MEDICATION INDUCED DIABETES

Diabetes are caused by several reasons. Medications that are prescribed to us can be one of the reasons. Doctors should be aware of the potential for certain drugs to induce diabetes, especially in high-risk patients.

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OBESITY INCREASE AND DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE RISK

Adults with type 2 diabetes and a higher BMI have an increased risk for diabetic kidney disease ('problem le rein'). When it has reached that stage, what can you do?

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MEDICAL KARMA

COMORBIDITIES OF UNCONTROLLED DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION

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WHICH VACCINE IS BEST?

At a time when people are dying in this pandemic, I find it very absurd of people still deciding: [...]

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TREATMENT IN PARADISE ISLAND: COVID-19

We’ve been living with COVID-19 for what sometimes seems like eternity. [..]

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BETRAVE CAPAVE MANGER? ZON DIRE BANN ZAFAIRE ENBA LA TERRE PAS BIZIN MANGE!

Beets are often referred to as a superfood. This jewel-coloured root vegetable has been used for centuries[..]

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DIABETES IS NOT A LIFELONG CONDITION

'Enn fois ounne gagane diabetes, li rester entier la vie'...that is what many patients are told. [...]

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DIABETES REVERSAL: AGE NO BARRIER

'Enn fois ou ena diabetes, li reste entier la vie': I've written about it and said that this is not true. [...]

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DIETARY HISTORY

Getting a proper dietary history from patients can be such a painstakingly chore. Often I feel like pulling my hairs out ( whatever remaining is left!!)

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LABORATORY RESULTS INTERPRETATION

I wrote about laboratory results reliability and interpretation only recently. I started my clinic yesterday. Here is an example from a patient I saw yesterday for the first time. The spouse who I had seen for the first time before I left Mauritius in August decided to do the same monitoring for her too.

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MO TENSION LI REST BA

I am sure so many of you have heard this phrase or said it. This is what I hear from patients when I ask them: ‘ou tension ki manière?’ ‘Li bon’ or sometimes ‘li reste ba. Mo ena tension ba’. So the next question I ask is: ‘ki ve dire li bon. Bon la combien sa’ ? OR ‘Tension ba la combien sa’?

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