sabreena

Hi girls,
guess what if underactive thyroid, pcos and aneamia wasnt enough, i have just been daignosed with impaired glucose intolerance...
i still need to see the doctor about this, she just told me on the phone as you can tell i am really sad and dissapointed at life and i just dont know what to do with this, can you please give me some info on this??
thankyou...

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PCOS sufferer for at least ten years, Glucose intolernace take metformin 3 a day, Underactive thyroid i take 150mg for it, i am about 13stones and 2lbs in weight, Thalaseamia trate (type of aneamia) and i am very hairy! i am 5ft tall!

recently been having pins and needles and burning sensation in my limbs too
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, live in Manchester, UK.

nobimbo

Hi Sabreena,

Impaired glucose tolerance is the new name for what used to be called "borderline" diabetes. The good news is that your impaired glucose tolerance can be reversed (unlike full-blown diabetes, which is irreversible). IGT usually results from long term, untreated insulin resistance; the pancreatic beta cells which produce insulin begin to have trouble keeping up with demand, causing a rise in blood sugar (but not yet to diabetic levels). Here is a formal definition:

a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but are not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. IGT, also called pre-diabetes, is a level of 140 mg/dL to 199 mg/dL 2 hours after the start of an oral glucose tolerance test. Most people with pre-diabetes are at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Other names for IGT that are no longer used are "borderline," "subclinical," "chemical," or "latent" diabetes.

Hang in there; I know you're dealing with a lot of diagnosises right now, but your treatment for PCOS (which should be directed at reducing insulin resistance) will help greatly in reversing the IGT as well.

Linda

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dx pcos 1984, type II diabetes 2001, also hypertension
Met 2000mg since 2001, started Glucophage XR 4/22/04, then switched to Met ER 6/04; also: multi, Vit. C, Vit. E, B12/folic acid combo, fish oil & borage oil combo, garlic capsules, cinnamon, Vitex, calcium with magnesium/zinc, biotin, CoQ10, selenium,iron
Other meds: Verapamil and Altace(for blood pressure)
Started laser hair removal 7/29/03, completed 3/04 (it works!)
UAE for fibroid 3/24/03 and 3/16/04