Living with type 2 diabetes - LloydsPharmacy diabetes screening service

Type 2 diabetes is on the rise. More people than ever are diagnosed every day and more people are at risk. If this trend continues and nothing changes more than 5 million people in the UK will have diabetes by 2025.

Gestational diabetes

During my first pregnancy when I was about 24 weeks pregnant I was invited to have a glucose tolerance test. Being overweight with a high BMI and suffering from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes is common in women suffering from PCOS) I was deemed at risk of developing gestational diabetes. After fasting overnight I had to go to my local hospital to have the test where I had a blood sample taken to see my blood sugar levels after fasting then I to drink a vivid orange sugary drink containing glucose. This followed a long two hour wait where I had to sit and rest. It felt like an age and as I was still suffering from morning - or as I liked to call it 24/7 - sickness I feel rubbish and wanted to be curled up at home. After two hours I had another blood sample taken which would be compared with my first blood sample.

How to talk to your partner about erectile dysfunction

Whilst we live in a world where health problems and issues are being discussed more than ever before, with worthwhile health related campaigns being created and advertised on social media to raise awareness of conditions and diseases and health TV shows filling our screens, there are a few health problems that still seem to be rarely talked about.

Whether due to embarrassment, disgust, pride or a simple lack of knowledge there are a few health problems that even today still seem to be considered taboo topics that are not easily discussed and are very rarely talked about socially.

One such health issue is erectile dysfunction (also known as ‘impotence’).