HEALTH & WELLNESS
ASK THE PHYSICIAN
Jenine Vecchio, MD, FACE
Attending Endocrinologist
Deborah Specialty Physicians Diabetes Center
Q: My brother’s doctor just told him he has diabetes
and that he has to lose some of his belly and watch what he eats,
but what’s the big deal about it? You see commercials about drugs
for diabetes and hear a lot of bad stuff about it, but he looks and
sounds just the same as ever!
Ask the Physician
~Mike O., Pomona
A: Mike, you’ve asked a question that I hear from many patients
who have been recently diagnosed with this condition. Type 2
diabetes is a chronic disease resulting in too much sugar in the
blood, or “high blood glucose.” People with type 2 diabetes make
insulin – which helps your cells turn glucose from the food you
eat into energy – but their cells don’t use it as well as they should,
which is a condition called insulin resistance.
Type 2 diabetes really is a big deal – one which, without proper
medical treatment and consistent monitoring, can lead to seri-
ous health issues, such as:
• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Blindness
• Kidney failure
• Loss of toes, feet or legs
If your brother lives in the area, I would be more than happy to
see him; just contact my office at 609-621-2075.
For an appointment or more information about how Deb-
orah Heart and Lung Center’s leading-edge technologies
can improve your quality of life, call 800-555-1990 or visit
www.demanddeborah.org.
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Donna
Smith
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Cell: (973) 641-2298
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