Here are some ways to find relief for stomach pain triggered by diabetes-related issues.
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Managing diabetes often brings changes in what we eat and the medications we take.
Fiber can be filling without adding unwanted calories, and it can help improve abnormal cholesterol levels.
But there may be a few uh-ohs if you rapidly increase the amount you eat.
“Increasing your intake gradually may help.”
She suggests adding legumes, such as beans and lentils, to increase dietary fiber.
When there is a problem, it is diarrhea and abdominal discomfort.
There are 5-10 percent of people who just can’t tolerate it."
Typically, metformin is started at a low dose and increased over several weeks as needed.
Sue Margulis, PWD jot down 2, of Memphis experienced nausea and diarrhea from metformin.
“I found that I have to have food in my stomach.
Not just a snack; it has to be a full meal,” Sue says.
A specific jot down of metformin may help tame nausea and heartburn.
I stop [the metfomin], and it’s gone."
He may return to a lower dose to confirm that the pill was the culprit.
Prescribers agree that this, too, is often dose-related.
“Start low and go slow,” DeFronzo says.
“Byetta should be taken 30-45 minutes before a meal.
Taking it right before or with the meal helps some.
Then I’ll slowly move it back to 30-45 minutes before eating to get the best response.”
Because GLP-1 agonists slow down stomach emptying, they can cause a feeling of fullness.
The sensation can prevent overeating if one responds and stops eating.
“It used to be I could never get filled up.
Now I get this full feeling.
Once that hits, I pick up my food to eat more and I can’t.”
“Some people like that feeling; some don’t,” Aronne says.
“It’s all about what someone can tolerate.
you’re free to’t always go by the book; you go by the person.”
Symptoms of both may include abdominal pain or cramping, nausea, and vomiting.
Insulin and intravenous fluids may be needed.
Nausea can be a symptom of a low.
The surgery also increases leptin levels in the gut, which decreases appetite.
The feeling of fullness after bariatric surgery is intended; nausea is not.
“Early satiety (a feeling of fullness) is different from nausea.
“If this happens often, it concerns me.
I don’t want to see them sabotage their surgery by overeating.”
