Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease characterised by
high blood glucose levels
. Normally, these levels are controlled by
insulin
, a hormone produced by the pancreas. There are three main types of diabetes:
Type 1 Diabetes
is usually diagnosed early in life.
Type 2 Diabetes
is the most common form of diabetes and usually occurs in adulthood. For many people (but not all) it can be prevented through living a healthy lifestyle.
Gestational Diabetes
develops during pregnancy in a woman who does not have diabetes. An
Endocrinologist
is a diabetes specialist and often works with a team with allied health professionals including nurse practitioners, dieticians, primary care and exercise physiologists to manage diabetes. Various blood tests are used to diagnose diabetes. Although diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) condition, it can be controlled. Long-term aims are to reduce symptoms and prevent diabetes-related complications such as blindness, heart disease, kidney failure and amputation of limbs. These goals are accomplished through: blood pressure and cholesterol control; medication or insulin use; self-testing of blood glucose levels; exercise; foot care; meal planning and weight control; education and support.
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Dr Barnes is a ophthalmologist with a special interest in retinal disorders. She completed her medical and ophthalmology training in Auckland and Waikato . . .
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Associate Professor Geoff Braatvedt is an Endocrinologist, Diabetologist and Physician working at Green Lane and Auckland City Hospitals and in private practice at the Mercy Specialist Centre. . . .
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Areas of Specialisation, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Diabetes . . . .
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Carl Eagleton is an experienced Auckland trained endocrinologist & specialist physician working at Mercy Specialist Centre & Middlemore Hospital . . .
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Dr Goh is a NZ trained endocrinologist, diabetologist & Specialist physician of Malaysian Chinese descent. She speaks fluent English & conversational Mandarin, Hokkien & Malay.
We are a multi-specialty multi-lingual medical specialist centre with a broad range of specialties and allied health disciplines…
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Dr David Kim is an Auckland trained Endocrinologist & General Physician. He has been working as a consultant at Waitemata DHB for the past five years . . .
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Areas of Specialisation: Thyroid, Pituitary, Osteoporosis, Diabetes & Obesity. Hospitals Practicing At: Wellington . . .
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Carl was born and raised in Hamilton, New Zealand. He went to Auckland Medical School where he graduated first in his class in 1999. . . .
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Dr Kingsley Nirmalaraj is a Consultant Endocrinologist and Physician working at Tauranga Hospital and in private practice at Suite 9 Promed House, Tauranga . . .
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Zaven is a Specialist Physician, Diabetologist & Endocrinologist with wide experience in the management of diabetes. . . .
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Diabetes in pregnancy, Diabetes – all aspects of management and complications, Insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring technology . . . .
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Dr Sharp graduated from Otago Medical School and became a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology (RANZCO . . .
