Delaney Sebben English 2 basic April 7‚ 2014 Diabetes I. Diabetes is a metabolic disease where the body cannot make enough or any insulin. There are many ways to prevent diabetes‚ by knowing the symptoms and causes. diabetes is a disease with very few treatments‚ but it can affect your life in many ways. II. Finding ways to prevent all types and kinds of diabetes. A. make sure that you are staying physically active for more than two hours a day it is very
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Diabetes‚ Minority Status‚ and the African American and Hispanic American Communities Diabetes‚ Minority Status‚ and the African American and Hispanic American Communities In March of 2003‚ a bill known as the "Minority Population Diabetes Prevention and Control Act of 2003" was introduced to Congress‚ and then referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. According to this bill’s findings‚ "minority populations‚ including African Americans‚ Hispanics‚ Native Americans‚ and Asians‚ have
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Diabetes‚ "diabetes" urine disease About illness Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease leading to high blood sugar. There are also more than 370 million people with diabetes around the world. There are two main types of diabetes: Type I ‚ which rarely happens‚ and second type is the most common and represents 95% of the incidence. However‚ there are other types of diabetes‚ but they are rarer. In addition to the disease‚ "gestational diabetes". Known diabetes generally any disease colloquially
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Today the average five year old is learning how to ride a bike without their training wheels‚ but when I was five years old I was learning how to count carbohydrates. In the summer of 1999 I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just after turning five years old. As I grew older I found this disease harder to live with. All I wanted to do was fit in and look like all the young celebrities you see on T.V. and in magazines. That was not reality for me. In 2010 my dance school was invited to perform in
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Diabetes Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease. There are two types of diabetes‚ type 1‚ and type 2. This is the fastest growing disease in America‚ with 50% of the adults being diagnosed with it. This disease is number six in the leading cause of death. There are about 225‚000 people that die from related complications of diabetes. Diabetes is caused from the body producing‚ too much glucose in the blood. In a healthy person glucose enters the blood stream from the organs. The pancreas
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Diabetes This disease is caused by defective carbohydrate metabolism. It causes large amounts of sugar in the blood and urine. It can damage the kidneys‚ heart‚ eyes‚ limbs‚ and endanger pregnancy. About five percent of the United States population has it and about half are undiagnosed. A diabetic that is treated life span is lowered by one-third There are two types of diabetes. Type I‚ insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). And type II‚ non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)
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Understanding the care and management of Diabetes Level 2 UNIT 1 Assessment 1.1 Understand the function of glucose in the blood 1) 1.1 Explain what ‘blood glucose’ is: Blood glucose is glucose in the blood stream. Glucose comes from eating and digesting carbohydrates. 2) 1.2 Describe the difference between simple and complex carbohydrates: Carbohydrates that break down rapidly during digestion are known as simple carbohydrates because they rapidly release glucose into the blood stream. Carbohydrates
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Diabetes I am going to discuss the chronic disease diabetes and the risk factors associated with this chronic disease. I will also discuss who is commonly affected by diabetes and how to treat diabetes. Diabetes is a disorder in the body in which the cells cannot get the glucose from the blood. Diabetes results in high blood glucose levels. Diabetes is known to run in families. In my family diabetes is hereditary. So I am more likely to develop type two diabetes. My
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Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus (DM) – “a chronic‚ progressive disease characterized by the body’s inability to metabolize carbohydrates‚ fats‚ and proteins‚ leading to hyperglycaemia (high blood glucose level)” (Black & Hawks‚ 2009‚ p. 1062) Epidemiology: Pathophysiology Overview According to Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System‚ “[i]n 2008/09‚ close to 2.4 million Canadians aged 1 yr and older were living w/ diagnosed diabetes (either type 1 or type 2)” making diabetes as one
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because of lack of insulin in their bodies. They have to watch their sugar intake daily and also keep up with insulin shots. Diabetes is a life long disease which isn’t easy to have without new technological advancements. The rapid growth of technology has made health care more successful‚ specifically in the advancements for the cure and treatments of diabetes. Diabetes Mellitus is a disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps the body’s tissues
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