Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disease that occurs when a body is unable to produce insulin‚ is unable to adequately use the insulin produced‚ or is unable to produce enough insulin for what the body needs‚ and therefore results in a body not being able to process sugars properly. There are two main types of diabetes. Type 1 is where the body does not produce any insulin and so the person is dependent on taking insulin shots to survive. Type 2 is where the body can produce insulin but may not be
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What is Type 1 Diabetes? This type of diabetes is where the pancreas‚ an organ in the human body‚ cannot produce insulin‚ a hormone. When insulin is not present‚ it is harder for the body to convert enough glucose to be used as energy. Lack of energy then makes it more difficult for the body to function fluidly and properly. Only about 5% of people with diabetes have Type 1‚ making it less common compared to the more prevalent Type 2 Diabetes. In addition‚ it is most often developed and diagnosed
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BARRY UNIVERSITY Sonia Wallace-Doll Type 1 Diabetes BIO-342 Submitted to: Dr. Stephen Garramone 6 February 2017 Introduction Nearly‚ 1.25 million Americans do have type 1 diabetes‚ and the number is more likely to increase in the future. In fact‚ the majority of the patients are mostly children as well as young adults and that is why it was known as juvenile diabetes. Only about 5% of people that have diabetes will exhibit the presence of this form (Chiang et al.‚ 2014). More important
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Diabetes affects a lot of people. My sister has it and family has a history of it as well. Many people need to learn about how it affects people and their lives. Diabetes is a disorder that affects your metabolism. It causes you to have high blood sugar. There are three main types of diabetes; type 1‚ type 2‚ and gestational. Type one is where your body does not produce insulin. Type 2 is where your body does not produce enough insulin to function and gestational only affects certain pregnant women
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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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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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The entire world is filled up with several type of diseases‚ some are deadly one’s‚ just like the weak one’s. Diabetes is recognized as being one of the world’s most common sickness running down from the family’s tree branch. Diabetes type 1‚ is an autoimmune disease which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that makes insulin; people with this disease need to inject themselves with insulin in order for them not to die‚ and they should also balance their blood
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Diabetes Mellitus The main function of insulin is to maintain blood glucose homeostasis‚ Insulin also controls the transport of glucose from the bloodstream into the muscle and fat cells. The effect that insulin has on cells is that when blood glucose rises the pancreas respond by secreting into the bloodstream thus Insulin moves glucose from the blood into the cells. When insulin is not there or it doesn’t work blood glucose regulation fails and blood glucose levels rise so this shows that blood
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Basic Mechanism An autoimmune disease occurs when the body produces an abnormal immune response against self antigens. It is caused by failure of the tolerance processes to protect the host from the action of self reactive lymphocytes. An organ-specific autoimmune disease involves gradual damage to cellular structures and is replaced by the compensating connective tissue which depletes the function of the gland/organ. Type 1 diabetes (TD1)‚ is an organ specific autoimmune disease characterize
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Approximately two and a half years ago I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. That day single handedly changed my entire life. To this day I am not completely set on there this was a progression or a setback in my life. When I look at that day‚ It just astonishes me on how everything happened so fast. Everything about my life was changed in some way. While I told you my procedures‚ and how my diabetes works‚ I have yet to tell you of my diagnosis. All the signs to diagnose me ere present‚ but
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