Diabetes mellitus type 1

Diabetes mellitus is a condition that affects body’s ability to use the energy found in food. Normally, when body breaks down sugars and carbohydrates, it converts into glucose. With the help of hormone insulin, glucose fuels the cells in human body. In diabetes, many reasons that the cell can’t take glucose. Later, accumulation of glucose in blood can occur. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form in adults. In Type 2 diabetes human body does not use insulin properly. Twenty six million of…

theory that certain diseases actually helped us as a species in the long run. Using eight case studies, Dr. Moalem set forth the benefits of disease and their contribution to new medical research. Three of these case studies are selected here: diabetes, hemochromatosis and progeria. In a healthy body, carbohydrates are broken down into glucose which is necessary to survive. Glucose is blood sugar and is used in more than one way throughout the body, for example providing fuel for the brain,…

Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Mayra Cantu is board certified by the American Association of Diabetes Educators in advanced diabetes management. She graduated from the University of Texas Pan American in May 2014. Mayra is practicing as a Nurse practitioner at the Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at Doctor Hospital at Renaissance. She has a great passion, she loves to help others, and she is willing to provide the best help for one. Diabetes is a chronic condition that results in having…

past two days. Ellen also complained of rapid weight loss, despite eating uncontrollable. Dr. Gupta suspects it to be diabetic ketoacidosis; which is when your body produces excessive ketones. Diabetic ketoacidosis mostly occurs in people with type 1 diabetes, however Ellen has no medical history of showing a diagnosis of any chronic diseases; so, variety of tests should confirm it. Diabetic ketoacidosis can be the cause of lack of insulin that helps keep the body’s blood sugar balanced. Dr.…

Another, significant factor in pancreatic cancer is diabetes. Diabetes may be either a risk factor or a symptom of pancreatic cancer. There is type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The difference between the two is that in type 1 diabetes the body’s immune system attacks part of its own pancreas. Scientists are not sure why. But the immune system mistakenly sees the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas as foreign, and destroys them. This attack is known as "autoimmune" disease. These cells are called…

alternative medicine (CAM), appropriate treatment, typical prognosis, patient teaching and potential barriers. I hope that you can learn from these different topics about type one diabetes mellitus. Diagnostic Testing The diagnostic testing that is done for diabetes mellitus is that they can give urine tests, which they will give you, a paper strip or even a dipstick and when you dip it, it is supposed to change color. The strip…

Diabetes Mellitus Type II There are two type of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Diabetes mellitus type 2 is affects 29 million Americans, 86 million are living with pre-diabetes and it is the seventh leading cause of death (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Diabetes type 2 has almost doubled in the past two decades and it is more common than type 1 diabetes. Type I diabetes patients do not produce insulin but type 2-diabetes produce insulin but not enough for the body’s needs.…

due to atherosclerosis are a major cause of ‎morbidity and mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus(1). Microalbuminuria ‎now days is considered to be an atherosclerotic risk factor and predicts ‎future cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients, in elderly ‎patients, as well as in the general population(2). Microalbuminuria is ‎associated with cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with ‎type 2 diabetes mellitus(3, 4). However, little is known about this ‎association.…

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glucose or glycogen is not available, because of diet, fasting or metabolic deficiency (like diabetes) the body will break down protein (amino acids) and (in the long term) break down fats for fuel. This fat break down releases ketones-- a carboxyl (Carbon-Oxygen) group bound to carbohydrates-- an acid. When this acid is in the blood in high amounts, a condition called ketoacidosis (often associated with type I diabetics), and can cause diabetic coma or death. Typically, ketoacidosis is the…