Khazen AthletiKare--Diabetes

DIABETES

What is it?

a metabolic disease where the body is unable to regulate the blood sugar with the hormone insulin
Type 1: 10% of diabetics; the body does not make enough insulin
Type 2: 90% of diabetics; the body makes enough insulin, but does not use it effectively

How's it happen?

Type 1: heredity is a risk factor; it is possibly an autoimmune disorder in which an "environmental" factor such as a virus triggers an attack on the beta cells of the pancreas, which prohibits insulin production, and therefore leads to a lack of control of the body's blood sugar
Type 2: unknown, but highly associated with obesity (80% of those with Type 2 are obese); possibly that the body doesn't recognize the molecular shape of insulin, and therefore cannot use it properly or efficiently

What do you do about it?

Type 1: need to take insulin by injection to replace the body's supply, serious control of blood sugar through diet and activity
Type 2: control of diet and activity to maintain a healthy weight with or without medication to control blood sugar
if not controlled, diabetes can cause lesions, nerve damage, blindness, and death due to insulin shock or diabetic coma

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