Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner located in Miami, FL
Untreated diabetes can cause devastating health problems, from blindness and kidney failure to cardiovascular disease. If you have diabetes, Jolene Hodges, NP, at NP Services At Home in Miami, Florida, offers house calls and telehealth consultations to help you manage your condition successfully. You can also benefit from diabetes screening with this nurse practitioner to avoid life-changing diabetic complications. To benefit from expert diabetes management, call NP Services At Home to arrange your house call or telehealth appointment.
Diabetes can develop if your body has a problem with the hormone insulin. That hormone is vital for regulating sugar levels in your blood so that they don’t rise too high or fall too low. When you have diabetes, blood sugar levels can rise dangerously high, causing widespread tissue damage.
Insulin comes from your pancreas. People with Type 1 diabetes can’t make insulin because of an immune system malfunction that destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Type 1 diabetes usually starts causing problems in childhood or early adulthood.
The more common form of diabetes is Type 2. That condition develops when your body becomes resistant to the insulin your pancreas makes. The primary reason for this is excess body weight, with factors like a high fat or high sugar diet and lack of exercise increasing your risk.
Before Type 2 diabetes develops, you go through a stage called prediabetes, where your blood sugar is high but still fully reversible. Gestational diabetes affects some pregnant women but typically resolves after the baby’s born.
Diabetes affects the blood vessels and nerves throughout your body. It increases your risk of severe, sometimes life-threatening problems, such as:
Neuropathy develops when high levels of blood sugar damage the nerves (most often in your feet), causing numbness.
Because diabetes damages your blood vessels and reduces circulation, minor injuries don’t heal very well. The numbness means you don’t notice these injuries, and the tissues start to break down.
The result is a diabetic ulcer — an open sore that’s prone to infection. Ulcers can sometimes be so bad the only solution is amputation. NP Services At Home’s Jolene Hodges provides expert care for diabetic ulcers.
If you have Type 1 diabetes, you need to inject yourself with insulin or use an insulin pump for life. Most people with Type 2 diabetes can improve their condition by losing weight, exercising more, and eating a healthier diet. Some require medications like metformin to help them control their blood sugar, or insulin injections in severe cases.
Jolene provides you with all the care you need in the comfort of your home. You can also talk to her about any problems, like symptom flare-ups, and have your regular checkups using secure telehealth or in the comfort of your home.
For compassionate, knowledgeable diabetes care, call NP Services At Home today or book an appointment online.
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