Sidney Poitier-Kelly

Period 6
12/16/14

 Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder that adversely

affects the body's ability to manufacture and use insulin.
In type 1 diabetes, the body does not
produce insulin. Insulin is needed to
convert sugar, starches and other food
into energy for daily life. With the help
of insulin therapy, even young children
can learn to manage their condition
and live long, healthy lives.

If you have type 2 diabetes your

body does not use insulin
properly. At first, your pancreas
makes extra insulin to make up
for it. But, over time it isn't able
to keep up and can't make
enough insulin to keep your
blood glucose at normal levels.

Nick
Jonas

Tom Hanks

 Often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, diabetes is caused

because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body's
cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both. Which is also called
insulin resistance. This disorder can affect the eyes, arteries,
kidneys, nervous system, and blood vessels.

 Neither are sex-linked. Type 1 can be directly inherited

but type 2 genetic factors mostly increase risks. Diabetes
are recessive, a genetic change known as paternal
uniparental disomy (UPD) of chromosome 6.

 People with type 1 diabetes must use insulin, they could

get injections of insulin by doctors or take pills of insulin.
Some people with type 2 diabetes can manage their
diabetes with healthy eating and exercise. However, your
doctor may need to also prescribe pills of insulin to help
you meet your target blood glucose levels.

 If your doctor determines that your blood glucose level is

very high, or if you have classic symptoms of high blood
glucose in addition to one positive test, your doctor may
not require a second test to diagnose diabetes.
The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test is a two-hour test that
checks your blood glucose levels before and 2 hours
after you drink a special sweet drink. It tells the doctor
how your body processes glucose.
Another thing to test to see if you have diabetes, is by
checking to see if you have gone through any of the
symptons.

 In the fifties, about one in five people with type 1 diabetes

died within 20 years after diagnosis. Now, with proper
care, these individuals can have a normal lifespan.
More than 29 million people in the United States have
diabetes (9.3 percent). 1 in 4 doesnt even know they
have it.

 A lot of people could get diabetes, not just normal

people, but even celebrities have diabetes. Like, Nick
Jonas, Tom Hank, Halle Berry, Paula Deen, Sherri
Shepard, and more!
Many organizations, including ADA and JDRF, are
pitching in donating money, having fundraisers, and
treating patients with diabetes, just to stop it! So
everyone can get the insulin needed to convert sugar,
starches and other food into energy for daily life. So I
finally understand what diabetes mean!

http://www.cdc.gov/
http://www.diabetes.org/
http://www.webmd.com/
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/
http://jdrf.org/