Essay on Exploring the Different Forms and Effects of Diabetes

Diabetes is a common disease, which can be a serious life-long illness caused by high level of glucose in the blood. This condition is when the body cannot produce insulin or lack of insulin production from the beta cells

Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus, is a chronic illness this means that it has no cure and the symptoms persist over a long period of time. This illness is a result of an imbalance of hormones, insulin, produced in the pancreas. Insulin plays an important role in how the body uses food. Insulin enables the cells in the bloodstream to absorb and use glucose for fuel. If the pancreas produces too little or no insulin or if the insulin doesn’t work properly the person may become diabetic. Therefore, diabetics are not able to properly convert food into fuels needed by the body to function, which can seriously lead to physical consequences.

Diabetes is a very grave and serious disease involving many hardships, but a good diet, exercise, and overall healthy habits can keep your diabetes under control which in-turn makes you feel better and avoid later complications.

Diabetes is a life long medical condition that is due to the body not producing enough insulin to control the sugars that are in the body.

There are many types of diabetes. The two I will be discussing are type 1 and type 2. Type 1 generally affects young people and requires treatment with insulin. Five to ten percent of Americans with diabetes have this type. People with type 1 diabetes do not produce insulin and need regular shots of it to keep their blood glucose levels normal. People who are at risk for type 1 are those who have a family history of the disease,

Diabetes is a disease in which the body is unable to properly use and store glucose. The glucose then backs up in the blood stream and causes a person’s blood sugar to rise to high. There are two types of Diabetes. Type 1 is referred to as Insulin Dependent Diabetes. In this type the body completely stops producing insulin. Insulin is the hormone that lets the body use the glucose found in foods for energy.

When the insulin in your body does not break down glucose the way to should, it is called type 2 diabetes. If you begin to see the many symptoms of diabetes, it’s important to see a doctor and start treating it immediately. This can be treated by taking insulin injections or starting to exercise and diet. To prevent getting diabetes it is important to stay fit and healthy. My cousin is an incredibly brave person for fighting an incurable disease that has turned his and his family’s life upside

“Diabetes is a condition in which the body is unable to control the level of glucose in the blood. Normally this control is managed by the action of the hormone insulin, which is made in the pancreas.” (Food Technology in action 2011, page 316-317)Diabetes is known as a chronic disease with serious complications, and it “is the name given to a group of different conditions in which there is too much glucose in the blood.” (Nutrition the inside story 2008, page 132)

Diabetes is a chronic medical condition that can be curbed at the initial level by introducing lifestyle changes and controlled after its incidence through medicines in early stages and administration of external insulin in advanced stages. But as of now, it would not be wrong to say that it cannot be cured completely and lasts for a lifetime.

Diabetes is a chronic condition associated with abnormally high level of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Insulin produced by the pancreas lowers blood glucose. Absence or insufficient production of insulin, or an inability of the body to properly use insulin causes diabetes. There are 2 types of diabetes and they are referred to as type 1 and type 2. Symptoms of type 1 and type 2 include: increasing urine output, excessive thirst, weight loss, hunger, fatigue, skin problems, slow healing wounds, yeast infections, and tingling or numbness in the feet or toes.

Diabetes is a killer; in fact, it is among the top ten killers of adults in the United States. "It can lead to, or contribute to, a number of other serious diseases" (Sizer and Whitney 112). Diabetes means "syphon" or "to run through" (Sizer and Whitney 112) therefore denoting the increase in urinary volume excreted by people suffering from this disease. Mellitus means "sweet". Diabetes mellitus means increased excretion of sugars being released with the urine, creating a sweet smell at the time of elimination. The patient with this type of disease has a problem with his insulin production or usage. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pituitary gland, that helps to digest the sugars and use them for energy, and must be given

What is Diabetes? Some will know and only a few will ask. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder. It has 3 different kinds, Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational diabetes. “The cause of diabetes is not known, but genetic, autoimmune, viral, environmental, and socioeconomic factors have all been implicated in the development of the disease” (Sawyer, pg 324). Some signs and symptoms of this disease include excessive thirst and appetite, increased urination, weight loss, fatigue, nausea and even vomiting. In order to diagnose diabetes doctors use 4 different tests. The A1C, Fasting Plasma Glucose, Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and Random Plasma Glucose Test. Treatment include insulin, diet and exercise and other alternate choices.

Diabetes also known as diabetes mellitus is a disease related to metabolism, caused due to high level of glucose present in the blood. Diabetes is caused because pancreas is not able to produce enough insulin or cells are not able to respond to the insulin. The most common symptoms include periodic urination, increase thirst and hunger.

     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.

This paper focuses on people with diabetes. Diabetes occurs when there is impaired ability by the pancreas to produce enough insulin, or the body loses its ability to utilize the insulin produced by pancreas effectively. Consequently, the body fails to regulate the level of glucose in the blood. The failure to control glucose leads to episodes of hyperglycemia, especially after a meal. Diabetes is one of the chronic conditions that account for the largest morbidity rates globally. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2015), approximately 29.1 million people living in the United States had diabetes. Out of this number, about 21.0 million people were diagnosed. The remaining 8.1 million cases were undiagnosed. According to the World Health Organization (2016), the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged over 18 years was 8.5% in 2014. The prevalence had increased from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014. The increased has been most significant among the middle and low-income countries. This has mostly been explained by the changes in income distribution in those countries. In other words, the proportion of people who have had an increase of revenue has increased significantly in the middle and low-income countries.