Diabetes‚ what is it? Diabetes is defined by Wikipedia “as a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar‚ either because the body does not produce enough insulin‚ or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced.” Diabetes is a chronic debilitating disease that affects over 8 percent of the American population‚ however‚ with diet‚ exercise and medication‚ it is controllable and patients can live a long meaningful life with type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes
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Essay #1- Diabetes Diabetes is a disease the body undergoes when it is unable to produce any or enough insulin‚ due to a high level of glucose in the blood. According to the website diabetes.org‚ statistics show that‚ “diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2010 based on the 69‚071 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death.” Diabetes was discovered in 1889‚ later on various types of diabetes were identified and classified based
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RESEARCH PAPER Diabetes Mellitus‚ Type 1 (Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus) Kyle Ongesii January 22‚ 2015 Instructor: Melody Lickers Diabetes Mellitus‚ Type 1 Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong chronic disease also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and previously known as juvenile diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused from lack of insulin. When the body’s pancreatic beta cells are damaged or destroyed‚ the body becomes dependent on insulin. Although Type 1 diabetes can occur in adults
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BUT have you ever considered the possibility of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? Pregnancy is something special and finding out you have type 2 diabetes is like missing a heartbeat its scary especially when you find out that it can cause your baby and yourself harm. Having type 2 diabetes can affect the health of the baby and the chance the baby growing up with type 2 diabetes is pretty high as well. Should having diabetes stop you from having a baby? in my essay i’m going to write about the
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My desire to obtain information related to the causes and effects of diabetes has been of interest to me because of my own experience with Type II diabetes. I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 2001. Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar‚ starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery‚ although both genetics and environmental factors
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Type 2 diabetes is a disease where people’s bodies cannot properly use the insulin that is produced in the pancreas. Historically‚ type 2 diabetes was only diagnosed in older adults‚ generally after the age of 45. It was previously believed that diabetes would only affect the older population as the disease was called “Adult Onset Diabetes”. However‚ in the modern world‚ there are a growing number of cases of younger people and children being diagnosed daily. Type 2 diabetes typically goes unnoticed
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1. Introduction 22 Diabetes mellitus is the 7th leading cause of death in US. Diabetes is broadly classified into two 23 types: type I and type II. Type I diabetes is a result of insufficient insulin production by pancreas‚ 24 whereas type II diabetes is due to the body’s inability to use the insulin that is produced‚ hence the 25 name insulin resistance is used to refer to type II diabetes. Currently‚ individuals with diabetes are 26 able to monitor their blood glucose levels using a glucometer
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Diabetes 1. Edna has recently been diagnosed with diabetes‚ but her family still keep bringing in chocolate biscuits for her to eat. How would you deal with this? Speak to her family about the problems that could be caused by Edna eating chocolate biscuits regularly with her having diabetes. Maybe speak to her family about them buying her diabetic chocolate instead of normal chocolate biscuits. 2. What issues would you discuss with Edna? How eating chocolate biscuits could raise
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and Type 2 Diabetes Yvonne Gill Com/156 November 30‚ 2012 John Likides Nutrition and Type 2 Diabetes There have been studies on the risk of type 2 diabetes and how the risk of getting type 2 diabetes can be successfully reduced by changing lifestyle habits (Tuomilehto et al‚ 2001). The most favorable dietary option for persons with diabetes has long been a subject of debate. Nutritionists have been trying to find a healthy eating plan that works for people with type 2 diabetes to
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Living with and the Challenges of Type 1 Diabetes Many of us know someone who has diabetes‚ but most of us don’t know what the disease is and the challenges that the person faces on a day to day basis. Diabetes is a disease that affects the pancreas. Your body produces too little or no insulin at all. It causes the glucose to backup in the bloodstream‚ which then causes the blood sugars to rise. (Joslin Diabetes Center) There are two types of diabetes; people often get them mixed up and confused
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