Specialty Wound Care Non-healing wounds are a frustrating health problem for many people. Wounds that just don’t heal can arise from long periods or immobility, injuries or surgical incisions. Whatever the cause, these wounds require intensive care to prevent complications and encourage healing. Fortunately, for many patients with stubborn wounds, hospitalization may no longer be [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Specialty Wound Care
Posted in Specialty Wound Care, tagged Specialty Wound Care on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Omron Blood Pressure Monitor – Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Posted in Blood Pressure Products, Home Diagnostics, tagged Home Diagnostics on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blood Pressure Monitors Blood Pressure is measured as a degree of force, in mmHg. You’ll notice that when your doctor tells you your blood pressure, it is expressed as one number over another. These represent the systolic and diastolic measures of pressure. The diastolic pressure corresponds to the pressure when you hear is filling (diastole), [...]
Blood Pressure Products – Blood Pressure Monitors
Posted in Blood Pressure Products, tagged Home Diagnostics on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blood Pressure Cuffs and Supplies An inflatable cuff is wrapped around your upper arm placed around the upper arm at roughly the same vertical height as the heart. The cuff is inflated manually by repeatedly squeezing a rubber bulb until the large artery is completely occluded which momentarily stopping the blood flow. Listening with the [...]
Diabetic Supplies
Posted in Diabetic Supply, tagged Diabetic Supplies on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Discount Diabetic Supplies Diabetic Equipment, Diabetic Machines, Insulin products, insulin syringes, diabetic strips, lancets and other diabetic testing supplies Featured Products Diabetic Miscellaneous Insulin Products Meters Shoes Lancets & Lancet Devices Strips Shop with us online 24 hours 7 days a week for all your Diabetic needs: Canes, Crutches, Walkers, Scooters, Scooter accessories, Wheelchairs, Wheelchair [...]
Diabetes
Posted in Diabetic Supply, tagged Diabetic Supplies on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Diabetes Diabetes is a serious disease that affects over 18 million people in the United States. In diabetes, the body does not produce enough insulin, a hormone, to keep the sugar level in the blood at a normal level about 70 to 120 mg/dL. Some of the symptoms of diabetes are extreme thirst, increased hunger [...]
Complications of Diabetes
Posted in Diabetic Supply, tagged Diabetic Supplies on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Complications of Diabetes Diabetes can be a very difficult illness to manage, but it’s important to control your diabetes so you can avoid serious health complications. Unfortunately, even with diligent compliance, complications do occur. Diabetes means you body has trouble keeping the level of glucose, or sugar in your blood in a healthy range. Often, [...]
Diabetes Care & Treatment
Posted in Diabetic Supply, tagged Diabetic Supplies on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Diabetes Care & Treatment Blood sugar control is goal of treatment for all patients with diabetes, regardless of whether they have Type 1 or 2 diabetes. This can be accomplished by injections of insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar, or medications in pill form. For Type 1 diabetes, the body makes no insulin at [...]
Diabetes Supply
Posted in Diabetic Supply, tagged Diabetic Supplies on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Diabetes Supply Glucose Monitoring Patients using glucometers to measure their glucose levels regularly improve control and outcome in type 1 diabetes. Some patients are reluctant to use these devices for various reasons; they are useful only if changes in sugar levels produce changes in behavior — chiefly with regard to eating and injecting insulin. And, [...]
Blood Sugar Testing Supplies (Blood Glucose Testing)
Posted in Blood Sugar Testing Supplies, tagged Diabetic Supplies on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blood Sugar Testing Supplies (Blood Glucose Testing) For the past 20 years, people with diabetes have had a powerful tool to help them maintain their health. Home glucose monitors allow frequent, accurate and convenient measurement of blood glucose. For patients, this means fewer visits to the doctor, less emergent problems related to diabetes, and a [...]