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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
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- I can't have it often
Hi Everybody,
Thanks for welcoming me to this forum. I've already gleaned a lot of helpful information and now time to put something back. For the record I was diagnosed with type 2 after several months of strange and unexplained symptoms that weren't really causing me too much trouble but worrying enough to see my GP. I had constant prescription changes to my glasses, weight loss faster than I thought I should be and peeing a lot.
I also began developing numbness in my toes and fingers. Not painful but just a strange sensation. My GP was quick to blame my diabetes and ordered a HbA1c test. When it came back at 6.0 and all my previous ones were similar ( except for the first two after diagnosis, 9 and 7.5 ) he sent me to a neurologist. I had nerve conduction studies which were normal and a raft of blood tests. Some strange antibodies were found ( PR3 ANCA ) but were so small that they were dismissed after showing no signs of vasculitis related to these antibodies.
I asked the neurologist whether it was possible to have good HbA1c and short term temporary spikes leading to nerve damage. He admitted it can't be dismissed but not much research has been done specifically in this area. I immediately went ahead and took a much more aggressive approach to BG and over a couple of months the neuropathy improved.
Over Christmas I got a little caught up in the party mode and wasn't quite as fussy. Slowly the neuropathy deteriorated. Once again took control and it is now on the improve again. I decided to look for myself and see if there had been any new studies in this area and came across one that seems to confirm my suspicions. If the study is correct, there does appear to be a causal link between glycemic spikes and neuropathy even though HbA1c is well controlled.
Thanks for welcoming me to this forum. I've already gleaned a lot of helpful information and now time to put something back. For the record I was diagnosed with type 2 after several months of strange and unexplained symptoms that weren't really causing me too much trouble but worrying enough to see my GP. I had constant prescription changes to my glasses, weight loss faster than I thought I should be and peeing a lot.
I also began developing numbness in my toes and fingers. Not painful but just a strange sensation. My GP was quick to blame my diabetes and ordered a HbA1c test. When it came back at 6.0 and all my previous ones were similar ( except for the first two after diagnosis, 9 and 7.5 ) he sent me to a neurologist. I had nerve conduction studies which were normal and a raft of blood tests. Some strange antibodies were found ( PR3 ANCA ) but were so small that they were dismissed after showing no signs of vasculitis related to these antibodies.
I asked the neurologist whether it was possible to have good HbA1c and short term temporary spikes leading to nerve damage. He admitted it can't be dismissed but not much research has been done specifically in this area. I immediately went ahead and took a much more aggressive approach to BG and over a couple of months the neuropathy improved.
Over Christmas I got a little caught up in the party mode and wasn't quite as fussy. Slowly the neuropathy deteriorated. Once again took control and it is now on the improve again. I decided to look for myself and see if there had been any new studies in this area and came across one that seems to confirm my suspicions. If the study is correct, there does appear to be a causal link between glycemic spikes and neuropathy even though HbA1c is well controlled.