For those who have been diagnosed with diabetes, there is a lot to think about and often a lot to worry about. After all, it will generally mean a change in diet and lifestyle habits in order to avoid serious complications. Nevertheless, millions of women live with the disease and are also classified as obese. Among the many symptoms of diabetes are excessive thirst or increased appetite, a more frequent need to urinate, unusual weight changes, fatigue, nausea, blurred vision, and vaginal or yeast infections. Also problematic for some are dry mouth, itching skin, and perhaps the most embarrassing symptom of all is incontinence. Many diabetes sufferers will experience a weak bladder and, therefore, will experience uncontrollable leaking.

A new study suggests that women who hope to avoid the latter symptom of diabetes should make an effort to lose weight. Not only will the dropped pounds reduce other risks associated with the condition and also decrease the chances of facing other serious health complications, but they can also reduce the risk of leaky bladder.

More than twenty-five hundred diabetic women, considered to fall into the categories of middle-age or older Americans were followed in the recent study. Researchers randomly divided the women into two groups. The first group received encouragement to lose weight through a healthy diet and regular exercise. The second group received general information on living with diabetes. On average those that made the lifestyle changes lost seventeen pounds over the one year span. Just over ten percent of them developed difficulties with incontinence. Those in the group that did not make the changes to eating and activity habits saw little change in weight and had a fourteen percent risk of developing incontinence. Looking closer at the women and their individual weight loss revealed that for every two pounds lost, the chances of embarrassing urine leakage were cut by three percent. With many women throughout the country losing far more than that on a diet with HcG, Austin diabetes patients may soon have one less thing to worry about.

Can weight loss stop incontinence in diabetic women? The researchers aren’t sure. There wasn’t conclusive evidence, which is likely due to the very small number of women who started the study having already experienced the issue. Further studies are needed to determine if those with the condition pre-existing can improve the symptoms with weight loss.

The comforting news, though, is that if you already suffer from this problem, you are not alone. More than fifty percent of women report that they have trouble with incontinence at least once per year. Though the evidence is not concrete as of now about how weight loss will affect your problem, it can improve your life in many other ways, which makes it well worth the effort. HCG drops are readily available today to assist you, should you decide to lose weight. You can even get them at the spa where you might have an Austin photofacial, laser peel, or other cosmetic procedure done.

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