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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1213685" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>I am one of the fortunate ones who seems to have (touch wood) a still functioning immune system.</p><p></p><p>That is, although I have suffered all my life from some things, mainly infected insect bites, which require antibiotics I haven't seen any change since diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>I still heal well if I cut myself, and I don't seem to catch any more diseases (although being retired and an empty (usually) nester I am less exposed to random germs).</p><p></p><p>This prompted me to wonder if there are loads of people out there who are not diabetic but who suffer from similar immune system problems. This would suggest that the problems are not necessarily directly related to diabetes but we only see these here when fellow diabetics are suffering from them. Sort of correlation and causation again.</p><p></p><p>I think there may be a couple of things; if blood glucose control is poor then there is a higher chance of fungal infections such as Thrush because the fungus feeds on the elevated sugars (and also other BG related problems), however if BG control is good then the rate of infection may be in line with that of the rest of the population of similar age and lifestyle.</p><p></p><p>It is a difficult one. We are told that poor BG control can lead to all sorts of unpleasant side effects but if there are problems when BG control is good there seems no way of knowing if there is a diabetes component or if some other factor is involved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1213685, member: 6467"] I am one of the fortunate ones who seems to have (touch wood) a still functioning immune system. That is, although I have suffered all my life from some things, mainly infected insect bites, which require antibiotics I haven't seen any change since diagnosis. I still heal well if I cut myself, and I don't seem to catch any more diseases (although being retired and an empty (usually) nester I am less exposed to random germs). This prompted me to wonder if there are loads of people out there who are not diabetic but who suffer from similar immune system problems. This would suggest that the problems are not necessarily directly related to diabetes but we only see these here when fellow diabetics are suffering from them. Sort of correlation and causation again. I think there may be a couple of things; if blood glucose control is poor then there is a higher chance of fungal infections such as Thrush because the fungus feeds on the elevated sugars (and also other BG related problems), however if BG control is good then the rate of infection may be in line with that of the rest of the population of similar age and lifestyle. It is a difficult one. We are told that poor BG control can lead to all sorts of unpleasant side effects but if there are problems when BG control is good there seems no way of knowing if there is a diabetes component or if some other factor is involved. [/QUOTE]
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