DIABETES MELLITUS Project Final
DIABETES MELLITUS
Overview:
Current statistics revealed that 24 million individuals have diabetes around the world. Some doesn’t even know that they have this until the age of 30. Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder. It is popularly called as “diabetes”. Diabetes means “flowing through”, and mellitus means “sweet as honey”. So Diabetes Mellitus, the full name, means that there is too much sugar flowing through the blood. It is a chronic, lifelong condition that affect body’s ability to use the energy found in food. It is a disorder characterized by high blood glucose level (hyperglycemia). It’s either your body doesn’t make enough insulin or the body can’t use the insulin it produces or does not respond properly to the produce insulin. There are three main types of diabetes:
TYPE 1 DIABETES- also known as juvenile diabetes since it develops at early childhood (age under 20). It is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from the autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose.
TYPE II DIABETES-also known as insulin resistance diabetes. It is the most common form in which the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the body does not use the insulin well enough (insulin resistance). At first, your pancreas makes extra insulin to make up for it. But, over time it isn't able to keep up and can't make enough insulin to keep your blood glucose at normal levels.
GESTATIONAL DIABETES- during pregnancy usually on the 24th weeks, many pregnant women develop this kind of diabetes. When you're pregnant, hormonal changes can make your cells less responsive to insulin. For most moms-to-be, this isn't a problem: When the body needs additional insulin, the pancreas dutifully secretes more of it. But if your pancreas can't keep up with the increased insulin demand during pregnancy, your blood glucose levels rise too high, resulting in gestational
Overview:
Current statistics revealed that 24 million individuals have diabetes around the world. Some doesn’t even know that they have this until the age of 30. Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder. It is popularly called as “diabetes”. Diabetes means “flowing through”, and mellitus means “sweet as honey”. So Diabetes Mellitus, the full name, means that there is too much sugar flowing through the blood. It is a chronic, lifelong condition that affect body’s ability to use the energy found in food. It is a disorder characterized by high blood glucose level (hyperglycemia). It’s either your body doesn’t make enough insulin or the body can’t use the insulin it produces or does not respond properly to the produce insulin. There are three main types of diabetes:
TYPE 1 DIABETES- also known as juvenile diabetes since it develops at early childhood (age under 20). It is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from the autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose.
TYPE II DIABETES-also known as insulin resistance diabetes. It is the most common form in which the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the body does not use the insulin well enough (insulin resistance). At first, your pancreas makes extra insulin to make up for it. But, over time it isn't able to keep up and can't make enough insulin to keep your blood glucose at normal levels.
GESTATIONAL DIABETES- during pregnancy usually on the 24th weeks, many pregnant women develop this kind of diabetes. When you're pregnant, hormonal changes can make your cells less responsive to insulin. For most moms-to-be, this isn't a problem: When the body needs additional insulin, the pancreas dutifully secretes more of it. But if your pancreas can't keep up with the increased insulin demand during pregnancy, your blood glucose levels rise too high, resulting in gestational