disabilities is a disability that cannot be seen just by looking at the person‚ and that is type-one diabetes. Type-one diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes‚ as most people are diagnosed with it when they are younger. This disease occurs when a person’s pancreas stops producing enough insulin in the body so there is not regulation of blood glucose levels. My twin brother was diagnosed with type-one diabetes when he was in the fifth grade‚ so I was able to see how the disease affected his body
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according to your biography‚ it is reasonable for your doctor to be concerned about your overall health. I believe that she has noticed that you have multiple risk factors that predispose you to cardiovascular disease‚ metabolic syndrome‚ and type II diabetes. Those factors include your cholesterol‚ weight‚ and the fact that you are prediabetic. I would like to begin by explaining that contrary to what you heard on Dr. Oz‚ there is no such thing as lousy cholesterol. However‚ the levels of your total
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Diabetes is a disease that ‘currently affects 346 million people worldwide’ (WHO 2011‚ Diabetes Program‚ p. 1). The National Health Priority Action Council (NHPAC) highlighted that ‘the direct health care expenditure on diabetes in 2000-01 was $812 million’(NHPAC 2006‚ p.7). This essay will address the role of health screening and health promotion in regards to diabetes mellitus. It will discuss the topics of morbidity‚ mortality‚ and aetiology as well as strategies to reduce incidence and prevalence
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Type One and Type Two Diabetes Type one diabetes is a life threatening disease with no cure known‚ but only treatment to help maintain a normal life. The exact origin of type one diabetes is not known and no known way to prevent the disease from occurring. Many signs are known to help catch the diabetes early on before it becomes life threatening. Some common symptoms are constant hunger‚ weight loss‚ increased thirst‚ and urinating frequently. Type two diabetes is also a life threatening disease
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Tad Sherman Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Essentially the same disease‚ Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes share many different attributes as to when and how a person is diagnosed and methods of treating the disease. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes have some similarities in the way they are treated and diagnosed as well as some differences in treatment and diagnosis. Type 1 diabetes is the less common of the two and is generally diagnosed in younger and type 2 diabetes is diagnosed at any age and has different
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Obesity is a leading cause of Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Diabetes raises the risk of kidney failure‚ blindness‚ stroke and heart disease. If untreated‚ diabetes may even result in the loss of a limb. In today’s modern society‚ more children are being exposed to an increased risk of contracting Type 2 diabetes than ever before. The changes in technology‚ population growth and economy have had a large effect on their lives and ability to
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person with type 2 diabetes things are different. Beta cells in a person who is just developing diabetes discharge to much insulin causing them to grow. Soon after this happens the body shuts down the beta cells causing the body to become insulin resistant. Diabetes is a problem with your body that causes blood glucose (sugar) levels to rise higher than normal. This also can be called hyperglycemia. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. If you have type 2 diabetes your body does
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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Type 2 An endocrine disorder is a medical condition that causes a hormonal imbalance. When an endocrine gland functions abnormally‚ producing either too much of a specific hormone (hyperfunction) or too little (hypofunction)‚ the hormonal imbalance can cause various complications in the body. The major glands of the endocrine system are the pituitary‚ thyroid‚ parathyroid‚ adrenal‚ and pancreas. One of the common endocrine disorders is diabetes. According to
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About type 2 diabetes Around 2.6 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with diabetes. About nine in 10 of these people have type 2 diabetes. It usually affects people over the age of 40‚ but can develop at any age. People of African-Caribbean or South Asian origin are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. It usually affects them earlier in life‚ from about the age of 25. Type 2 diabetes is becoming more common‚ particularly in children. Type 2 diabetes develops when your body can’t produce
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