Diabetes mellitus type 2

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    Diabetes Diabetes is a genetic disease. There are two types of Diabetes, Type 1 which is were your pancreas does not produce insulin this is also known as “Juvenile diabetes” because it is often diagnosed in children and teens. There is also Type 2 diabetes; this occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin or when the cells are unable to use insulin properly. Diabetes is common genetic disease and affects many people. The number of people affected by diabetes is 21.9 million people,…

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    discussion of the disease process/condition I chose to write about diabetes since it runs on my father’s side of the family. Diabetes is a widespread disease that does not allow the body’s ability to produce or use insulin which is a hormone that allows glucose turn into energy. There are two types of diabetes; diabetes 1 causes the body to make little or no insulin and diabetes 2 makes the body resistant to insulin. Both types of diabetes can greatly increase a person's risk for a range of…

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    Essay On Type 1 Diabetes

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    Diabetes is a disease that is very common in this world till this day. There are two types of diabetes. There is type one and type two. Type one diabetes was once known as juvenile diabetes or insulentdependent diabetes. It is a condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone needed to allow sugar to enter the cells to make energy. There are many factors to type one diabetes. Such as exposure to certain viruses and genetics. This type of diabetes usually…

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    Introduction: The global pandemic of diabetes mellitus (DM), which principally involves T2D is well recognized by World Health Organization (WHO) and affects the majority of adults in developed countries such as in North America, Japan and Europe[1]. The greatest increase in prevalence of DM is however expected to occur rapidly in developing and low or middle income countries in Asia and Africa toward the years 2030 and 2035, probably following the people's tendency for urbanization, changing…

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    this lifestyle can lead to Diabetes type 2. Many people are diagnosed with Type II Diabetes everyday, but it is becoming more common in kids because of…

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    Can Diabetes Be Reversed? The Facts That Can Save Your Life According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 29 million Americans are afflicted by diabetes, and more than 8 million don 't even know they have it. Your risk of dying of any condition is a full 50 percent higher when you have diabetes. If you are affected by this epidemic, what can you do? Can diabetes be reversed? Diabetes develops when the body is overloaded with glucose (sugar). This glucose comes from your diet. Your cells…

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    or chronic- long-term and coming on gradually. In the past, chronic glomerulonephritis was the common cause of chronic renal failure but as of today, diabetes mellitus and hypertension are the main causes of ESRD, which account for almost 60% of dialysis patients. The cost of treating a kidney disease is uneconomical1. 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…

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    Researchers report that type 2 diabetes is increasing among Americans at an alarming pace, and 40% of Americans now expected to develop type 2 diabetes during lifetime. What are your thoughts on that? In your opinion, what are the reasons for such high rates and terrifying statistics? A. Bob suggested that the increased availability of fast foods and processed foods, lack of exercise, and obesity might be contributing to the alarming increase in cases of type 2 diabetes. Society should be more…

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    Healthy People 2020

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    2020 is trying to reduce the number of people affected by diabetes type 2 among the U.S. populations. “From 1980 to 2014, the number of adults in the United States aged 18-79 with newly diagnosed diabetes more than tripled from 493,000 in 1980 to more than 1.4 million in 2014” (Annual Number (in thousands) of New of Diagnosed Diabetes Among Adults Aged 18-79 years, 2015). This shows numbers have gone up and more people are dying from diabetes in the United States. Healthy people has set…

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    one can become more acquainted with how the body reacts to an activity program, different types of food, one's eating schedule, and medications. This information can be shared with one's doctor to create a better diabetic management plan. Food Choice and medications There is a strong link between blood glucose management and medications and the diet of a diabetic patient. Individuals with type 1 diabetes are not able to create insulin for…

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