Diabetes is a genetic disease that is very relevant to our world now. Diabetes is a disease where your body can’t use and store glucose (a type of sugar) correctly. Glucose then backs up in the bloodstream, causing high blood glucose, commonly called blood sugar. There are two different types of diabetes, simply called type 1 and type 2. Type 1, formerly called juvenile-onset, or insulin-dependent, is when your body completely stops creating insulin. Insulin is what allows the body to use the glucose that we get from food. People with type 1 diabetes have to take insulin injections every day to survive. Type 1 diabetes develops most commonly in children or young adults, but can be developed at any time. Type 2, formerly called adult-onset
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In 2014the number was 422 million people. That is a huge rise in the number from in 1980 when there were 108 million people. Also, these numbers are only people who have been diagnosed. While you probably won’t live as long, there are probably many people who have diabetes but just don’t know about it yet. People with diabetes have a shorter life expectancy, but with new medicines and ways to help people with diabetes, it is not nearly as big of a difference as it used to be. Life expectancy for people with type 2 diabetes is typically decreased by up to ten years. People with type 1 could possibly have their life expectancy decreased by 20 years, but again, with improved care for diabetics, people with type 1 are living significantly longer. As diabetes is a genetic disease, many people who have family members who have diabetes that they will get it as well. Depending on the type of diabetes that you’re talking about, there are different odds of you getting it. For type 1 diabetes, it’s more likely if an immediate relative has it: a parent, a brother or sister, or a child. Also, Caucasians have a higher risk of getting type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a little more common, and easier to trace throughout families. However, it is still a complicated pattern of who will get it and who won’t. Both types of diabetes are difficult to track and understand how they work
In 2014the number was 422 million people. That is a huge rise in the number from in 1980 when there were 108 million people. Also, these numbers are only people who have been diagnosed. While you probably won’t live as long, there are probably many people who have diabetes but just don’t know about it yet. People with diabetes have a shorter life expectancy, but with new medicines and ways to help people with diabetes, it is not nearly as big of a difference as it used to be. Life expectancy for people with type 2 diabetes is typically decreased by up to ten years. People with type 1 could possibly have their life expectancy decreased by 20 years, but again, with improved care for diabetics, people with type 1 are living significantly longer. As diabetes is a genetic disease, many people who have family members who have diabetes that they will get it as well. Depending on the type of diabetes that you’re talking about, there are different odds of you getting it. For type 1 diabetes, it’s more likely if an immediate relative has it: a parent, a brother or sister, or a child. Also, Caucasians have a higher risk of getting type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a little more common, and easier to trace throughout families. However, it is still a complicated pattern of who will get it and who won’t. Both types of diabetes are difficult to track and understand how they work