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How do you tell the difference between diabetic toenail and toenail fungus?

Question by MamaBear: How do you tell the difference between diabetic toenail and toenail fungus?
I have a friend who is diabetic. He has one of the worst looking toes I have ever seen. It is yellow, REALLY thick, and flaking off. I mentioned it to a nurse, and she said it was that way

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What is the difference between type A and type B diabetes?

Question by Marianne D: What is the difference between type A and type B diabetes?
I know some people can control their diabetes through diet, but I don’t know what that classifies as. Also is Hypoglycemic in the same category of diabetes?

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Answer by SketchHi, I’ve never heard of Type A or Type B. The actual

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What is the difference between a diabetic diet & the low glycemic index diet?

Question by Laura M: What is the difference between a diabetic diet & the low glycemic index diet?

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Answer by riversconfluenceVery little. The low glycemic diet is just a little pickier. A diabetic diet, for instance, allows white bread and white rice. It uses portion size to determine how much of it to have.
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What’s the difference between diabetic and regular shoes?

Question by Captain Skippy: What’s the difference between diabetic and regular shoes?
Is there any difference between a diabetic show and a regular shoe besides the diabetic insert that goes into the shoe?

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Answer by megalomaniacDiabetic shoes? Don’t you mean orthotic? If you are talking about orthothics then you can get inserts that will

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What Is The Difference Between Type I and Type II Diabetes?

What Is The Difference Between Type I and Type II Diabetes?

Type I and Type2 Diabetes are actually quite different illnesses.  Type I Diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and very young adults. It used to be called Juvenile Diabetes as it was diagnosed in children at early ages. However today the age factor has been

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Q&A: Whats the difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2?

Question by Yo…: Whats the difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2?
Hi everyone.
My boss just found out her 16 year old daughter has type 1 diabetes. We were all very sad to hear the news. Apparently she will be taking medication everyday for the rest of her life and she has a strict diet

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Whats the difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2?

Hi everyone.
My boss just found out her 16 year old daughter has type 1 diabetes. We were all very sad to hear the news. Apparently she will be taking medication everyday for the rest of her life and she has a strict diet to follow. What’s the difference between type 1 and type 2? Also,

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What is the difference between type A and type B diabetes?

I know some people can control their diabetes through diet, but I don’t know what that classifies as. Also is Hypoglycemic in the same category of diabetes?

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