The Coast of Diabetes Audience: Group of classmates General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To provide the audience with information about Diabetes and increase their knowledge. Introduction: -- Attention-getter: -- Qualifications/credibility: I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 11 months old. For the past 5 years I was making research on how to keep diabetes under control and avoid complications. -- Audience motivation/relevance: During my presentation I will give you
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What is diabetes Incidence Type 1 dibetes accounts for around 10-15% of diagnosed diabetes‚ with the estimated increase in Europe being 4% per year (2004). The difference in incidence is vast with the high frequency in finland and Sweden and low frequency in china. It is thought theat the variation in incidence is due to environmental factors in each country and genetic factors in dierent races. Causes Although it is unknow what exactly triggers the autoimmune reaction‚ evidence suggests
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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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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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Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (hyperglycemia) resulting from defects in insulin production and secretion‚ decreased cellular response to insulin‚ or both. This leads to hyperglycemia‚ which may lead to acute metabolic complications‚ such as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNS). Longterm hyperglycemia may contribute to chronic microvascular complications (kidney and eye disease)
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Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar‚ either because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. This high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of frequent urination‚ increased thirst and increased hunger. Management Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease‚ for which there is no known cure except in very specific situations. Management concentrates on keeping blood sugar levels as
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Diabetes Assignment This assignment will be looking at the pathophysiology of Type 1 diabetes‚ the effects this has upon Carol in terms of symptoms and how it may affect the developing embryo and foetus. What is Type 1 Diabetes? Diabetes type 1 is an organ specific autoimmune disease which develops in the pancreas and islet cell antibodies when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys insulin producing beta cells (Nelson-Piercy‚ 2005). This affects the metabolism of fats‚ proteins and
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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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