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- 3. What do thesefoods have in common? These foods are all high in sugar. A person with diabetes has to avoid these types of foods.
- 4. Diabetes • Diabetes isa non-infectious disease in which the body is unable to control the amount of sugar in the blood. • People with diabetes have high blood sugar, either because their bodies do not produce enough insulin, or because their cells do not respond to insulin.
- 5. • Insulin isa hormone that helps cells take up sugar from the blood. • Without enough insulin, the blood contains too much sugar. • This can damage blood vessels and other cells throughout the body. • The kidneys work hard to filter out and remove some of the extra sugar. • This leads to frequent urination and excessive thirst.
- 6. • There aretwo main types of diabetes 1) Type 1 Diabetes 2) Type 2 Diabetes • Type 1 diabetes makes up about 5-10% of all cases of diabetes in the United States. • Type 2 diabetes accounts for most of the other cases. • Both types of diabetes are more likely in people that have certain genes. • Having a family member with diabetes increases the risk of developing the disease.
- 7. • Either typeof diabetes can increase the chances of having other health problems. • For example, people with diabetes are more likely to develop heart disease and kidney disease. • Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are similar in these ways. • However, the two types of diabetes have different causes.
- 9. Type 1 Diabetes •Type 1 diabetes occurs when the immune system attacks normal cells of the pancreas. • Since the cells in the pancreas are damaged, the pancreas cannot make insulin. • Type 1 diabetes usually develops in childhood or adolescence. • People with type 1 diabetes must frequently check the sugar in their blood.
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- 11. • They usea meter to monitor their blood sugar( in above picture). • Whenever their blood sugar starts to get too high, they need a shot of insulin. • The insulin brings their blood sugar back to normal. • There is no cure for type 1 diabetes. Therefore, insulin shots must be taken for life. • Most people with this type of diabetes learn how to give themselves insulin shots.
- 13. Diabetes Type 2 •Type 2 diabetes occurs when body cells are no longer sensitive to insulin. • The pancreas may still make insulin, but the cells of the body cannot use it. • Being overweight and having high blood pressure increase the chances of developing type 2 diabetes.
- 14. • Type 2diabetes usually develops in adulthood, but it is becoming more common in teens and children. • This is because more young people are overweight now than ever before. • Some cases of type 2 diabetes can be cured with weight loss. • However, most people with the disease need to take medicine to control their blood sugar.
- 15. • Regular exerciseand balanced eating also help. • Like people with type 1 diabetes, people with type 2 diabetes must frequently check their blood sugar.
- 23. Diabetes and theBody at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =jHRfDTqPzj4 ( open the above link to see diabetes and the body)