Diabetes is a disease that causes the human body to not create or not use insulin effectively. The body needs insulin to take the energy or sugars and turn it into energy. The human body needs energy to survive. Diabetes can be broken into three main categories. Type 1 diabetes is where the body makes no insulin at all. Type 2 diabetes is where the body does not produce enough insulin or it does not use it correctly. Gestational diabetes is more of a type 2 diabetes for pregnant women, which usually returns to normal after birth (Ruder 7-8).
Having too much glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream or a blood sugar level consistently over 126 milligrams of glucose per deciliter means that individual is diabetic. Healthy non diabetics will have a fasting blood sugar of 70 to 110 mg/dL. “The medical term for this condition is diabetes mellitus. Mellitus is a Latin word meaning ‘honey sweet,’ referring to excess sugar in your blood and urine” (Collazo-Clavell 7).
Insulin is a hormone that is made by beta cells in the pancreas. “A hormone is a chemical that is manufactured in one part of the body and travels through the bloodstream to other parts of the body, where is has powerful effects” (Greene 9). Insulin helps transport glucose into the cells. If this energy cannot make it to the cells one cannot survive (Greene 9).
Insulin plays a very important role in the way cells handle everything from carbohydrates, proteins, and even fats. The human body needs glucose, which it gathers from carbohydrates. Glucose is what gives the cells the energy to perform their job, especially the brain. The brain almost only uses glucose to operate. Carbohydrates come in three forms: sugars, starches, and fiber. Sugars are a simple carbohydrate. Simple car...
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Our body obtains the energy by digesting the carbohydrates into glucose. Volumes of glucose are required by the body to create ATP. ATP is short for 'Adenosine Triphosphate ' and is an energy carrier. When we consume too many carbohydrates our body produces a lot of glucose and as a result blood glucose levels rise and sometimes they may rise over the normal range of blood glucose concentration. To bring it back within the healthy range, the homeostatic system of blood glucose regulation is used. The blood flows through the pancreas where the beta cells, receptors, detect the high blood glucose level. To counteract this stimuli beta cells alert the control centre, which are also the beta cells located in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. The secretion of insulin has to be done quickly but can only be carried out when insulin gene is switched on. Turning on the insulin gene switch can take 30 minutes to an hour therefore, the production of insulin by beta cells are done in advance and are packaged in vesicles right until blood glucose rises. Glucose comes into the beta cell to trigger the vesicle that contains the insulin to move towards the plasma membrane and fuse. This releases the insulin into the bloodstream where they are distributed throughout the body and only affect specific target cells. The receptor, a protein, on the target cell’s plasma membrane recognises and connects
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Diabetes is a disease in which a person’s body in unable to make or utilize insulin properly which affects blood sugar levels. Insulin is a hormone that is produced in the pancreas, which helps to regulate glucose (sugar) levels, break down carbohydrates and fats, and is essential to produce the body’s energy. The CDC (2013) offers reliable insight, summarized here, into the different types of diabetes, some causes, and health complications that may arise from the disease.
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Specific purpose: To inform my audience about what diabetes is, what causes this condition and its health effects.
Until the day of his death, Dr. Elliot P. “EPJ” Joslin remained committed to educating diabetic patients about both their condition and how to treat it. An exceptionally committed and kind individual, EPJ dedicated his life to helping patients live long, prosperous lives. He was the first doctor to specialize in the field of diabetes, beginning his rigorous research of diabetes care before the discovery of insulin, and started the practice that would ultimately become the Joslin Diabetes Center. Dr. Joslin’s benevolent nature and personal drive to help patients lead to him becoming the one of the first researchers to note the vital role of maintaining a healthy lifestyle in treatment and prevention of diabetes mellitus, as well as pioneering in the self-help treatment method that to this day plays a vital role in diabetes management.
Diabetes is a metabolic disease defined by high blood glucose concentration, also known as hyperglycemia (Mertig, 2012). Hyperglycemia is the result of having a problem with insulin release and/or a problem with insulin action. In other words, a person living with diabetes produces little to no insulin (type 1 diabetes) or does not have the ability to utilize efficiently the insulin produced (type 2 diabetes) (Mertig, 2012). Diabetes is a growing epidemic in the United States. In an effort to better manage and reduce the incidence of diabetes, researchers dedicate an enormous amount of time each year trying to gain a stronger understanding of the disease (Philis-Tsimikas and Decker, 2011). After all, the long term complications of uncontrolled diabetes (i.e. blindness, renal failure, heart disease, amputations, etc) can be devastating and needs to be prevented and/or controlled (Mertig, 2012). Individuals living with diabetes need to incorporate nutritional management, physical activity, compliance with medications, proper monitoring of blood sugars, self education and most importantly actively participate in their own diabetes care. According to Inzucchi et al, a patient centered approach is best and means, “Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.” An approach proven to be effective in managing diabetes is the diabetes self-management education (DSME) approach. DSME is a “patient centered” approach that actively involves the client in all aspects of their diabetes care and provides the necessary tools to encourage self-directed growth. A huge part of the DSME approach is the client’s diet,...
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or respond to insulin. Insulin is a hormone. When the body is unable to produce enough insulin or respond to insulin it results in the abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and high glucose in the system. Insulin is required to convert sugar and carbohydrates into energy.
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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).
That is to say that “People with diabetes have high blood glucose, also called high blood sugar or hyperglycemia” (“Diagnosis”). In order to seek the proper care for diabetes, patients must undergo: distinguishing its symptoms, classifying if it is pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes, and the proper treatment.
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