What Happens if You Stop Taking Medications for Your Diabetes?
Friday, March 20th, 2009 at
7:49 pm
ME asked:
so my gf’s mom has diabetes…she’s had it for years now..but also…she stopped taking her medications a few years back as well…and she also smokes…and drink [alcohol] i wanna kno what could happen to my gf’s mother…and also does smoing and drinking affect her diabetes in a bad way?
so my gf’s mom has diabetes…she’s had it for years now..but also…she stopped taking her medications a few years back as well…and she also smokes…and drink [alcohol] i wanna kno what could happen to my gf’s mother…and also does smoing and drinking affect her diabetes in a bad way?
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She is going to die, probably sooner rather than later.
Amputation of extremities due to gangrene followed by death.
It is a serious issue that should be taken seriously.
My husband has diabetes and he has stopped a few times taking his. He got shaky, and felt like he would pass out, and the bottoms of his feet were burning. If you stop altogether, you can go blind, have your foot or leg amputated. It is nothing to play around with. I just recently found out I might be too, my sugar readings are very high. Tell her if she doesn’t want liver, kidney problems or blindness and amputation, take her pills every day, don’t miss. you should never drink while on the meds. Not sure about smoking but that is NEVER good for you anyways.
Kidney Failure, Small Cuts that rot and lead to Amputations, Diabetic Coma and Diabetic Shock. Diabetes is a horrible disease!!
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Diabetes contributes significantly to heart and vascular disease (strokes and heart attacks). Smoking and drinking contribute to these problems in their own right. Combined there is actually a multiplier effect. If she argues that she feels fine, why should she change. In this case if there is an obvious symptom then it is too late – serious damage has been done. (The first sign of heart trouble in 30% of people is a massive heart attack. Diabetics have a disporportionately higher silent heart attacks.)
Untreated diabetes can have all of the effects described above. It sounds as though she has a general disregard for her health with the smoking, drinking and ignoring her medications. Perhaps she looks at all of these issues as too overwhelming to be able to do anything about them – or maybe she is depressed. The good news is that she has the power by changing her habits to dramatically improve her circumstances. It is not a foregone conclusion that she will have a dismal outcome. But no one can do anything for her unless she resolves to want to do something. Chip away at each problem a step at a time so it is not so overwhelming. Treating the depression is first, if present.
She’ll probably end up gaining a lot of weight. Eventually have heart problems and like the person before me said have limbs amputated and yes pass away. Alcohol is a major no-no, remember what is alcohol made from? Things like grains and potatoes, basically high in carbs and loads of starches, which I am assuming they turn to sugar–well in my body they do. Good luck, it is hard, but you cannot change her unless she want’s to be changed!
it depends on where her diabetes is. If it is a mild case of type 2, then nothing more than a modest rise in blood glucose levels might be in the cards. If she’s a type 1 and stops taking insulin, she will die and may go into diabetic ketoacidsosis befoe she does.
In the longer term, her chances of an acute problem increase a good bit. High blood glucose levels can produce diabetic coma, shaky behavior and changed attitude, etc. And she’ll increase her chances of getting some or several o fthe diabetic side effects (amputation from poor circulation and unhealing ulcers, kidney failure, blindness, heart attack, stroke, nerve damage, …). these ususally take a while to develop, but the first warning might be an infection of a foot ulcer which gets to the bone and forces an amputation. Not something to take a gamble on.
As for the smoking and drinking… Smoking affects wuite a few body systmes unfavorable. Some of these are the same one’s that diabetes attacks. For instance, circulation. It’s often said to be the single most damaging thing a diabeteic can tdo to make chances of a bad diabetic outcome better. Drinking, on the other hand, is more complex. Alsohol itself can change blood glucose levels, and if it does in her, she will have more difficulty managing her glucose levels.
On the other hand, it is now clear that small amounts of alcohol (one beer a day, or the equivalent in wine, or spirits) is beneficial in that it reduces chances of heart attack. Amounts even a little more than that are, on balance, damaging. More damaging than beneficial without much doubt. So it depends on how (and how much, and when) she drinks.
She should consult her doctor about these possibilties, and help to find out why she’s neglecting her medication, and change it as necessary (or possible) to make it more likely that she’ll actual take her meds properly in future.