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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
NEW ORLEANS - There is a high number of people in this area who have type 2 diabetes, and that condition can affect the nerves in the feet and legs, causing wounds that don't heal and even amputations.
But now a local company, and a local doctor from Tulane, believe they have a potential treatment.
Mother and fifth grade school teacher, Susan Doell, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes right before Hurricane Katrina.
"Well, it didn't surprise me because there's a hereditary factor there, but also I had gestational diabetes," said Doell, who lives in Metairie.
Over the years, the medicine didn't control her blood sugar that well, so this year she began taking insulin injections. But earlier on, within a year of her diagnosis, she noticed tingling sensations in her feet. Her diabetes was causing nerve damage called neuropathy.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/New-treatment-for-type-2-diabetes-134422068.html
But now a local company, and a local doctor from Tulane, believe they have a potential treatment.
Mother and fifth grade school teacher, Susan Doell, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes right before Hurricane Katrina.
"Well, it didn't surprise me because there's a hereditary factor there, but also I had gestational diabetes," said Doell, who lives in Metairie.
Over the years, the medicine didn't control her blood sugar that well, so this year she began taking insulin injections. But earlier on, within a year of her diagnosis, she noticed tingling sensations in her feet. Her diabetes was causing nerve damage called neuropathy.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/New-treatment-for-type-2-diabetes-134422068.html
