Diabetes Presentation

Learning Team A was tasked to create a 15-20 slide presentation of a major health issue prevalent in the United States. The group chose the disease diabetes.

Diabetes is a disease that affects how your body uses blood glucose. The glucose in your body is important because it is an important source of energy for the cells that make up our muscles and tissues. It is the main source of fuel for our brain.

 Diabetes

Mellitus Type 1

 Diabetes

Mellitus Type 2

 Gestational

Diabetes

 Diabetes

Mellitus- Also known as Type 1 Diabetes,
TD1; formerly insulin dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes.  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.

 Polyuria

(Frequent Urination)
 Polydipsia (Increased Thirst)
 Fatigue
 Weight Loss
 Blurred Vision
 Smell of acetone on the breath
 Abdominal Pain
 Nausea

 Diabetes

Mellitus- Also known as
Type 2;formerly noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM),or adult-onset diabetes.

 Diabetes

Mellitus-Is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood sugar disorder where it is insulin resistance and relative to the lack of insulin.  Polyuria

(Frequent Urination)
 Vaginal Infections
 Fatigue
 Blurred Vision
 Weight Loss
 Itchiness
 Peripheral Neuropathy
 Glycosuria

 Gestational

diabetes starts when your body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy. Glucose builds up in the blood to high levels. This is called hyperglycemia.

 Gestational

diabetes affects the mother in late pregnancy, after the baby's body has been formed, but while the baby is busy growing. untreated or poorly controlled gestational diabetes can hurt your baby. When you