In 2012 statistics show that 176 billion dollars where use for medication on diabetes.Diabetes is a complicated issue as demonstrated through its history, symptoms,treatments, and number of people affected by it.
The first symptoms of diabetes happen in 1552 B.C. Ancient healers noticed that ants seemed more attracted to the urine of people with diabetes. Later on their was people known as "water tasters" that diagnosed diabetes by tasting the urine of people that thought they had it. If the urine tasted sweet it meant the person had diabetes. In 1800's scientist developed chemical test to detect the presence of sugar in the urine.As a physician kept discovering about diabetes on. The first prescribed exercise was horseback riding they thought it relive excessive urination.in the 1700s and 1800s physicians noticed that dietary changes helped mange diabetics. They advice their patients to eat only fat and meat of animals. During the Franco-Prussian war of early 1870's Apollinaire Bouchardat noticed that his diabetic patients improved due to war-related food rationing. He made individualized diets as treatments. So 1900s is when diet treatments started happening like "oat-cure", potato therapy" and "starvation diet" . A Boston scientist know as Elliott Joslin, establish himself as one of the world's leading diabetes expert in 1916. He created a textbook "The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus", which explains how fasting diet and regular exercise help decreases the risk of death in diabetes patients. Now doctors and diabetes educators still use these treatments when teaching their patients about lifestyle change for the management of diabetes. Before the discovery of insulin diabetes led to premature death. The first readily of insul...
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Diabetes is a lifelong disease that can affect both children and adults. This disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. It claims about 178,000 lives each year. Type one diabetes, also known as insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, usually occurs in people less than thirty years of age, but it also may appear at any age. Diabetes is a very serious disease with many life threatening consequences, but if it is taken care of properly, diabetics can live a normal life.
The main economic impact of type 1 diabetes mellitus is the cost. It is believed that that in 2012 the cost of type 1 diabetes mellitus was around 245 billion dollar. This included 176 billion dollars in direct medical cost and 69 billion dollars in reduced productivity. Researches estimated that about 15.5 million people currently live with diabetes.
During the year 1889, two researchers, Joseph Von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, discovered the disease that is known today as diabetes. Diabetes is a disease in which the insulin levels (a hormone produced in unique cells called the islets of Langerhans found in the pancreas) in the bloodstream are irregular and therefore affect the way the body uses sugars, as well as other nutrients. Up until the 1920’s, it was known that being diagnosed with diabetes was a death sentence which usually affected “children and adults under 30.” Those who were diagnosed were usually very hungry and thirsty, which are two of the symptoms associated with diabetes. However, no matter how much they ate, their bodies wouldn’t be able to use the nutrients due to the lack of insulin.
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The first evidence of diabetes was found on an early Egyptian manuscript from 1500 BCE, however; it is only in the last 200 years that we understand what is happening at the cellular level in a diabetic individual (Polansky, 2012). We now know that diabetes is a complex disorder of genetic, chemical, and lifestyle factors that contribute to the body’s inability to utilize glucose for energy and cellular functions (ADA, 2013).
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Thesis statement: Today I will be informing you about the history, causes and effects behind diabetes.
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Glucose is a sugar that plays a big part in a human’s health and well-being. This sugar is a major source of energy for the body’s brain and cells. The Cells that receive energy from glucose help in the building of the body’s muscle and tissue. Although glucose may be important to the body too much of this sugar can cause a chronic condition called Diabetes. Diabetes, also known as Diabetes mellitus, is a chronic condition that is caused by too much sugar in the blood. This condition can affect all age groups. In fact, in 2010 a survey was taken by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, on the number of newly diagnosed diabetes. Out of 1,907,000 people: 24.38% were ages 20-44, 55.17% were ages 45-64, and 20.45% were ages 65 and greater. Diabetes is a very serious condition, and it can be deadly if left untreated. This paper will help better educate the reader on the signs and symptoms, the testing process, and the management of diabetes.
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