Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus: Symptoms, Prognosis, and Living with it.
By: Miguel Sanchez
Anatomy and Physiology 2401-V08
Professor Estrada
South Texas College
Abstract:
Diabetes affects many people around the world even children are affected by this disease and as of 2011 25 million people in the United States had some sort of Diabetes condition. Diabetes is basically the body’s inability to control the blood sugar levels. This can lead to many complications such as a diabetic coma, which is very dangerous. There is no cure for diabetes the only thing that can be done is to control it, and have the patient continue with their life.
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes mellitus, or diabetes, has affected many people around the world, and it forces those people to take up a different lifestyle than the one they might be used to. The basic definition of diabetes is high glucose levels in our blood that affects our body’s capability to produce/use insulin. There are three types of diabetes, which are Type 1 (detected during childhood), Type 2 (usually in older people) , and Gestational Diabetes(during pregnancy) all of these are usually detected in different times of our life. Living with diabetes can be very challenging for some people and for others it is easy to make that nutritional diet change or exercising more. I have personally witnessed what a type 1 and 2 diabetes patient has to go through everyday. They have to closely monitor what they are eating, as they want to avoid their sugar levels to spike, they have to administer their insulin by themselves, and they have to monitor their glucose levels by themselves also. Those are just a few things that they have to do with their diabetes condition. According to Krisha McCoy, ms diabetes was first mentioned in 1552 B.C. by Hesy-Ra, when he documented frequent urination as a symptom of a disease that we now know was diabetes mellitus. In 1920, Frederick Banting had the idea to try and cure diabetes, and by
By: Miguel Sanchez
Anatomy and Physiology 2401-V08
Professor Estrada
South Texas College
Abstract:
Diabetes affects many people around the world even children are affected by this disease and as of 2011 25 million people in the United States had some sort of Diabetes condition. Diabetes is basically the body’s inability to control the blood sugar levels. This can lead to many complications such as a diabetic coma, which is very dangerous. There is no cure for diabetes the only thing that can be done is to control it, and have the patient continue with their life.
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes mellitus, or diabetes, has affected many people around the world, and it forces those people to take up a different lifestyle than the one they might be used to. The basic definition of diabetes is high glucose levels in our blood that affects our body’s capability to produce/use insulin. There are three types of diabetes, which are Type 1 (detected during childhood), Type 2 (usually in older people) , and Gestational Diabetes(during pregnancy) all of these are usually detected in different times of our life. Living with diabetes can be very challenging for some people and for others it is easy to make that nutritional diet change or exercising more. I have personally witnessed what a type 1 and 2 diabetes patient has to go through everyday. They have to closely monitor what they are eating, as they want to avoid their sugar levels to spike, they have to administer their insulin by themselves, and they have to monitor their glucose levels by themselves also. Those are just a few things that they have to do with their diabetes condition. According to Krisha McCoy, ms diabetes was first mentioned in 1552 B.C. by Hesy-Ra, when he documented frequent urination as a symptom of a disease that we now know was diabetes mellitus. In 1920, Frederick Banting had the idea to try and cure diabetes, and by
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