Talking about diabetes in one thing. Talking about diabetes while it waits your doorstep is a whole other story. I live with a high risk of diabetes. Countless members of my family have been diagnosed with this disease and some have passed away because of it. Diabetes runs through both sides of my family. My paternal grandmother‚ my maternal grandfather‚ my maternal grandfather’s brothers‚ and my maternal grandmother’s older sister all suffer from the same disease. For all of them‚ the daily routine
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Diabetes Diabetes is a chronic metabolic in which the amount of insulin produced by the body falls below the normal range. Insulin is normally responsible for lowering the blood sugar level in the body.In the absence of the adequate amount of insulin‚ the blood sugar levels increase leading to symptoms. For example‚ frequent urination‚ extreme thirst‚ and increased hunger. There are primarily three types of diabetes; type1 ‚type 2 ‚type3. In this case the important one is type 1 i’m going to introduce
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Type 2 Diabetes Speech: What is type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin‚ this means that the person is therefore resistant to insulin or their body does not know how to react to it. The function of insulin for those who don’t know is to control blood glucose levels. Symptoms of type 2 diabetes include: Hunger Thirst Loss of eyesight Extreme fatigue Headaches Urination frequently Weight loss (even though you are feeling hungry and
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“You can’t eat that‚ it has sugar in it.” “Does that hurt?” “Is that the good or bad type of diabetes?” Listening to ignorant people talk about diabetes has to be the worst part about the disease‚ besides getting strange looks from people as you pull out your insulin and pretend its heroine. From hearing stories about someone’s great grandpa losing a foot due to diabetes and miraculously they’re an expert on the subject‚ or if one blood sugar isn’t in range‚ you’ll lose your liver. You can’t blame
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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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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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MicroCHIP Technology- A Renovation in Diabetes Therapy Table of Contents: List of tables and Figures ………………………………………………………………..3 Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………….4 1.0 Introduction…………………………..………………………………………………5 1.1 Back ground of Problem…..…..……………………………………………...5 1.2 Substitute Technology...…………………...………………………………….8 1.2.1 History of implementation..……………………...……….…………8 1.2.2 Description of microchips……………….......................................
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you wanted; before you had Type 1 Diabetes. Everyday you had to count carbohydrates and give the correct dosage of insulin for the predicted amount of carbs you might consume. Now‚ an internal artificial pancreas recognizes an increase in blood sugar and automatically supplies the correct amount of insulin to your blood stream. No more finger pricks. No more shots. No more carb counting. Now‚ there’s a machine inside of you that constantly controls your diabetes. This new apparatus has changed your
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that goes along with type 1 and 2 diabetes. Managing diabetes and prediabetes is challenging‚ especially when those around you of skills were not given the proper form to assist themselves or others concerning the nutritional and the process of digestion. Society has conveyed a false advertisement about the diabetic community. Grouping all diabetics‚ type 1‚ and type 2‚ is not the way these diseases should be represented. According to the ADA ( American Diabetes Association)
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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 use
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