COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Tuesday, March 26 marks Diabetes Alert Day.
WRBL spoke with the Glycemic Management Team at Piedmont Columbus Regional about understanding the causes of diabetes. One of those team members was Katherine Hines, who is an inpatient diabetes educator.
Diabetes is a disorder where your blood sugar start to go higher than they should be. Then eventually they go up to the point of diagnosis. Which could be an AC1 greater than 6.5 or a glucose level greater than 1. 6 on two separate occasions. It’s just where your body is not using your insulin as well as it should anymore, or it’s not making as much insulin anymore.
Katherine Hines, inpatient diabetic educator
Hines, who has been a diabetes educator for fifteen years, told WRBL there are many types of diabetes. The most commonly known are type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Hines explained the difference.
She says, “Type 1 diabetes is a disorder where your pancreas no longer makes insulin and therefore you have to give insulin injections in order to be able to live. Type 2 is a disorder of insulin resistance where the body may be making insulin, but it’s not using it correctly. And a lot of times…
