As a diabetic, I decided to learn more about my diseases. Diabetes is called diabetes mellitus. Diabetes is a disorder where your body can not eliminate sugar and as a result, your blood sugar levels remain high. The reasons your blood sugar levels remain high is because your pancreas is unable to produce sufficient insulin, or your body cells are resistant to the insulin your pancreas produces. Symptoms of diabetes are increased thirst (staying unusually thirst), increased hunger (not…
food. There are two major types of diabetes, the types 1 and 2. The fist type is characterized by the body's failure to produce the insulin needed, this usually occurs among children. The second type is the disruption of the insulin producing process of the body or the failure of insulin to work, either as an offshoot of another disorder or as a result to unhealthy lifestyle. Type 2 diabetes usually afflicts adults, most commonly the obese. Type 1 diabetes is often hereditary, caused by certain…
What is diabetes? Diabetes is a condition defined as the process in which our bodies produce too much blood sugar or blood glucose. Sugars come from the foods we eat that we need to fuel our bodies. Our blood contains glucose because we need this for energy but diabetes patients have too much glucose in their bodies which is unhealthy. Types of Diabetes I. Pre-Diabetes: When blood glucose levels are higher than doctors would normally like but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.…
Type 2 Diabetes occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin or when the pancreas has stopped producing enough insulin. It is very unknown why this happens. Many risk factors can lead to Type 2 Diabetes. The risk factors can include: weight, fat distribution, inactivity, family history, race, age, prediabetes, gestational diabetes, and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Weight is a risk factor because the more fatty tissues you have, the more resistant your cells become to insulin. Keep in mind…
Because of Diabetes people suffer from major complications such as: limb amputation, heart disease, blindness among others. (GeoSalud, 2016) Causes: There are two types of diabetes: Diabetes Type 1 - can start at any age, commonly in children, adolescents and young people. This is mainly caused by lack of insulin production in the blood. Diabetes type 2: This is common, and occurs in adulthood, factors ask to be: Obesity, poor diet, Smoking,…
This morning we are in the home of 32-year-old Kevin, who suffers with type 1 brittle diabetes. The following interview was brief, but informative: (Angel) Kevin, you were diagnosed at 10, any memories during that time? (Kevin) I recall my weight of 125 lbs and a few days later weighing 80 lbs. It caused frequent urination and couldn't eat without vomiting. Losing consciousness caused a 2 week diabetic coma and woke up to glucose levels over 1800. Those were prominent memories. (Angel) How…
Juvenile Diabetes symptoms Diabetes is classified as type 1 diabetes and type 2. While type 2 is due to the relative lack of insulin, and due to the lack of insulin, type 1. This means that in type 1 diabetes the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin in the body are not working while some beta cells function in type 2, while others were destroyed. In juvenile diabetes, signs and symptoms during adolescence. Typically, this is the type 1 diabetes. We offer a list of symptoms of diabetes…
Clinical development Clinical study background Alogliptin (Nesina®) is a new drug for the treatment of adult patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) by inhibiting the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) enzyme and thereby prevent degradation of incretin hormones [1]. There were a number of clinical evidences for this DPP-4 inhibitor drug to define its use in treating T2D, including the clinical phase I, clinical phase II and III studies, but this review only detailed descripted some typical clinical…
In T1DM, onset of symptoms is often rapid with a characteristic weight loss, excessive thirst, frequent urination, and excessive hunger. To manage the disease, people living with T1DM usually need a supply of insulin from an outside source since the body lacks the ability to produce this hormone. It is important to note that those newly diagnosed with this disease may require less insulin within the first few months of diagnosis because the body is still able to produce some amount of the…
Diabetes mellitus (DM) can be categorized by a group of metabolic diseases including hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, the action of insulin, or both. In type one DM, the beta cells are completely destroyed in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, which leads to insulin deficiency. This can happen at any age, but it mainly occurs before the age of thirty. Type one DM is characterized by hyperglycemia, breakdown of body fats and proteins, and the development of…