By Chan Yuen Wai Denise6 7 B You
By Chan Yuen Wai, Denise(6) 7 B
You are going to check out… What is diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus is… -Disease - Improper use/failure to produce insulin
Does anyone know… What is insulin? Well. . I should have known The answer…
Insulin, as we all have learnt: - a kind of hormone - manufactured in pancreas
- maintain threshold blood glucose level - Beta cells being destroyed - cannot produce insulin
- Secretions of insulin is insufficient - or malfunctioned - blood glucose level rises - excess glucose carried out by You’ve got diabetes! urination
Types of diabetes - Type 1 diabetes - autoimmunity of beta cells - Type 2 diabetes - not enough insulin produced - Gestational diabetes - develops among pregnant women
Factors leading to the disease: 1). heredity 2). obesity 3). Ageing 4). Lack exercising
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Complications: - higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer - eyes, kidneys, nerves and skin related diseases - erectile dysfunctions
Complications (continue): - this decreases in the no. of potassium(K) inside body, can lead to irregular heartbeats - death…
Though diabetes is still incurable, There alternatives to control… 1). Injections of insulin
2). Insulin pumps
Help preventing diabetes… - Exercise regularly - healthy eating - body check annually
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