Family Health Problems Tree: Diabetes

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The purpose I searched for my family health history was to see what complications may occur in my future or in my family. There are a couple of benefits behind me researching the diseases throughout my family history including that I can learn what is prevalent which may put me at risk of contracting it, it can help me change my lifestyle to prevent or lower my chances, and help me prepare for what may arise. The diseases that are most prevalent my family that will most likely affect me or my brothers and sisters are Diabetes, Migraine, High Blood Pressure, and High Cholesterol.

Diabetes is a disease that I came across when researching my maternal side of my family history. Diabetes is a disease that affects your pancreas an important organ in regulating blood sugar. When a person has diabetes there are two ways it can affect the pancreas because there are two types of the disease. Type-1 diabetes affects the pancreas by not allowing the body to produce enough insulin to keep the body’s blood sugar at a healthy number. The opposite is for Type-2 which produces too much insulin and gives the body too much insulin keeping the blood sugar number above healthy (Type-2).

On my mother’s side of the family Type-1 diabetes is prevalent and it isn’t entirely considered an inherited disease, but it has been proven to have some genetic factors that can be passed down. Diabetes is becoming an increasing problem in the United States with half of all Americans becoming either diabetic or pre-diabetic.

Treatments for Type-1 diabetes are taking insulin to help increase your glucose levels (blood sugar), eating healthy, maintaining healthy weight, and monitoring daily your levels. Type-2 treatments include mos...

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...t eye openers. I also found out that I should watch for “triggers” before I get a headache. This concludes my paper on my family history.

Works Cited

"High blood pressure (hypertension)." Definition. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2014. .

"High cholesterol." Definition. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. .

"Migraine." Definition. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. .

"Type 2 diabetes." Treatment at Mayo Clinic. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2014. .

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