for being our author on International Women\u2019s Day!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.dcberne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-1.png” title_text=”Header Newsletter 12023″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.dcberne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Header-Newsletter-12023.png” height=”300px” custom_margin=”64px||0px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”48px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||40px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||40px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ module_id=”post-content” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Avant Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”30px” text_line_height=”36px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||16px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
1. Cardiovascular mortality<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”20px” ol_item_indent=”20px” module_id=”post-body” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Calibri Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#505358″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”24px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||48px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Managing diabetes is a daily struggle but is poses even greater risks and challenges for women. Generally, diabetes roughly doubles the risk for cardiovascular mortality, for women it is even a three-fold risk-increase. They are likely to have earlier heart attacks and are more likely to die from it.1 Due to differences in acute symptoms, women often don\u2019t get the right treatment for severe cardiac events: While men may present with excruciating chest pain, women often display less obvious symptoms like neck- and abdominal pain, insomnia, and shortness of breath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Avant Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”30px” text_line_height=”36px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||16px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
2. Reproductive health\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”20px” ol_item_indent=”20px” module_id=”post-body” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Calibri Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#505358″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”24px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||48px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Women with diabetes also face additional challenges related to their reproductive health. Conditions such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), hormonal imbalances, impaired fertility, aggravation of menopausal symptoms and urinary tract infections (UTIs) occur all too frequently and can be a significant limitation in daily life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Avant Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”30px” text_line_height=”36px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||16px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
3. Mental burden\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”20px” ol_item_indent=”20px” module_id=”post-body” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Calibri Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#505358″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”24px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||48px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Besides physical problems, the mental burden of diabetes weighs heavy. Stigma around weight and lifestyle in diabetes is highly prevalent and affects women more often than men. In gestational diabetes, women may experience stigma in the form of discrimination from health personnel, guilt and shame. While weight and lifestyle are important risk factors, gestational diabetes also occurs in metabolically healthy women, and these feelings of blame can be a heavy burden during this time.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Avant Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”30px” text_line_height=”36px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||16px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
4. Being criticised <\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”20px” ol_item_indent=”20px” module_id=”post-body” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Calibri Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#505358″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”24px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||48px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Women also are more likely to feel criticized for their dietary choices and body weight, both in the media and personally. The recommendation to “just move more and eat better \u201c, or questions such as \u201eare you really allowed to eat that?\u201c, can take on special significance in women. The constant preoccupation with food, weighing it, reading labels, rating its nutritional value, and classifying it into “good” and “bad” can be a major contributor to an unhealthy relationship with food. In female adolescents, eating disorders and weight dysphoria are particularly common and even more so in females with type 1 diabetes.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Avant Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”30px” text_line_height=”36px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||16px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
\u00a05. Sex disparities\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”20px” ol_item_indent=”20px” module_id=”post-body” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Calibri Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#505358″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”24px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||48px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
It begins early on: a recent published systematic review showed that girls with T1D have higher BMIs, worse glycemic control, need higher insulin doses, more hospitalisations, and a lower quality of life, compared to their male counterparts.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”20px” ol_item_indent=”20px” module_id=”post-body” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Calibri Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#505358″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”24px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||48px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
So, what is needed to improve women\u2019s health care in diabetes? One step is raising awareness and fostering understanding. But more than understanding, women and girls with diabetes need special attention from their physicians to their unique concerns: their physical symptoms, their mental health, and secure access to a tight support-network from various fields of health care.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nThanks so much for reading and we’ll provide you with the next episode of this series soon!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#505358″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” border_color_all=”#505358″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”20px” ol_item_indent=”20px” module_id=”post-body” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Calibri Regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#505358″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”24px” link_font=”||||on|||#89BBE5|” link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ custom_margin=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||80px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||48px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
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Keteepe-Arachi T, Sharma S. Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Understanding Symptoms and Risk Factors. Eur Cardiol. 2017 Aug;12(1):10-13. doi: 10.15420\/ecr.2016:32:1. PMID: 30416543; PMCID: PMC6206467.<\/span><\/p>\nDavidsen E, Maindal HT, Rod MH, Olesen K, Byrne M, Damm P, Nielsen KK. The stigma associated with gestational diabetes mellitus: A scoping review. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Aug 11;52:101614. doi: 10.1016\/j.eclinm.2022.101614. PMID: 35990581; PMCID: PMC9386490.<\/p>\n
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de Vries, Silvia & Verheugt, Carianne & Mul, Dick & Nieuwdorp, Max & Sas, Theo. (2023). Do sex differences in paediatric type 1 diabetes care exist? A systematic review. Diabetologia. 66. 10.1007\/s00125-022-05866-4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#FFFFFF” image_icon_background_color=”#89BBE5″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”16px” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”22px” body_link_text_color=”#89BBE5″ background_color=”#FAFAFA” image_icon_custom_padding=”5px|5px|5px|5px|false|false” custom_margin=”0px|0px|80px|0px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px|0px|80px|0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||48px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_css_blurb_content=”max-width: 100% !important;||padding: 16px;” border_radii_image=”on|100px|100px|100px|100px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
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