immune system

Type 1 here for over 30 years. Every fall/winter, I feel like I'm a magnet when it comes to colds. For example, I just got over a cold (which turned into sinusitis) last month and now I have another cold that started today. Woke up today with congestion. I'm getting super frustrated and to be...

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes only 2 weeks after my 2nd dose of the Moderna vaccine, therefore almost indefinitely had diabetes before I had my second dose. I had no reaction to my first dose back in July at all, no symptoms what so ever. However I reacted pretty badly in my opinion to...

Very interesting article I came across ....https://www.google.ie/amp/s/medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-treatment-reverses-young-diabetes.amp I believe insulin therapy is just treating the symptoms of type 1 whereas we should be getting to the root of the problem. This gives some hope. I have...

Hi guys! My first ever post, I’ve been diabetic since I was 5, I’m now 25!!! I suffer with anxiety, health anxiety, and anxiety about my diabetes and having a hypo!!!! I have a question, I’m sorry if anyone’s offended but with my health anxiety I worry about anything and everything! I’m...

Morning all:) Visited my GP this morning to discuss treatment options available for varicosis. Whilst I was there, I asked for a run down of results from bloods drawn a few months ago when I visited due to being constantly tired. As I never heard anything from from my GP (no news is good...

Hi. I always seem to catch infections now, from minor stuff to life threatening sepsis. The last 6 years have seen me on lots of courses of antibiotics and hospital admissions. Colds, cellulitis, abscesses, pneumonia are just some of the mixed bag of things I've had lately. My HbA1c is now...