Diabetes and Endocrinology Center Bangkok Chantaburi Hospital brings lasting improvements in quality of life to diabetes patients, both type 1 and type 2. This common goal unites the clinical and education arms of the Diabetes Center into a comprehensive program that is unique among diabetes facilities. Our clinical staff of dedicated professionals provides our patients with the highest standards of diabetes care : a highly qualified, multidisciplinary team approach offering the latest treatments, tailored to fit the individual needs of each patient.
Causes :
- Age, Older than 45 years
- Obesity, Weight >120% of desirable body weight
- Family history in a first-degree relative (eg, parent or sibling)
- History of previous impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG)
- Hypertension (>140/90 mm Hg) or dyslipidemia (high-density lipoprotein [HDL] cholesterol level <40 mg/dL or triglyceride level >150 mg/dL)
- History of GDM or of delivering a baby with a birth weight of >9 lbs
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (which results in insulin resistance)
Symptoms :
- Polyuria
- Polypepsia
- Weight loss, good appetite
- Numbness at extremities
- Itching, skin and genitalia
- Sex problem
- Blurred vision
Complications :
Diabetic complications can be divided usefully into short-term and long-term complications. It is because of the risk of complications that diabetes needs regular monitoring - both by the patient and by the doctors and nurses looking after them. Short-term complications are caused mainly by imbalance of the sugar level. Long-term complications are the main reason for holding diabetic clinics. After some controversy a few years ago it is now widely accepted that good diabetic control plus control of blood pressure and cholesterol has a vital role to play in reducing the long term consequences of being diabetic.
Services :
Integrate optimal diabetes management into their everyday lives: endocrinologists specializing in adult and childhood diabetes, as well as nurse educators, nutritionists and exercise physiologists - Quick Lab: FBS, Cholesterol, Triglyceride ,BUN, Creatinine, Uric Acid
- Prevent diabetic complications: Microalbuminuria, retina examination, HbA1C, referral to re;ated specialists
- Check relatives for subclinical diabetes, OGTT
- Diabetes in pregnancy
- Other endocrine problems: thyroid, adrenal gland, pituitatry gland, lipid disorders, obesity, short stature, calcium metabolism and osteoporosis
Physicians :
Fasting 6 hours before blood testing for diabetes.
