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Diabetes
Diabetes is a disorder in which insulin can not be put to use by body cells
Essentially what happens in a normal body is insulin is floating around in the blood stream. If the body's blood glucose level, a sugar gained by eating food, is raised, the insulin finds a receptor on the cell, named the insulin receptor. When the insulin is attached to this receptor, the receptor sends a signal to a protien, that will let glucose into the cell to be used. This in turn will lower the blood glucose level back to normal levels.
However, in diabetes, insulin either is not present at all to start the process, or the insulin receptor is resistant to the insulin present, and will deny access, thus stopping the process.
If this process is not allowed to start, then blood glucose levels will rise in the blood, and cells will start to die.
Well, what causes diabetes?
There are actually two ways to cause diabetes, and each cause casues a different type of diabetes.
Cause is unknown
however current research
suggests that genetics and the
immune system play roles
Type 2 diabetes is caused
when the pancreas stops
creating enough insulin, or the
cells become resistant to the insulin
present
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Prevention
Long-Term Effects
Symptoms
Prevention
Symptoms
Type 2 Diabetes however is preventable.
Long-Term Effects
If you eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly you will be able to prevent this type of diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes in nonpreventable, because scientists believe it is genetic
Symptoms for Type 2 Diabetes are similar to Type 1:
It often shows up in children
Symptoms for type 1 diabetes include
•Frequent urination
•Unusual thirst
•Extreme hunger
•Unusual weight loss
•Extreme fatigue and Irritability
Often patients don't have any symptoms at all
Treatments
Short-Term Effects
These treatments, if followed, are effective at controlling the disease, making Type 2 very livable.
These treatments however only slow the disease down, and death is still common amoung patients with Type 1