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Friday, May 31, 2013

Diabetes



Did you know that 347,000,000 people have diabetes across the world.

So what is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disorder where the pancreas is not producing insulin for some reason. There are 2 types of diabetes.

Diabetes type 1 usually starts when you are a kid, you get it because your pancreas isn't working or in some way disabled, the pancreas should be producing insulin. Insulin absorbs glucose (sugar) then goes into the body cells, which use sugar to make energy but if the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin you wont have enough sugar in your cells. Unfortunately Type 1 Diabetes Can’t be cured yet but the doctor can give you insulin in an injection to manage it.


Type 2
Type 2 diabetes usually occurs when you are an adult. People with diabetes feel dizzy and tired and get thirsty a lot most type 2 diabetics develop the disease because they are over weight which affects the pancreas. The doctor can give you medication to help but the most important thing to do is go on a diet and lose weight. you can cure type 2 by losing weight, eating healthy and exercising.

The long term effects of diabetes are sleep apnoea, loss of eyesight, loss of limbs because bad blood flow. Sometimes even a stroke or heart failure.

1 comment:

  1. I think you might need to check up on some of your facts Lukis as some aren't quite accurate.

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