What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a physical condition which causes too much sugar to appear in the bloodstream due to lack of a substance called insulin.Understanding diabetesTo understand diabetes, you need to know how your body uses food. All cells need energy. This comes from food. The food you eat turns into glucose (sugar). The glucose enters the bloodstream where it is carried to your body’s cells. Insulin, a natural hormone made in your pancreas, is needed to allow the sugar to enter your cells. After entering the cell, the sugar is used for energy. If there is no insulin (as in Type 1 diabetes) or if the insulin is ineffective (as in Type 2 diabetes) the glucose cannot enter the cells, and it accumulates in the blood. It will eventually spill into the urine.
Diabetes is a disease that affects the way your body uses food. In order for your body to have energy it changes the food you eat into glucose or sugar. Your body then carries this sugar to your body’s cells. A hormone, called insulin, helps the sugar get into the cells. Diabetes occurs when the body does not make enough insulin or use it very well. When glucose cannot enter the cells, it builds up in the blood instead of going into the cells. It is estimated that 16 million Americans have diabetes. However only 10.5 million Americans have been diagnosed. Another 5.5 million remain undiagnosed and do not know they have the disease.
Diabetes is a severe, life-threatening condition in which the body loses its ability to turn glucose (sugar) from food into useable energy. The muscle cells and other tissues in the body require specific levels of glucose and carbohydrates to maintain their function. The level of glucose absorbed into the bloodstream by the intestines, and the method by which glucose enters the bodys cells, is regulated by a hormone called Insulin. This is produced in the pancreas, a gland located behind the stomach. Diabetes usually develops later in life, after 45 years of age and which use to be known as Adult Onset Diabetes or Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM)- is known today as Type II Diabetes.
Diabetes is a group of diseases marked by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can lead to serious complications and premature death, but people with diabetes can take steps to control the disease and lower the risk of complications.
Diabetes is a severe, life-threatening condition in which the body loses its ability to turn glucose (sugar) from food into useable energy. The muscle cells and other tissues in the body require specific levels of glucose and carbohydrates to maintain their function. The level of glucose absorbed into the bloodstream by the intestines, and the method by which glucose enters the body’s cells, is regulated by a hormone called Insulin. This is produced in the pancreas, a gland located behind the stomach. Diabetes that develops later in life, usually after 45 years of age, and which use to be known as “Adult Onset Diabetes” or “Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM)” is known today as type 2 diabetes.
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