Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas does not produce adequate amounts of insulin, or does not properly use the insulin that it does produce. Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood sugar. These two different issues concerning insulin are categorized into two separate types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is when the body does not produce enough insulin, type 2 diabetes is when the body does not use the insulin it does make properly. Diabetes is a life altering disease that affects people all across the United States.…
In particular Diabetes mellitus is a disease wherein the body cannot properly utilize or produce enough insulin. The pancreas produces the insulin which allows the body to use sugar from carbohydrates in the food. It also controls the sugar from being too high or low2. If the…
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body reacts to too much sugar in the blood stream. This means the sugar level is too high and uncontrollable. Type 2 diabetes is a disease that is built up overtime and develops as your body slowly begins to gradually produce less insulin(known as a progressive condition). Insulin is a hormone created by the islet cells (a cluster of cells located in the pancreas). It is called insulin resistance when the body is unable to produce enough insulin (which is most common in diabetics).…
Type 2 diabetes is when your cells become resistant to the action of insulin, and your pancreas is unable to make enough insulin to overcome this resistance. Instead of moving into your cells where it's needed for energy, sugar builds up in your bloodstream. Scientist and doctors don’t really know why this happens. Sometimes the pancreas can’t produce enough insulin or it produces too much. Risk factors of diabetes is Family history, environmental factors (exposure to viral illness), Dietary Factors (lack of vitamin D, or eating certain cereals before the age of 4).…
Diabetes type 2 is a chronic condition that affects the way the body produces blood sugar. Glucose is blood sugar. Some causes are eating too much and under exercising too little can strongly increase the chance of having diabetes. With type 2 your body still makes insulin, but as time goes on your pancrase will make less and less insulin. That will make it harder to get your blood sugar to your target range.…
Diabetes is a medical disorder that affects the way the body uses food for the growth and energy. (Diabetes: Taking charge of your health) In America, more than 20 million people have diabetes. (American Medical Association, 1) There are two types of diabetes—type 1 and type 2. The type 1 diabetes generally occurs at age 8 to 18, and mostly occurs with genetic.…
Diagnosis Diabetes can be defined from two different perspectives. A medical’s perspective is defined as a series of metabolic condition linked to hyperglycaemia and caused by defects in insulin secretion, and some complications include the eyes, kidneys and peripheral nerves. A patient’s perspective is defined as a lifelong condition requiring change in your daily diet, monitoring blood levels and visits to the doctor. There are four different categories of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an inadequate production of insulin to the pancreas, usually in children and young adults.…
Diabetes is a disease where the body produces little to no insulin causing dangerously high sugar levels. These high sugar levels can cause dehydration, coma, and death. Diabetes was originally discovered thousands of years ago. It’s very widespread around the world and has a very particular geographical region of origin for type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes tends to occur more in Northern Europe.…
For this news article I am going to talk about Diabetes. I chose this topic because so many Americans have diabetes and it is a very hard struggle for them. 347 million people worldwide have diabetes. Diabetes is when the human body’s blood glucose levels are above normal levels. When we eat food it is turned into either glucose or sugar that then our body’s use for energy.…
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that causes sugar levels to rise higher than normal. It also happens to be the most common form of diabetes. With type 2 diabetes the body doesn't make or use insulin properly. The pancreas makes extra insulin to make up for the body not using the insulin already made, but over time, it's not able to keep up and can't keep the blood glucose level at normal. Insulin is the key regulator of the body's metabolism.…
Diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose, the main type of sugar in the blood. Glucose, which comes from the foods we eat, is the major source of energy needed to fuel the body 's functions. To use glucose, the body needs the hormone insulin. But in people with…
What is it? Glucose is a type of sugar that is created when the body absorbs the sugar from foods and sugary drinks. Insulin is a type of hormone produce by the pancreas through the liver, which helps maintain healthy levels of Glucose in the blood. The problem with diabetes…
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease, and happens to be the most popular type of diabetes. In fact, 95% of people with diabetes have type 2 (ADA). This specific type of diabetes is not one people tend to live with for their whole life. It was formally called adult-onset diabetes because it tends to start affecting people over the age of 40 (ADA). Unlike people with Type 1 diabetes, people with Type 2 do produce insulin.…
Masen Smith Mrs. Gabriel Health 7-29-14 Diabetes Diabetes is an extremely common disease that inhibits, or cuts off completely, the body’s ability to produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that allows people to get energy from food. Without this chemical, the person must manually monitor their blood-sugar levels. Over twenty five million Americans, and 371 million people worldwide, have been diagnosed.…
The body has millions of functions it has to keep up with. Whether it be walking, digestion and even controlling the amount of sugar utilized in metabolic processes. This specific function has been causing issues in society more and more as each year passes by; this is called diabetes. Diabetes is not just one disease but a group of various types of disease that all have one thing in common; glucose control. The systems that utilize glucose cannot change the levels of its uses so it needs the right amount in order for the body to function at its best.…