Main Idea: Diabetes is a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to insulin is impaired. With type 1 diabetes, your body does not produce insulin. With type 2 your body does not make or produce insulin well. If you have diabetes you will often have to check your blood sugar and give your body insulin usually before a meal.
Types of diabetes:
Type 2: A chronic condition that affects the way the body processes blood sugar (glucose). (most common)
Type 1: A condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin
Pre-diabetes: When blood sugar is high, but not high enough to be type 2
Gestational: A from of high blood sugar affecting pregnant women
Causes and Risk Factors : Lifestyle choices (sedentary lifestyle), being overweight or obese, a family history of diabetes, high blood pressure, and low levels of “good” cholesterol. Your pancreas not being able to produce insulin
Symptoms:
Excessive thirst, weight loss, hunger, fatigue, yeast infections, tingling or numbness in the feet or toes
Treatments: Close watch over blood sugar, combination of medications (including insulin) ,exercise, and diet.
Reflection:
I found this topic the most interesting because I know it is very common and I have previous knowledge of diabetes. I already knew the general idea of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I learned about pre-diabetes and gestational diabetes.
You have good information and this will help me a lot in the future.
ReplyDeleteI didn't really get the differences between the types of diabetes before this helped a lot thank you.
ReplyDeleteHow often would you need to test your blood pressure?
ReplyDeleteI havent learned much about Diabetes but by looking at these note I understand what it means. good job.
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