with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is chronic disease in which there is a high level of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Without insulin‚ the glucose goes to bloodstream and instead of going in the cells which causes Hyperglycemia. Then the body can’t use the glucose which than results in Type 1 Diabetes. The exact reason for Type 1 Diabetes is unknown. Most usually auto immune disorder. With this disorder the immune system attacks the good healthy body tissue. With type 1 diabetes
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The Ins and Outs of Diabetes Mellitus Type One and Two Ana P. Pesqueira Lonestar College Montgomery Abstract This paper will discuss and inform readers on the disease diabetes. There are two types of diabetes that affect human beings‚ Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus‚ in this paper the term diabetes will refer to diabetes mellitus. It will touch down on what causes diabetes and the symptoms that those with diabetes possess. The two type of diabetes‚ type 1 and type 2 will be explained thoroughly
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Type 2 Diabetes accounts for 90% to 95% of all diabetes diagnoses and of the estimated 43 million adults who are over the age of 65‚ one in four has diabetes. It is very common for a nurse in any health care setting to care for an older adult who has diabetes. Hypoglycemia is one of the dangers associated with the diagnoses of diabetes. In the timespan from 2006 to 2009 adults 75 years or older who were diagnosed with diabetes visited the emergency room for hypoglycemia almost three times more than
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Diabetes is a chronic condition associated with abnormal high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. This condition is due to inadequate production of insulin‚ or because of the body’s cells that do not respond properly to insulin‚ or both. Approximately 90% of all cases of diabetes worldwide are type 2 diabetes. It is a long-term metabolic disorder that is characterized by lack of sensitivity to insulin by the cells of the body. Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1)‚ a NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase which regulates
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Type 2 diabetes is a disease where people’s bodies cannot properly use the insulin that is produced in the pancreas. Historically‚ type 2 diabetes was only diagnosed in older adults‚ generally after the age of 45. It was previously believed that diabetes would only affect the older population as the disease was called “Adult Onset Diabetes”. However‚ in the modern world‚ there are a growing number of cases of younger people and children being diagnosed daily. Type 2 diabetes typically goes unnoticed
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My desire to obtain information related to the causes and effects of diabetes has been of interest to me because of my own experience with Type II diabetes. I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 2001. Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar‚ starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery‚ although both genetics and environmental factors
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Abstract Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the body is unable to produce sufficient insulin (needed by the body to convert glucose energy) leading to high blood glucose levels (Fusco‚ Gonzales‚ & Yeung‚ 2015). There are two types of diabetes‚ type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes (Westerberg‚ 2013). Type 1 diabetes is caused by the bodies inability to produce insulin as opposed to type 2 diabetes which is caused by inadequate insulin production or absorption (Fusco et al.‚ 2015). Type 1 diabetics
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Type 2 Diabetes- Written Response 1- Cause of the disease There is no singular cause of type 2 diabetes. However‚ there are certain factors that are known to contribute to the development of the disease. One of these factors is genetics. It has been proven that people with a family history of diabetes have a higher risk of developing the disease than someone who doesn’t. Age is also an important factor. The older you are‚ the greater the risk of type 2 diabetes developing. (Diabetes Australia‚
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Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong disease.Type 2 diabetes is really common.What is type 2 diabetes‚Symptoms‚and how to control it are some of the most asked questions. What is type 2 diabetes?It’s a lifelong disease that over 27 million people have.Most people over the age of 40 get it.Which means that 40 years old and higher have a greater chance of getting type 2 diabetes.Type 2 diabetes is when the body can’t make enough insulin or the body can’t use it right.Insulin is sugar the body makes.Type
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The most common form of diabetes is type 2 diabetes. Millions of American are currently identified with type two diabetes. According to American Diabetes Association (1992-2012)‚ “In type 2 diabetes‚ either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin . Insulin is necessary for the body to be able to use glucose for energy” (para.2). There are many complications that come with having type 2 diabetes. A person with type 2 diabetes has badly circulating
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