Appendix E Diabetes Worksheet
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Appendix E
For this assignment, complete this chart to create an easy-to-read reference that will help you understand how the two forms of diabetes mellitus differ. Maintaining proper levels of insulin is critical for diabetes patients. The means by which insulin can be regulated depends upon which type of diabetes a patient has.
Complete the chart with a 25- to 50-word response for each box.
Form of diabetes | Age of onset | Defects in insulin and effects on glucose metabolism | Risk factors | Prevention and treatment | Type I: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus | Usually prior to age 30 | This is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. The immune system attacks and destroys beta cells to the point where patients no longer have sufficient insulin capacity to control blood glucose, and eventually loses the ability to produce insulin and depend on insulin injections. They are susceptible to severe metabolic derangements. Without enough insulin, glucose stays in the blood and creates high levels of blood sugar. Over time, it can cause damage to your kidneys, heart, nerves, eyes, and other organs. Your body needs the glucose to use it as an energy source. It causes depletion of protein and fat stores. So, if your body does not produce enough insulin for proper glucose metabolism, you have type I diabetes. | Some known risk factors for type 1 diabetes are family history, genetics, geography (depending on where you live in the world), viral exposure, early vitamin D, and other dietary factors. Some other factors are having a mother younger than age 25 when she gave birth to you or having a mother who had preeclampsia during pregnancy, being born with jaundice, and also having a respiratory infection after birth. | Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent type 1 diabetes. Researchers are working on preventing this disease or further destruction of the islet cells in people who are newly
Appendix E
For this assignment, complete this chart to create an easy-to-read reference that will help you understand how the two forms of diabetes mellitus differ. Maintaining proper levels of insulin is critical for diabetes patients. The means by which insulin can be regulated depends upon which type of diabetes a patient has.
Complete the chart with a 25- to 50-word response for each box.
Form of diabetes | Age of onset | Defects in insulin and effects on glucose metabolism | Risk factors | Prevention and treatment | Type I: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus | Usually prior to age 30 | This is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. The immune system attacks and destroys beta cells to the point where patients no longer have sufficient insulin capacity to control blood glucose, and eventually loses the ability to produce insulin and depend on insulin injections. They are susceptible to severe metabolic derangements. Without enough insulin, glucose stays in the blood and creates high levels of blood sugar. Over time, it can cause damage to your kidneys, heart, nerves, eyes, and other organs. Your body needs the glucose to use it as an energy source. It causes depletion of protein and fat stores. So, if your body does not produce enough insulin for proper glucose metabolism, you have type I diabetes. | Some known risk factors for type 1 diabetes are family history, genetics, geography (depending on where you live in the world), viral exposure, early vitamin D, and other dietary factors. Some other factors are having a mother younger than age 25 when she gave birth to you or having a mother who had preeclampsia during pregnancy, being born with jaundice, and also having a respiratory infection after birth. | Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent type 1 diabetes. Researchers are working on preventing this disease or further destruction of the islet cells in people who are newly