Insulin

Insulin Dependent There I was sitting in the doctor’s office holding onto that last piece of hope hidden deep down within my heart. Little did I know things were about to change for the rest of my life. As the doctor knocked on the door, my heart pounded each time. “Thump, thump, thump.” He walked in with a forceful smile that even I could tell as an eight year old that it was fake. I stared at his lips moving ever so slowly and just hearing gibberish coming from them. He looked down at his…

My article is about diabetic insulin patches and how they affect people with diabetes. Diabetes is a disease caused by the pancreas not producing insulin which aids the body in sugar digestion. Currently insulin pumps are being used. “Insulin pumps are cell-phone-size devices that deliver preprogrammed and user-adjusted doses of insulin (Chait).”The pumps have to be manually set to inject the insulin using carbohydrate counting; however, they also alert the diabetic to low sugar and high sugar…

obesity. They should inject insulin because their pancreas can’t make pancreas by themselves. The pancreas admits body to use sugar from carbohydrates in the food which you eat for energy or store glucose for using next time. Insulin helps to control your blood glucose level from getting too high hyperglycemia or too low hyperglycemia. If you get more sugar in your body than you need it, insulin helps store that in your organs such as liver and releases. As a result, insulin helps balance about…

Insulin is the body’s main way to lower the blood glucose levels when they get to high. When the blood glucose levels get to low the hormone glycogen is produced. They both come from the pancreas but insulin also helps glucose get transported into the cells (Quesada et al., 2008). The body uses glucose as a primary source of energy through a variety of metabolic reactions. Glucose is a sugar that gets broken down through glycolysis into ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) inside of the cell (Stanfield,…

Genetically Modifying Bacteria and Yeast Insulin Genetic Engineering is the revision and modification of a being’s phenotype. To successfully genetically modify a phenotype, scientists must perform numerous steps. These alterations in the individual’s phenotype can improve the way they function on a daily basis, and even help some overcome difficulties of specific diseases and disorders. One particular kind of genetic modification helps to create insulin for those who suffer from diabetes. This…

The Insulin Resistant Gene has sounded an alarm of concern not only here in the United States but many other countries as well. The concern for the Insulin Resistant Gene and its’ ability to create an alarming amount of newly diagnosed juveniles’ with obesity and diabetes, along with other health factors has many health providers concerned with co-morbidities in children. A review of literature on, “Insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic youth, disclosed cardio-metabolic issues leading to…

Both insulin and glucagon work together towards a balanced body metabolism, however, they are divided into the opposite function: insulin supports anabolic reactions while glucagon, catabolic reactions. They are released from the pancreas and controlled in the brain by the pituitary gland. Insulin has many functions, it signals a state of energy abundance, promotes of amino and glucose acid absorption to various tissues from the blood as well as stimulation of anabolic processes such as glycogen…

The pancreas produces insulin, which is a hormone and its essential role is to help transfer glucose or blood sugar to the cells so that they can change it into energy. When you have diabetes this process can either be non-existent or only produce a little amount of insulin. When your sugars or glucose is elevated it’s called hyperglycemia, when sugars are low it is called hypoglycemia. I am the manager of a medical office, so I have performed a blood sugar prick before. When a diabetic or…

Insulin Administration in Catholic Schools Huggins, M. (2015). Insulin Administration in Catholic Schools: A New Look at Legal and Medical Issues. Journal Of Catholic Education, 18(2) This article takes a look at how Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 or juvenile diabetes can possibly be a legal matter that educators need to be aware of. Questions that were raised while I read this article were can I administer insulin to a student and what are the legal issues of it in North Carolina? The author, Mike…

be writing about a scientific discovery of my choice. I have therefore decided to choose Insulin as my chosen subject due to it being one of the best medical discoveries ever made. Insulin is used worldwide and has a great importance in all patients with type 1 diabetes, and for some patients with type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetics must take insulin daily in order to survive. Before the discovery of insulin, millions of people lost their lives due to having diabetes. Egyptians would treat…