What happens in diabetes? Lack of insulin or a resistance to insulin is known to have major metabolic effects. Food powers our bodies. When we eat food‚ most digestable carbohydrates are converted into glucose and rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. We use this glucose for energy. However these carbohydrates cannot be utilized effectively and excess glucose cannot be stored in the liver. The glucose level in the blood increases but the cells of the body will be lacking of glucose and energy.
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Diabetes Diabetes is a condition where the pancreas secretes an insufficient supply of insulin or the body does not use the insulin efficiently. Normally‚ when the pancreas produces the right amount of insulin to accommodate the quantity of sugar. However‚ when the person has diabetes‚ either the pancreas produces little or no insulin or the cells do not respond normally to the insulin. Sugar accumulates up in the blood‚ overflows into the urine and then passes from the body unused. Now if this
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Public Awareness of Diabetes Lynn A. Bailey HCA/240 August 21‚ 2011 Dr. Monica Reed‚ PhD‚ MPH Diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people every year‚ and in most cases‚ this is a disease that is preventable. Increasing public awareness regarding risk factors and how this debilitating disease can be controlled and prevented may reduce the number of cases diagnosed each year. Throughout the years‚ scientists have developed a variety of treatment options and medications that are
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ABSTRACT This paper discusses how diabetes is disease that affects most Hispanics/Latinos. It will discuss their statistics against the disease and other health problems it causes. It will tell you how serious of a disease it is but with detection and treatment may save lives. KEYWORDS: diabetes‚ Hispanic/Latino‚ disease‚ detection The Effects That Diabetes Have on Hispanics/Latinos in the United States and the Risks They Face as a Community Research Diabetes in Latino/Hispanics is a major health
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Diabetes Case Study Erin Outlaw‚ Anavictoria Fortaleza‚ Merlin Nicholson‚ Theresa Watson Nursing 427 April 18‚ 2011 Heather Flores‚ RN‚ MSN Diabetes Case Study Angelo Reyes is just one of hundreds of thousands who must rely on the delivery of insulin into his system in order to survive‚ due to his diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes. Diagnosed at age thirteen‚ Angelo lives his life in a highly structured way‚ always cognizant of what he eats‚ his activity levels‚ and how such factors influence
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Diabetes Mellitus is a condition in which the amount of glucose or sugar in the blood is too high. Glucose comes from the digestion of starchy foods such as sweets‚ rice‚ potatoes and bread. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that causes the destruction of pancreatic beta cells‚ the cells in the body that make the hormone insulin. Insulin is required for people to get energy from food‚ therefore‚ people with type 1 diabetes must take multiple injections of insulin each day
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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic illness that is a result of the body’s insulin not functioning correctly. It was formerly called adult-onset or insulin-dependent. It is also the most common kind of diabetes accounting for about 90 percent of all diabetes cases. Type 2 diabetes can also cause obesity and high cholesterol. About 6 percent of the population suffers from diabetes while about one-third of those who do have it‚ do not know about it. Insulin is a chemical that is released by the body
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Type 1 diabetes Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas is unable to make enough insulin. Insulin is a hormone that acts as a key to let glucose from the food we eat pass from the blood stream into the cells to provide energy. What causes the condition? The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown. It is thought that a viral infection‚ makes triggers the immune system to destroy the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in people who have a genetic history of diabetes. . At this stage nothing
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Sociological perspective The sociological perspective of dealing with diabetes may promote understanding of how patients manage with their daily living diabetes. How dealing with diabetes on the daily means for them and how it marks their everyday lives. Of course informative data would have to be collected from different individuals to be able to grasp a well concept of the living experience from those who suffer from diabetes and how they deal with their conditions. Living with a chronic condition
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obesity rates in relation to Type 2 Diabetes primarily in South Auckland. In this report I will find out whether the diverse ethnicities of South Auckland residents have any affect on Diabetes rates. I chose this question because I am interested in whether someone’s race can determine his or her risk of chronic disease. I also think this issue is important because South Auckland is so ethnically diverse that we need to know if race plays a part in obesity and diabetes risks. My report will focus on 3
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