PCOS Messages for December, 2001: Re: Stupid question!

Re: Stupid question!

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:54:22 -0600 (CST)

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This made me think of a question that pops into my mind from time to time.. If someone has high blood sugar levels does it automatically mean that they are insulin resistant? Like, are all adult onset diabetes patients insulin resistant first? I have a friend who found out that she is on the verge of becoming a diabetic and her doc gave her glucophage. Her mother talked her out of taking it because it will "cause her pancreas to be lazy and not pump out enough insulin." I disagree with her not taking the medication, but she wants to try diet and exercise first - which is fine and hopefully that will keep everything in check. But is there any truth to this pancreas thing? And does Type II Diabetes always start with insulin resistance? I am so confused!

At Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Sonnet wrote: >
>Totally not a stupid question - IR stands for Insulin Resistance.
>Basically it means your cells don't recognize your insulin properly.
>This stuffs up your metabolism a great deal! Your pancreas has to work
>very hard pumping out huge quantities of insulin to keep your blood
>sugars in check, and all that extra insulin is what causes the hormone
>problems for us.
>
>(That was the WAY condensed version!)
>
>Hope that cleared it up though!
>
>At Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Chelsea wrote:
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>>what doea IR mean?
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