ABOUT DIABETES MELLITUS Diabetes mellitus (or diabetes) is a chronic‚ lifelong condition that affects your body’s ability to use the energy found in food. There are three major types of diabetes: types 1 diabetes ‚ type 2 diabetes‚ and gestational diabetes. All types of diabetes mellitus have something in common. Normally‚ your body breaks down the sugars and carbohydrates you eat into a special sugar called glucose. Glucose fuels the cells in your body. But the cells need insulin‚ a hormone
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Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes mellitus or what is commonly known as diabetes is a deadly disease and is becoming more common not just in America‚ but worldwide. Diabetes Mellitus is a disease where sugar levels in the blood are at a very high level. This disease is caused due to the fact of the body not being able to use insulin properly‚ or not being able to balance the use of insulin altogether. There are also times when there is a problem with both. As of January 27‚ 2012‚ the Center for Disease
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• Type 1 Type 1 often affects people under 30 years of age but can develop at any time. In Type 1 diabetes‚ your pancreas stops making insulin or only makes a very small amount. Without insulin‚ glucose cannot enter into your cells which need to burn glucose for energy. Some people are born with the genes‚ but only some will develop it. While there is no such thing as a good or bad diabetic‚ some individuals have very wide‚ unsteady swings in blood sugars. This happens when their bodies have extreme
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1. Explain the differences between Diabetes mellitus Type I vs Type II. Are there any other forms of diabetes? Type 1 diabetes is insulin dependent‚ an autoimmune destruction of beta cells in the pancreas. Therefore‚ required insulin replacement‚ and not associated to obesity‚ and occur mostly in children and adolescent. However‚ type 2 diabetes it is non- insulin- dependent‚ and caused by decreased of insulin production‚ and occur mostly in people 50+ age‚ and associated with obesity. 2-What are
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Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus Global Scenario Diabetes and other chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are significant public health challenges in the 21st century. It is estimated that 3.8 million deaths were attributable to diabetes in 2007‚ equivalent to 6% of all deaths globally. India‚ which has the largest population of diabetes patients of any country‚ diabetes accounts for 9.7% of these deaths. The prevalence of diabetes is rapidly rising all over the globe at an alarming rate
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A Medical Literature Review on a Case of Type 1 Diabetes Lindsay Chandler 3/23/2015 Abstract Type 1 diabetes a serious disease that requires lifelong monitoring and treatment. This paper first discusses the major risk factors associated with type 1 diabetes. Following this discussion is a description of an individual living with type 1 diabetes. Finally‚ the results from a literature review on type 1 diabetes are discussed. From this literature review‚ it was found that there are many modifiable
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Material Appendix F Type I and Type II Diabetes What are the differences between Type I and Type II diabetes? By completing this chart‚ you will create an easy-to-read reference that will help you understand how the two forms of diabetes mellitus differ. Use Ch. 13 of the text in addition to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Web site at http://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.jsp to find details about the two types of diabetes. Diabetes Mellitus Matrix |Form of Diabetes
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19 January 2012 Disease Report: Type 1 Diabetes For over 2‚000‚ diabetes has been recognized throughout history and for a long time‚ people were unable to find a remedy or cure for it. Not until the 17th Century was it that people began sampling their urine to test their blood sugar. It was then in 1921 that a surgeon named Frederick Banting with an his assistant Charles Best came up with insulin and were eventually able to save a dying young boy with diabetes’ life. But even with our continuous
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TYPE 1 Diabetes Type 1 diabetes develops because the body’s immune system destroys beta cells in a part of the pancreas called the islet tissue. These beta cells produce insulin. So people with Type 1 diabetes can’t make their own insulin. Type 1 diabetes is what is known as a ’complex trait’‚ which means that mutations in several genes likely contribute to the disease. For example‚ it is now known that the insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (AiM1) locus on chromosome 6 may harbor at least one susceptibility
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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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