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BRIEFING: DIABETES AMONG BLACK, LATINO, AND NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATIONS TO: CHAIR, SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTH DISPARITIES, NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM: JANEL GRANT, DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Executive Summary The burden of diabetes is more prevalent among minorities than the white population. While minorities are more likely than whites to be diagnosed with diabetes, the rates of difficulties differ by disease and minority group. Diabetes is detrimental among the Black, Latino, and Native…

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a disorder where the insulin in the pancreas doesn’t function properly and cannot produce any. Every day, thousands of people around the planet are devastatingly diagnosed with T1D. Patients with this illness should realize the causes, symptoms, risk factors, complications, treatment, and preventions because it could save your life. The causes include family history and genetics. In addition, symptoms include dizziness, extreme weight loss, and excessive urination. A…

chemical imbalance known as diabetic ketoacidosis (DIABETES.ORG). DKA causes osmotic diuresis which results in urinary losses of water and electrolytes (sodium and potassium). Potassium levels are initially elevated, however with insulin therapy, potassium shifts into cells and causes hypokalemia (ATI BOOK). Certain stressors and drugs can cause DKA include: acute infection, trauma, pancreatitis, stroke, corticosteroids, thiazide diuretics, and sympathomimetic. Signs and symptoms of DKA…

Type 1 diabetes, formerly known as juvenile diabetes, infects only 5% of people with diabetes. It usually occurs in children and young adults. People with type 1 diabetes have to be very careful to check the sugar level in their blood, especially during athletic activity. My friend from my lacrosse team had to take breaks during the game to check his sugar levels and sometimes drink juice or eat candy bars if his levels were too low. Type 1 diabetes is when the body does not produce insulin.…

Afflicting nearly 30 million Americans, type 2 diabetes is characterized by blood glucose levels that are significantly above normal, indicating that not enough insulin is being produced or that the body is unable to process it. In essence, sugar builds up in the blood, which can lead to a number of serious complications, including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and the need for lower-extremity amputation. As a team of physicians that specializes in cardiac testing, internal medicine…

Many people around the globe have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the diabetes disease. Diabetes occurs when blood glucose levels rise higher than the normal, better known as hyperglycemia. Another factor that triggers diabetes is the human body’s lack of production of insulin. Insulin keeps the blood glucose level in the body at a normal level, but without it, high levels of sugar in the blood begin to take place. While diabetes is one of the most common diseases in…

At age six, my younger brother Christopher was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition that renders the body unable to produce a sufficient amount of insulin. At the time of his diagnosis, Christopher and I were enrolled at a school in which our two grades were taught together in the same classroom. It hurt me so much to see his empty seat some days that I refused to go to school, and reminded me how he would scream when before his shots. I don’t remember much of spending time at the…

type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes because it can kill them, and it affects their lives negatively. If a person has diabetes, they can’t live a normal life anymore. They have to be more careful with the things they do. There are a couple of symptoms that people may have. They have to watch their sugar level everyday. There is no cure for diabetes, but there are treatments that keep sugar levels normal. If people are aware of diabetes, they can probably prevent it or control it. Type 1…

That sterile smell, the multiple doctor visits; the little white rooms, where I tried to not think about the worst thing that could be wrong with me. One of the white coats finally said something, but it wasn't good news; I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. My world had just turned upside down. I was 12 years old at the time. My parents and I didn't know anything about diabetes, so when I was told I had it, I had just assumed it was only temporary, that I will get better in a few days; I…

forms namely type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused by a situation where the immune system attacks and destroys pancreases beta cells that produce insulin. (Atkinson & Eisenbarth, 2001). Type 2 diabetes (the most common type) is caused by a number of factors ranging from genetic and lifestyle factors. Some of these include physical inactivity and obesity in which case the extra fat causes insulin resistance. Aside from that, genetic and family history can cause both type 1 and…