...Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Thesis: Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are two diseases that can be compared and contrasted according to the type. Diabetes Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the pancreas no longer produces insulin. Diabetes can be classified according to two types; * Type 1 * Type 2 Compare and contrast Type 1 and Type 2 * Similarities * Differences Preventative Measures * Prevention * Causes * Treatment Type 1 and 2 diabetes are two diseases that can be compared and contrasted according to the type. A. Type 1 The pancreas no longer makes insulin or an extremely amount of insulin. B. Type 2 The body neither uses its insulin effectively, nor does it produce enough insulin. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are two diseases that can be compared and contrasted according to their similarities and differences. A. Similarities Both are genetic diseases Both have similar complications Treatment B. Differences Symptoms Complications Risks Preventive Management A. Type 1 Balanced Healthy Diet Exercise Medication B. Type 2 Insulin management Balanced Healthy Diet Exercise Conclusion A. Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases characterized by a high level of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin secretion and insulin action. B. Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes can be compared and contrasted in; Type of diabetes,...
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...is a risk of diabetes and cancer. As for what types of cancer the only one I am positive about is colon cancer. I do not know very much about my father or his family. My grandfather and my aunt both have diabetes this is on my mother’s side so I feel this makes me at risk for diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes affected as many as 23.6 million adults and children in the United States as of 2007. Diabetes conditions develop when the body becomes unable to metabolize available glucose, or sugar materials. Because glucose acts as the primary fuel for cells, this inability can cause serious medical conditions to develop when left untreated. Diabetes can be inherited from a parent through a genetic trait; however, its actual development may rely on the presence of certain environmental conditions. Type one diabetes genes alone is not enough to give someone the disease. Unlike some traits, diabetes does not seem to be inherited in a simple pattern. Yet two factors are important. You inherit a predisposition to the disease then something in your environment triggers it. In most cases of type one the person needs to inherit risk factors form both parents. They also believe white people have more risk factors than any other culture because whites have the highest rate of type 1 diabetes. So who are at risk? If an immediate relative (parent, brother, sister, son or daughter) has type 1 diabetes, one's risk of developing type 1 diabetes is 10 to 20...
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...Diabetes is a term used to describe a cluster of conditions in which the body is unable to produce any or enough effective insulin. This is a hormone needed for glucose to enter the cells to be converted to energy. Glucose is the fuel that your body needs. In your diet, this comes from foods such as fruit, milk, some vegetables, starchy foods and sugar. To help control your blood glucose you will need to eat healthy foods and be active. One may also need to take pills and /or insulin. What is a diabetic? Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body's cells do not...
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...An over indulgence in carbohydrates leads to weight gain and other potentially serious medical conditions such as type 2 diabetes. This type occurs when the body resists its own insulin production to control blood sugar levels. Known as an “old person’s disease”, Type 2 diabetes symptoms do not generally arise until at least middle age; however, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of children and adolescents becoming diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in recent years. Multiple risk factors exist for type 2 diabetes including family history, sedentary lifestyle, and diet (especially when diet leads to obesity). School lunches, often high in carbohydrates, are a key factor in contributing to the increase in childhood type 2 diabetes,...
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...Diabetes: Types, Risk Factors and Treatments Diabetes is one of the most common chronic medical disorders. Diabetes occurs either because of a lack of insulin or because of the presence of factors that oppose the action of insulin (Watkins 1). Clark explains that insulin is a hormone that is used to convert sugar and other food into energy. It is the body’s means of lowering blood sugar levels and when it fails, everything is out of balance (3). Without enough insulin, glucose builds up in the bloodstream instead of going into the cells for the body to use for energy. In order to have a better understanding of diabetes, it is important to know the types, risk factors and treatments. To begin with, there are actually three different types of diabetes. Type 1 and Type 2 are the most common. Gestational diabetes, which is only diagnosed during pregnancy, will not be discussed here. The clinical symptoms of diabetes can include frequent urination, unusual thirst, blurred vision, bruises that are slow to heal, fatigue and numbness of the hands and feet. Type 1 diabetes is caused by the destruction of the insulin producing cells of the pancreas (Tuch, Dunlop and Proietto 43). Simply put, when the cells are destroyed, the body does not produce insulin. Previously known as insulin dependent diabetes it is also referred to as juvenile diabetes since it is usually diagnosed in children and young adults. It affects around 15% of all people...
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...Diabetics Case Study Diabetes is of high incidence in the United States affecting children and adults of different ethnics groups and levels of education. Today we will discuss Diabetes, management, factors that interfere with its Control and the complication. The challenges of Mr. Reyes diabetes control and how this affects the family. Education to the public on prevention of diabetes by weight management and exercise is Imperative at an early age. Diabetes is a manageable disease which we can learn to live with it in order to control it. According to the ADA, nearly 26 million children and adults are living with diabetes, and another 79 million are at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes; even more alarming data suggests that by 2050, as many as one in three American adults will develop diabetes (“Cabot Creamery Cooperative Offers 5-Day Menu Planner for American Diabetes Month,” 2011, Para 1.). According to the CDC, the United States incurred an estimated $174 billion in direct and indirect medical costs related to diabetes in 2007(“Diabetes: Affects 25.8 million,” 2011, P. 26). "These statistics paint a disturbing picture for Americans in the near future," said Cabot Registered Dietitian Regan Jones, "but fortunately, there is still time to act. (“Cabot Creamery Cooperative Offers 5-Day Menu Planner for American Diabetes Month,” 2011, Para 2.). Education and a responsible diet may prevent some instances of type 2 diabetes from ever occurring, and for those already...
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...Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a group of metabolic disease that inhibits the body’s ability to produce or use the hormone, insulin. Insulin, produced in the pancreas, helps keep the body’s glucose (sugar) level in check and without it, in the case of diabetes, the blood glucose level is too high. Currently, there is no cure for diabetes but through a healthy lifestyle, the complications that come from diabetes can be prevented. There are a couple of different kinds of diabetes -- there is type 2, or adult onset diabetes, is the most common, with about 90 percent of patients being diagnosed with this type. In the second type, type 1, onset typically occurs before the age of 20. Type 1 diabetes is also referred to as juvenile or early-onset diabetes and about 10 percent of patients are diagnosed with it. A less common form of diabetes, gestational diabetes, occurs when a pregnant woman experiences high blood sugar over an extended...
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...Diabetes Prevention as the Best Intervention Lorri Johnson Grand Canyon University Diabetes Prevention as the Best Intervention With diabetes having become an epidemic that is still growing, we as a society and healthcare community are seeing its effects on the economy. The exorbitant costs associated with diabetes and complications of diabetes have hit an all-time high. “The total cost of diabetes and its complications, along with gestational diabetes and prediabetes, was estimated to be $218 billion in 2007.” (Anderson, Riley & Everette 2012) Healthcare professionals and diabetes advocates alike have begun pushing policymakers to recognize and take action with regard to focusing on the prevention of type 2 diabetes to slow down these costly trends. Clinical Trial The Diabetes Prevention Program (DDP) is a landmark National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases clinical trial which provided the best evidence indicating individuals at high risk for type 2 diabetes can prevent or delay the onset of the disease. The DDP was a major randomized trial that had the one simple goal, “to determine whether modest weight loss and physical activity could prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in individuals with prediabetes.” (Anderson, Riley & Everette 2012) The subjects were categorized randomly into the Metformin group and the Lifestyle group. It was the Lifestyle group that showed the greatest success. Results1 The Lifestyle...
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...We’ve Resources: American Diabetes association: http://www.diabetes.org/?loc=bb-dorg WebMD : http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/ type-1-diabetes What is it? Do I have it? What do I do? What happens now?? What are the Symptoms? Do I have it? Some Common Symptoms of Diabetes are: What is Type 1 Diabetes? In order to Explain what Diabetes is, you would first need to understand the what insulin is and what its’ role in your body is. You see, when you eat, your body turns the food into sugars/glucose. At which point, your pancreas is supposed to release what is called insulin. Insulin serves as a sort of “key” to open the cells in your body, in order to allow the glucose to enter -- which allows you to use the glucose for energy. That is needed in your day to day life. But when you have diabetes, this system doesn’t work. And you are left with having to physically insert insulin into your body. Urinating Often throughout the day Unquenchable Thirst Unquenchable Hunger Extremely fatigued Some blurry vision Slowly healing bruises or cuts Losing weight without reason Understanding Diabetes Diabetes is a growing Epidemic that kills more Americans each year than AIDS and Breast Cancer combined. Contrary to popular belief, Diabetes is NOT caused by eating too much sugar. Type 1 Diabetes is actually caused by a persons genetics. Type 1 diabetes is normally diagnosed in children...
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... Diabetes and Depression The association between depression and diabetes has been recognized for many years, but the nature of this relationship remains uncertain, not only is depression one of the worst illnesses known to humankind, it is also implicated in another major chronic disease in humankind-diabetes. The relationship is attributed to a variety of mechanisms but the causal relationship between these illnesses, its direction, and underlying mechanisms, remain unclear (Golden et al., 2008). Depression is common in patients with common medical conditions, it can strike anyone, and it is one of the most comorbid psychiatric disorders associated with diabetes, and has an impact on treatment and prognosis. The rigors of managing diabetes can be stressful and can lead to symptoms of depression, at any given time, most people with diabetes do not have depression, but people with diabetes have a greater risk of depression, than people without diabetes. Just like denial, depression can get patients into a vicious cycle, and it can block good diabetes self care if someone is depressed, and has no energy, as most of the diabetes management are not automatic body functions but requires conscious actions (Watkins & Brynes, 2007). People with severe diabetes, can have slow and painful execution, extending over years and decades , and depressive symptoms can develop but it is also still unclear whether type 2 diabetes mellitus, is a risk factor...
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...Disease (CHD) and Diabetes type 2. Coronary heart disease (CHD): Causes of CHD: Coronary heart disease is usually caused by a build-up of fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries around the heart. The fatty deposit is called atheroma, which are made up of cholesterol and other waste substances. The build-up of atheroma on the walls of the coronary arteries makes the arteries narrower and limits the flow of blood to the heart. This...
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...Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States (Murea, Ma, & Freedman, 2012). The prevalence has been rising every decade. In fact, it is predicted that type 2 diabetes will reach to 552 million people by 2030 (Murea, Ma, & Freedman, 2012). Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90% of all diabetic cases. People with diabetes have a 25-75% high risk of death associated with cancer, infection, liver disease, lung disease, and falls (Murea, Ma, & Freedman, 2012). Type 2 diabetes is characterized by high blood sugar, impairment in insulin secretion, and insulin resistance (McCulloch & Roberston, 2017). According to McCulloch and Robertson (2017), our ability to prevent this type of diabetes in the...
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...cancer, or diabetes. In IIT we had to make a PowerPoint saying if we could make the world a better place, what would we do? We chose to research Type 1 diabetes, also known as Juvenile diabetes. Juvenile diabetes is often found in kids to young adults between the ages of 1 -20, but they can often be found in older people also. According to diabetes.org , about 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year, and only about 5% of the diabetic population have type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death, with a total of 234,015 death certificates listing diabetes as the under laying or contributing cause of death in the United States in 2010. Along with the death rate, about 208,000 people under the age of 20 acquired diabetes. During our...
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...Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Hereditary Disorders ___ By Matthew Jefferson Where Does it come from? Type two Diabetes can be inherited from family genes or it can be developed over time due to being overweight from consuming lots of sodium and carbohydrates into a diet. Most of the time diabetes is caused by poor health choices in diets, however there are a great number of people who have inherited diabetes from family genes. Diabetes usually starts as type one when the person is a child then develops into type two when the person is an adult. In other cases diabetes doesn't show up until adulthood usually in the forty to sixty year range. Diabetes Treatment Diabetes treatments include taking medicine through prescription drugs like metformin and...
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...Diabetes is a growing epidemic that is occurring worldwide. Diabetes is considered a chronic disease, and there are two main types. Both types have issues with the hormone insulin. Type I diabetes occurs when the pancreas cannot produce insulin at all. The other type is when the body cannot successfully use the insulin that has already been produced by the pancreas. This is known as type II diabetes. According to the World Health Organization, more than 347 million people have diabetes around the world, with Type II diabetes affecting 90% of that number. In recent years, the number of cases of diabetes has increased greatly in both developed and developing countries. Once a disease that only affected adults, type II diabetes is now also being...
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