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Prevalence of Diabetes in USA

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Diabetes in US Diabetes in US Introduction Diabetes mellitus, or simply termed as diabetes, is one of the most common chronic diseases with a high prevalence round the globe. People who are diabetic suffer with a high rate of blood sugar due to which they are abstained from such several eatables which have a high or low quantity of glucose in them. There are two main causes for such a situation; one is when the pancreas becomes unable to produce a hormone named Insulin, which is responsible to control blood sugar and to move glucose from the food into body muscles, fats and other cells. In this case, as there is too little insulin produced to cope with the amount of glucose taken by a normal person, the blood sugar level rises and we say that the person suffers from diabetes. The second case is that in which the level of insulin produced is normal but the body cells do not absorb enough insulin to regulate the blood sugar level. The first case is commonly and medically termed as Type 1 diabetes and the second is known as Type 2 diabetes. In both cases, the disease is chronic and once occurred can never be cured permanently by medical treatments. Common symptoms include increased hunger and thirst, frequent urination and immediate loss of weight. The patients are advised to avoid glucose containing meals and food which even include fruits that have natural glucose in them. Animal or human insulin is now available in the market which is injected in the blood of the

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