DIABETES TYPE 1
Natalie,Wiseman
Do you have someone who has to watch what they eat, maybe grandpa, or a grandma? They may have diabetes. Diabetes is a “disease that affects how the body uses glucose, a sugar that is the body’s main source of fuel”. In type 1 diabetes, glucose can 't get into the body’s cells where it 's needed.
Diabetes is very common diseases , so how did it get its name, Well in 1675 Thomas Willis added the word “mellitus” to the word diabetes. “ This was because of the sweet taste of Urine”. The word Urine was made by the Ancient Greeks, it was clearly seen from their literature.
What this disease is caused by is People with diabetes have high glucose, It 's also called high blood sugar or hyperglycemia.
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If you 're wondering what the symptoms of this disease is, then i will tell you. The symptoms of this disease is for people with diabetes, controlling blood sugar levels is important. Having a blood sugar level that 's too high and can make you feel very sick, and having high blood sugar levels a lot can be super unhealthy.
If you have someone with diabetes type 1, you should read this because people with type 1 diabetes need to follow a treatment plan to manage their diabetes and stay healthy and active. There is no cure for diabetes but you can manage it, also there is medicines for diabetes that help the symptoms go down. One of the medication is called Insulin, Carbohydrate counting, Frequent blood sugar monitoring, also eating healthy foods, Exercising regularly, and maintaining healthy weight.
Also people’s lives are changed because of diabetes like for example “The never-ending demands of diabetes care, such as eating carefully, exercising, monitoring blood glucose, and scheduling and planning symptoms of low or very high blood glucose fears about or the reality of complications.
The way that people cope with awful disease is exercise that 's the key component of proper diabetes care. Along with all of the other benefits you will receive from being active, your diabetes will also respond in kind and with more stable blood glucose
Sugary urine has historically been known as a symptom of diabetes. The author writes, “In the past Chinese physicians actually diagnosed and monitored diabetes by looking to see whether ants were attracted to someone’s urine.” Therefore, sugary urine was a key factor for detecting and treating of the disease in the past. Today’s treatment typically consists of medication, exercise, and a balanced diet. Unfortunately, diabetes has had a huge impact on humanity, as it currently affects about 171 million people
Before getting into the takeaways from the book we need some definitions and to shed some perspective on how dire the diabetes problem is. So, what is diabetes? The short answer is it’s when your blood glucose or sugar is too high. How it works is when you eat food your body breaks it down into sugars that enter your bloodstream to be distributed throughout your body for energy, when this happens your pancreas releases a hormone called insulin to transport those sugars to the
Diabetes is a disease that 29.1 million people have to live with; so what is it? Diabetes is a disease that occurs when a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps the body use glucose. Insulin is responsible for delivering the glucose from the bloodstream into muscles, fat, liver, and most cells to produce fuel for the body.
Diabetes can be divided in two types. Type 1 diabetes is known as insulin-dependent diabetes. It happens when your immune system destroys beta cells which are needed to produce insulin. And type 2 diabetes, similar to type one, except immune system doesn’t destroy the cells that generate insulin. Type 1 diabetes has no cure but it can be regulated with proper
Unfortunately, not all resources in the World Wide Web are creditable and can do more harm than aiding in the situation. More reliable resources that can provide evidence base information are diabetic educators. Education
Type 1 diabetes has many symptoms, which include: blurry vision, losing weight, and always being thirsty. Type one diabetes is most common in humans before the age of 30. People do not realize that diabetes could kill them if they don 't take it
The causes of diabetes vary, but the most important risk factors: unhealthy diet, obesity and physical inactivity (2). World health organization (WHO) concluded that risk factors are associated with chronic diseases; hence are the challenges of the century of
According to the CDC, 7.9 million adults age 20 and up had pre-diabetes in 2011(Empower, 2011). Prediabetes means that a person’s blood glucose (sugar) level is higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes (CDC, 2015). Nearly 90 percent of adults who have prediabetes do not know they have it. Although having prediabetes can to lead to diabetes-related eye disease or kidney disease, there is a higher risk of developing vascular disease, such a heart attack and stroke. Eleven percent of people that are diagnosed with prediabetes proceeded to develop diabetes within three
Diabetes is a long-term disease that cause high blood sugar levels. I Have chosen this disease becuase my father has this disease so I am a little familiar with it. Below I will explain to you the two types of diabetes, healthful behaviors you can do to avoid diabetes and possible treatments for the disease. Diabetes have no symptoms but they do come in two types. Type 1 diabetes can go unnoticed but is less likely to do so.
Diabetes is three times more common than 20 years ago. Mortality, even with the increase in incidence and prevalence the mortality rates have remained reasonably unchanged. Diabetes is the 8th leading specific cause of death for both males and females accounting for 1,923 deaths or 2.7% of all deaths in males, and 1,887, or 2.8%of deaths in females. Diabetes is also a contributing cause of death in about 10% of all deaths for both males and females. The trends in death rates of diabetes as the underlying cause increased from 15.8 to 16.5 per 100,000 between 1980 and 2007.
The immense amount of work I do daily just to function is invisible to most. No one sees the struggle but diabetes Is relentless and demands me to be attentive to it every hour of every day. Diabetes is certainly debilitating, demanding, and draining; however, I have still found positives in my disease. Type 1 Diabetes has given me tremendous strength, motivation to live healthy, a better perspective on life, and purpose to my future. After living 10 years with diabetes, I have learned plenty about how my body does (and unfortunately doesn’t) work and how to keep myself as healthy as possible.
Diabetes is the term used for abnormally high blood glucose levels. When food is consumed the body breaks down the sugars and starches you eat into a simple sugar called glucose, which it uses for energy. Insulin is a hormone that the body needs to get glucose from the bloodstream into the cells of the body. There are two specific types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile diabetes.
Everyone should have known about diabetes. Some of you might think the cause of diabetes is taking too much of sugar but this is false. Diabetes is a result from insulin hormone. Generally, Insulin hormone from pancreas will change the form of sugar in blood to energy for use in cell but diabetes is a result of an ineffective Insulin or a pancreas produces too little of Insulin hormone.
Once the checkup is done, you are soon hit with shocking news. According to all the unhealthy eating you have atoned yourself with, the doctor sadly reports that you now have diabetes. What is diabetes, to be exact?
My older sister, Maggie, was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of eight, but I remained uneducated. I worried about Maggie, but I wasn’t sure why? Then, two years ago I when I was diagnosed, I got crash course! Up until freshman year, I still asked my mom which type of Diabetes Maggie had-- 1 or 2. There is nothing more frustrating then being asked that question when you’re a Type 1 Diabetic.