Frequently Asked Questions
Family history of diabetes is a strong risk factor for diabetes. So your children are at risk of diabetes. But its not neccessary that all people with family history of diabetes surely gets diabetes, but there are strong chances. Person with family history of diabetes can prevent diabetes with early lifestyle intervention like healthy eating, regular excercise,reduced mental stress and maintaing ideal body weight.
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Family history of diabetes is a strong risk factor for diabetes. So your children are at risk of diabetes. But its not neccessary that all people with family history of diabetes surely gets diabetes, but there are strong chances. Person with family history of diabetes can prevent diabetes with early lifestyle intervention like healthy eating, regular excercise,reduced mental stress and maintaing ideal body weight.
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Pre-diabetes means your blood glucose is higher than normal but lower than the diabetes range. It also means you are at risk of getting type 2 diabetes. You can reduce the risk of getting diabetes and even return to normal blood glucose levels with modest weight loss and moderate physical activity.
Your FBS value shows that you are in prediabetic stage. But your PPBS is normal. At this stage there is no need of taking medicine but have to modify your lifestyle. Body weight required for your height is between 60 to 65kg. try to reduceweight to normal range and maintain it. Find time to do excercise(atleast 30 min a day). increase physical activity in your day to day life. eat 3 meals a day, avoid bakery foods and fried items. give more space to vegetables in your plate.give priority to homley foods than having foods from restaurants. reduce stress by involving in activites that give satisfaction.By modifying your lifestyle you can prevent the progression to diabetes.
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The baby born to a diabetic mother need not be diabetic in future. In future the baby has risk for diabetes because of family history of diabetes.But those who are risk for diabetes can prevent it through lifestyle or bahaviour modification. In the question its is not made clear that whether its geatational diabetes or you were having diabetes befor your pregnency.
There are many risk factors for type 2 diabetes. They include:
People who dont have diabetes(non diabetics) should check their blood sugar atleast once a year, even if they dont have any symptoms of diabetes.
Certain cases require injections for quick and full recovery. These can include antibiotics, anti-inflammators, local anesthesia or steroids.
Steroids and local anesthesia injections are administered by Doctors and anti-inflammators / antibiotics by an experienced nurse under our supervision.
We can undertake only small or minor procedures in our Medical Centre, using local anesthesia or superficial sedation.
All other procedures requiring general anesthesia are transferred to Athens or back to patient’s destination, to be admitted at a General Hospital.
We may prescribe for example analgesia treatment for your condition. Please let us know in case you have any allergy or other medical condition.
If you have already been taking drugs prescribed by your home doctor, please bring them with you for clarification or possible drug interactions and correlations with the new condition.
Do you accept my insurance?
Our Medical Centre accepts most of the internationally recognized Insurance companies with affiliate.
If this is not your case, or if you have no insurance coverage then you will be expected to pay the bill in cash or credit card at the end of consultation. The original receipt, the signed copy of the credit card bill, the medical report in English and the results of tests performed are given to you in order to be delivered to your private or state insurance for reimbursement.
An estimate of consultation fees and costs, investigations or surgery are available on request.
Do I need referral?
If you have private insurance with an affiliate, the referral can be sent from your insurance company to us by fax or e-mail. We suggest that you contact your insurance in order to obtain this referral before your visit to our offices.
If you don’t have an insurance coverage, feel free to come to our Medical Centre. The billing procedure is as explained above.
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Free Parking is available in front and around the Medical Centre.
