturated fat and processed sugars while being high in protein and fiber, developing an exercise regimen, and finding ways to reduce your daily stress levels.

Dr. Carol Rupe Wants To Be Your Personal Family Physician

   The professional medical staff at Charlotte’s Premiere Health and Dr. Carol Rupe have years of experience treating patients with diabetes. As your personal family physician, Dr. Rupe wants you to discover medicine the way you remember it, only better. Conveniently located in the University area of Charlotte, NC, Charlotte’s Premiere Health is a professional personal family doctor’s office providing expert care for its diabetic patients. For more information please visit us at http://www.premiere-health.com. For appointments please call 704-510-4366.

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As your personal family physician, Dr. Carol Rupe at Charlotte’s Première Health is ready to educate, inform and treat a wide range of medical issues for those in the Charlotte/Mecklenburg area. When you choose a primary care doctor, having diverse specialties and the ability to care for the whole family is important. Many primary care physicians will only refer for many issues, whereas Dr. Carol Rupe is qualified to treat the whole family – from pediatrics and toddlers, to adolescents, and adults including geriatrics.

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Dr. Carol Rupe, your personal family physician and national speaker, wants you to discover medicine the way you remember... only better. In Charlotte, NC-Charlotte's Première Health provides superior care from pediatrics & whole family to the elderly.