Leopassion7

Hi all,
As of late I've been suffering from cold feet and was wondering if that means IR is leading in2 diabetes now? I really don't know the difference b/t the 2...someone fill me in please.

Nkey luvs Mkey

Oh my gosh !! I have cold feet too!! I thought I was going crazy!! Sometimes I put my feet in hot water in the tub just to warm them up!!! This is my first post I just joined today and I am soooo happy to find women just like me!

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Fuzzy Bear

Hi Cold Footed Cysters lol
Ironically, cold feet can mean something else is wrong and should be looked into by your doctor (GP). My sister had the same problem and she might have lost her feet if she hadn't showed a friend who got her to the hospital/doctor right away.
In my sisters' case it was Reynauld's Syndrome, but I expect cold feet are a sign of more than diabetes and R.S..
I have cold feet too, but with my diabetes comes a regular visit to a diabetes foot care clinic, so I expect if something is wrong they'd let me know...of course, now adays, one never knows, do they?
Get it checked out for sure, especially if it takes hot water to warm them. My sis did that too.
Hope you are all okay! Please let us know!
"Hugs"
Fuzzy Bear

bec415

My feet are always freezing, especially at night. But this has been a problem long before being diagnosed with diabetes. It could also be related to thyroid issues

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KrA

I have cold feet too...but I'm always colder in the winter. And I sit in a cold house

I can't take anymore symptoms to be related to something else! I've been checked for diabetes over and over and I'm always okay.

flamenca

As for the difference between IR and Diabetes 2 ... this is the way it was explained to me:

A person with IR produces normal amounts of insuline, but the body's cells don't have enough insuline receptors to allow for the bloodsugar to be burnt off into energy within the body cells. As a result, blood sugar levels are high, the pancreas produces more insulin to "get rid" of the sugar ... and that, as we know, leads to too much insuline in the blood, and therefor the body reacts by producing a whole lot of other hormones to try and balance out the imbalance - and never succeeds. The pancreas however can get exhausted because of the constant production of insuline, and it can get to a point where it simply cannot produce any mroe insuline. That's when IR becomes Diabetes. The reason that metformine is prescribed for both, is that Metformine tries to stimulate the body's receptiveness for insuline. In people with IR it helps to make the body cells accept their own insuline, in people with diabetes, it helps the body accept foreign insuline.

As for the cold feet - sorry, but I don't know if that is related at all. When I had a burn out a few years back, cold hands and feet were clearly related to stress and the way the central nervous system copes with it (routing blood to the core organs for survival ... it's a long story, but it's true.) Relaxation techniques helped me get my warm feet back. maybe worht a try? We cysters suffer from stress in a lot of ways (emotional and physical), so stress-related health issues aren't really be a big surprise ...

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Tina, 43, dx in 02/2006
DBF Peter, two kitties Fuzzy and Cutie
IR and PCOS: 2500 mg Met, 30 mg Actos, 50 mg Spironolactone and a boatload of supplements...

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