Both diabetes 1 and 2 stem from a lack of insulin, the hormone responsible for converting sugar, or glucose, into usable energy for your body. Because it is often a life-long condition, our treatment plans are comprehensive, focusing on full-body health and wellness. We help you establish appropriate lifestyle modifications with nutritional and exercise counseling. We provide on-site fingersticks glucose, insulin injections, and insulin-pump education and management.
Furthermore, we are a center for urgent care diabetes management.We are available when you need help the most!
Because diabetes symptoms are the result of elevated sugar levels in your bloodstream, symptoms can vary depending on the level of sugar elevation. Your symptoms will also differ based on the type of diabetes you have. While the symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are largely similar, type 1 symptoms tend to be more aggressive and develop quickly, while the symptoms of type 2 diabetes often appear gradually, meaning that some patients may not experience any symptoms at first. Unfortunately, this can cause the disease to go untreated for longer periods of time.
Also called “insulin-dependent diabetes,” type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder. With type 1 diabetes, your body produces antibodies that damage the pancreas, rendering it unable to produce insulin. Because insulin is the hormone required to turn glucose (or sugars) into energy, patients with type 1 diabetes have to learn how to manage their blood sugar levels.
Treatment typically involves supplementing the body’s insulin with injections or a pump, following
a carefully-planned diet, and maintaining a lifestyle that keeps this insulin deficiency in mind.
Most people will experience the onset of diabetes as a child or adolescent, but it can happen into adulthood as well. While the necessary lifestyle changes are significant, many people are able to manage diabetes 1 and continue to live long, active lives.
With type 2 diabetes, your body either resists insulin and/or stops producing enough insulin to maintain healthy levels. There can be multiple causes for this, and for most patients, it is usually a ‘multifactorial problem. While there is no cure, there are multiple ways of managing the effects of this disease.
Dr. Mezitis has spent decades researching diabetes management, treated thousands of patients, and has performed significant diabetes research with new medications and their combinations. We take a full-body approach to diabetes management, using highly specialized testing to identify the precise stressors affecting your body.
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms and think you may have diabetes, do not stress!
Dr. Mezitis and his staff are here to take care of your treatment, your health, and your wellbeing. You will never feel rushed at our office. We dedicate a full hour to new patient appointments and 30 minutes for each follow-up visit.
Our unique, customized health management approach to managing diabetes focuses on full-body wellness. In addition to examining the metabolic disorder that causes diabetes, we test for blood pressure abnormalities, cholesterol levels, weight, and sexual dysfunction. Dr. Mezitis has completed extensive research in combination therapy, enabling him to develop plans tailored to each patient’s specific needs.
Together, we will discuss how antidiabetic medications and supplements can work in conjunction with glucose monitoring, laboratory results, and lifestyle modification. We make adjustments to traditional treatment plans, taking into consideration diet, exercise, oral antidiabetic medications, and injectables.
Additionally, we act as your one-stop-shop for diabetes management. Our office provides treatment for hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, in-office fingersticks and insulin injections, insulin pump education and management, nutritional counseling (including a specialized, diabetic anti-inflammatory diet), and emergency diabetic care.
We know that treating a disorder is only part of treating a patient. True wellness requires a commitment to getting to know you, your lifestyle, and your health habits so we can develop the most comprehensive plan of care. We make each plan of care as individual as the person we have developed it for.
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