Show Presents Problems to the Females B By JOHN JOliN REMBERT MD M.D. Diabetes presents a 1 I problems in the female that arc are nol not encountered in the male Due to the physiological cal difference present in the female such as the menstrual period period pregnancy and the menopause each capable of producing serious problems in inthe inthe the he diabetic treatment jan can and often do arise MIDDLE-aged MIDDLE dib diabetic a women women wom wom- en are arc more susceptible to kidney bladder and other urinary uri un nary infections than men and diabetes also increases the females females female's females female's fe males male's vulnerability to heart ailments Everyday living poses poses pos pos- es Cs fewer problems l to t the dla dIa betic male than to the female the he average male lives a more regular and routine life than the female with his daily schedule dictated by his work work- lag ing ng hours and his meals at specified times The female home diabetic tic o ic- ic maker invariably lives an h irregular irregular irregular ir ir- ir- ir regular life which interferes with good Rood diabetic control and this irregularity will al always always al al- ways wn's be more of a threat for Cor forthe the jie women than for men PRIOR to the introduction n of insulin pregnancy in the diabetic female was practically practical practical- ly impossible but now with proper treatment the pregnant pregnant pregnant preg preg- nant diabetic has just about an equally equal high probability of surviving ing the pregnancy as aswell aswell aswell well as s the infant born bom to the diabetic mother i Many 1 early cases or mild cases of or diabetes can be he controlled controlled con con- trolled by diet alone but the Ule diabetic pregnant reg regardless of previous treatment will require require re reo re- re quire some form of medica medica- tion Morning sickness can be bevery bevery bevery very bothersome at times in inthe inthe inthe the non diabetic but in the diabetic the threat of oC morning sickness with the increased problem of controlling necessary necessary sary fluids calories and in hI- sulin presents problems that are arc quite serious to the moth- moth exand erand even even more dangerous to the to-the the unborn child TIlE THE INSULIN requirements of oC the pregnant diabetic fluctuate fluctuate flue flue- greatly and during pregnancy frequent or even daB daily urine and blood tests for sugar and acetone often orten must be done Th The i increased m s present in the Ule treatment of diabetes in the female and more particularly in the pregnant pregnant pregnant preg preg- nant diabetic to today la can be successfully handled by careful careful care care- ful CuI teamwork your family caring for the diabetes diabetes diabetes dia dia- dia- dia betes and you the patient carrying out his llis instructions to th letter |