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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.

Type One

Cause is unknown

however current research

suggests that genetics and the

immune system play roles

Type Two

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

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Heart attack/stroke
  • Bacterial skin infections
  • Retina Damage
  • Kidney Failure
  • Damage to nerves in limbs
  • Urinary tract infections

Symptoms for Type 2 Diabetes are similar to Type 1:

  • •Any of the type 1 symptoms
  • •Frequent infections
  • •Blurred vision
  • •Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal
  • •Tingling/numbness in the hands/feet
  • •Recurring skin, gum, or bladder infections

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

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Heart/Stroke
  • Kidney Failure
  • Damage to nerves in limbs
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Bacterial skin infections
  • Retina Damage

Often patients don't have any symptoms at all

Treatments

Short-Term Effects

  • If overwieght, slim down to an acceptable wieght
  • Maintain the healthy weight
  • Eat a regular balanced diet
  • Exercise regularly
  • Insulin shots may become required even for patients with Type 2 Diabetes
  • Insulin Shots
  • Eat a regular healthy diet
  • Maintain a healthy wieght
  • Keep accurate records of blood sugar levels and insulin dosages
  • Visit your doctor regularly
  • Increased thirst and hunger
  • Frequent urination
  • Extreme Fatigue
  • Blurred Vision
  • Increased thirst/hunger
  • Frequent urination
  • Fatigue
  • Blurred vision

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

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