Diabetes Chronically Diseases Outline
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Diabetes Chronically Diseases Outline
I. What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disorder of the metabolic and endocrine system.
A. Cause
1. Type 1-diabetes occurs when the body own immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas (called beta cells).
2. Type 2-either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin.
B. Risk factors
1. Type 1
a. People with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and/or impaired fasting glucose (IFG)
b. Being ill in early infancy
c. Having a parent with type 1
d. Having older mother
e. Having a mother who had preeclampsia during pregnancy
f. Having other autoimmune disorders such as Grave's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis (a form of hypothyroidism), Addison's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), or pernicious anemia.
2. Type 2 a. People with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and/or impaired fasting glucose (IFG)
b. People over 45
c. People with family history of diabetes
d. People who are overweight
e. People who do not exercise
f. People with low or high cholesterol, high triglyceride, high blood pressure
g. Certain racial and ethnic groups (e.g., Non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and American Indians and Alaska Natives
h. Woman who had gestational diabetes or who had a baby weighing nine pound or more at birth
C. Diagnostic information
1. Gyrated hemoglobin (AC1) test
2. Random blood sugar test
3. Fasting blood glucose test (FBG)
4. Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
D. Treatment option
1. Type 1
a. Insulin
b. Diet
c. Exercise
d. Monitor blood sugar
e. Regular medical checkups
2. Type 2
a. Diet
b. Increase level of physical activity
c. Healthy weight
d. Several classes of type 2 medications exists
E. Prevention
1. Type 1
a. Diet
b. Exercise
c. Monitor blood sugar
d. Regular medical checkups
2. Type 2
a. Diet
b. Increase level of physical activity
c.
Diabetes Chronically Diseases Outline
I. What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disorder of the metabolic and endocrine system.
A. Cause
1. Type 1-diabetes occurs when the body own immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas (called beta cells).
2. Type 2-either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin.
B. Risk factors
1. Type 1
a. People with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and/or impaired fasting glucose (IFG)
b. Being ill in early infancy
c. Having a parent with type 1
d. Having older mother
e. Having a mother who had preeclampsia during pregnancy
f. Having other autoimmune disorders such as Grave's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis (a form of hypothyroidism), Addison's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), or pernicious anemia.
2. Type 2 a. People with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and/or impaired fasting glucose (IFG)
b. People over 45
c. People with family history of diabetes
d. People who are overweight
e. People who do not exercise
f. People with low or high cholesterol, high triglyceride, high blood pressure
g. Certain racial and ethnic groups (e.g., Non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and American Indians and Alaska Natives
h. Woman who had gestational diabetes or who had a baby weighing nine pound or more at birth
C. Diagnostic information
1. Gyrated hemoglobin (AC1) test
2. Random blood sugar test
3. Fasting blood glucose test (FBG)
4. Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
D. Treatment option
1. Type 1
a. Insulin
b. Diet
c. Exercise
d. Monitor blood sugar
e. Regular medical checkups
2. Type 2
a. Diet
b. Increase level of physical activity
c. Healthy weight
d. Several classes of type 2 medications exists
E. Prevention
1. Type 1
a. Diet
b. Exercise
c. Monitor blood sugar
d. Regular medical checkups
2. Type 2
a. Diet
b. Increase level of physical activity
c.