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.
More infoAdults 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?
More infoAt a time when people are dying in this pandemic, I find it very absurd of people still deciding: [...]
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More info'Enn fois ounne gagane diabetes, li rester entier la vie'...that is what many patients are told. [...]
More info'Enn fois ou ena diabetes, li reste entier la vie': I've written about it and said that this is not true. [...]
More infoGetting a proper dietary history from patients can be such a painstakingly chore. Often I feel like pulling my hairs out ( whatever remaining is left!!)
More infoI 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.
More infoI 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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