Essay On Diabetes

     Lupus is a potentially life threatening disease that effects about 1.5 million Americans. Lupus can effect many different parts of the body. Lupus is a type of autoimmune system disorder in which the body cannot distinguish the difference between foreign antibodies and its own organs. So basically what happens is that the body ends up attacking its own organs thinking they are foreign substances. (The Lupus Foundation of America)

As a group, we have close personal connections to people that suffer from this disease. Our efforts are to raise awareness with students of the symptoms because people who suffer with lupus are among us every day and we cannot comprehend the struggle that they are going through. When creating the pamphlets that we will use to educate the masses, we will include stories of people who suffer from this disease. By including the personal testimonies it will allow students to understand how lupus affects the victim’s everyday life. Once students understand how painful it to live with this disease, they will be aware of the symptoms and be able to educate others. Grasping what people with this disease go through and what they suffer from, has motivated our group to inform others of how important knowing the symptoms of lupus and how important the quest for a cure is. The reasoning is that this is a genetic disease that is affecting 1.5 million Americans and a total of 5 million throughout the world, and there has yet to be a cure for this disease, just treatments to help the sufferers through their

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that attacks women between the ages of 15 and 40. It occurs less often in men than in women. The people affected by lupus vary depending on the country or region. In the US alone, the prevalence rate is highest among Asians of Hawaii, blacks of Caribbean origin, and Native Americans of the Sioux, Arapahoe, and Crow tribes. Lupus is a disease that affects the immune system. We can think of the immune system as an army within the body with hundreds of defenders (known as antibodies). They defend the body from attack by germs and viruses. In lupus, however, the immune system becomes overactive and creates antibodies that attack healthy tissues in the body, such as: the skin, kidneys, lungs, heart and brain.

Szuda, Stephanie “Health: Life with Lupus.” The Times. 11 Jan 2008. 19 Nov 2010. <Mywebtimes.com>

People often do not realize how deadly and complicated diabetes is. When first diagnosed with diabetes patients may often be confused by how their lifestyle will have to change. Some patients may not even know how serious the complications may be. This information is to help not only the people who are affected by diabetes but also to inform everyone on how to help prevent the onset of diabetes.

“The majority of people with Lupus are female, and most first develop signs and symptoms of the illness between the ages of 15 and 44.” (S.L.E. Lupus Foundation). Lupus discriminates against African American, Latina, and Native American Women. “African-American women are three times more likely to get Lupus than Caucasian women and the disease is two times more prevalent in Asian-American

as for familty history it is believed that Heretity plays a roll in lupus. With other known medicals problems similiar to those such as enemia and other autoimmune diseases it is suspected the two are intertwinned. while no factual proof leads to this assummtion it seems to be somewhat of a common occurance between

Approximately 1.5 million americans (5 million worldwide) live with lupus, but lupus is more common in women of African American and Native American than Caucasian women. More than 16,000 people are diagnosed with lupus each year. Everyone can get lupus but it’s mostly common in women and the specific type of women is African American women. Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease driven by the inflammation in the immune system. Women of color are 2 to 3 times more likely to develop lupus than a Caucasian women. 90 percent of the people diagnosed with lupus are young women. Black women are diagnosed at much higher rates and are more likely to experience complications from the disease. There should me more research done, they should spend more

Lupus “is predominantly a disease of young women (most commonly affecting women between the ages of 15–45) but can affect men as well” (Hughes & Sangle 2012). “Women of color (Asian and African American) are two to three times more likely to develop Lupus than Northern European women” (Hughes & Sangle 2012). It is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects many parts of the human body including the immune system, joints, skin, and organs within the body. Normally, the human body would produce proteins (antibodies) that protect the body from invaders such as viruses, bacteria and germs. In the human body afflicted with Lupus, the body becomes “autoimmune” and the body is unable to tell the difference between foreign invaders such as those named

The following search mechanism was used: (“lupus, African Americans” [MeSH Terms] OR (“lupus” [All Fields] AND “African Americans” [All Fields]) OR (“lupus, blacks” [MeSH Terms] OR (“lupus” [All Fields] AND “blacks” [All Fields]) OR (“lupus, minorities” [MeSH Terms] OR (“lupus” [All Fields] AND “minorities” [All Fields]) OR (“SLE, African Americans” [MeSH Terms] OR (“SLE” [All Fields] AND “African Americans” [All Fields]) OR (“SLE, blacks” [MeSH Terms] OR (“SLE” [All Fields] AND “blacks” [All Fields]) OR (“SLE, minorities” [MeSH Terms] OR (“SLE” [All Fields] AND “minorities” [All Fields]) OR (“lupus, race” [MeSH Terms] OR (“lupus” [All Fields] AND “race” [All Fields]) OR (“SLE, race” [MeSH Terms] OR (“SLE” [All Fields] AND “race” [All Fields]). A total of 344 results were obtained and the title and abstract were reviewed by two of the authors (EMW and LB). The inclusion criteria were original research papers related to the prevalence and clinical course of SLE in African Americans. We excluded literature reviews, case reports, and surgical techniques articles. We also excluded papers published before 2000. In addition, a manual search of all referenced articles not found in the main search was performed. A total of 71 full papers were full reviewed, but we also excluded 38 additional papers because they were case studies or not limited to African Americans, for a total of 33 studies included

Diabetes is a lifelong disease that can affect both children and adults. This disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. It claims about 178,000 lives each year. Type one diabetes, also known as insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, usually occurs in people less than thirty years of age, but it also may appear at any age. Diabetes is a very serious disease with many life threatening consequences, but if it is taken care of properly, diabetics can live a normal life.

Transition to 2nd main point: Now that we’ve talked about what Lupus is and its different types, now we’re going to talk about its causes and symptoms. (Point #2)

Nearly 16 million people in the United States have diabetes, the disease classified as a problem with insulin. The problem could be that your body does not make insulin, does not make enough, or it simply does not know how to use it properly. Diabetes is also known as "diabetes mellitus".

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder that "occurs when the body is unable to produce or respond to insulin, a hormone that allows blood glucose to enter the cells of the body and generate the body's energy" (Ebony, 115). Diabetes is a disease that affects approximately 3% of the world' population. In American alone, 10.3 million people report having diabetes, while an estimated 10 million more individuals may have undiagnosed diabetes (Morwessel, 540). The gene for diabetes is located in the HLA region on chromosome 6, and the most probable organization of the responsible gene is on a 19-kb region of INS-IGF2, which affects HLA-DR4 IDDM susceptibility. Diabetes Mellitus, was first diagnosed in the year 1000 BC, by the

     Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the body produces too little insulin (Type One Diabetes) or can’t use available insulin efficiently ( Type Two Diabetes). Insulin is a hormone vital to helping the body use digested food for growth and energy.