Diabetes is little or no ability to move glucose out of the blood into the red blood cells. Nearly 16 million people have diabetes in the United States, which narrows it down to about 1 out of every seventeen people. About 2,150 new cases are diagnosed each day. Many of us do not clearly know what diabetes is and the different categories that it is classified in. The first type of diabetes that will be discussed is type 1 diabetes and steps that can be taken to diagnose diabetes. The second type of diabetes that will be talked about will be type 2 diabetes and how it affects patients. The third type of diabetes is gestational diabetes and how exercise can help control diabetes. This paper discusses type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes, their causes, diagnosis, treatments, and how they affect the patient. .
The first type of diabetes that will be talked about will be type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. People with type 1 diabetes don't produce insulin and need regular shots of it to keep their blood glucose levels normal (What is Diabetes, Type 1). Almost half of the people with this type of diabetes are aged 20 and younger (Bernstein 167). That is why type 1 diabetes was once called juvenile onset diabetes, but the name has been dropped because it also strikes young adults. Type 1 diabetes accounts for only about 5 to 10 percent of the disease. The vast majority has type 2 diabetes. Risk factors for type 1 diabetes are a family history of the disease, the white race and being at an age less than 20. Half the people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are under the age of 20. One of the causes of type 1 diabetes is genetics. Scientist suspect that heredity plays a major role in type 1 diabetes and researchers have found several genes that appear to increase the risk of type 1. Another cause is viruses. Type 1 diabetes often strikes shortly after a viral infection.
What is Type 2 diabetes? ... Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes found in people. About 90-95% of all diabetics have type 2 diabetes. The Cause of Type 2 diabetes: Type 2 diabetes is caused by the body's resistance to insulin. ... Who is at risk for Type 2 diabetes? ...
There are 2 major Types of Diabetes Type 1 diabetes also called juvenile onset is when the body does not produce any insulin. People with Type 1 diabetes need to take daily injections of insulin to survive. ... The second major type of Diabetes is called Type 2 diabetes or adult on set. ... Type 2 diabetes is the most common and accounts for 90-95% of all cases of diabetes. ... People who get gestational Diabetes are at a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. ...
There are three types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes. ... Type 2 diabetes is also known as adult-onset diabetes or non insulin-dependent diabetes. ... Gestational diabetes appears only in pregnant women who haven't previ-ously had either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. ... Neither type 1 nor type 2 diabetes is curable. ...
It has been found that there are two types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce any insulin. ... Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of the disease. ... There are some treatments available for Type 2 diabetes which include lifestyle changes that prevent and delay the onset of diabetes. ... Unfortunately there is no known way to prevent Type 1 diabetes. ...
Diabetes comes in two forms, called type 1 and type diabetes. ... Approximately only 5-10% of people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes have this. ... There are many problems associated with diabetes type 1. ... Many people have pre-diabetes, which almost always occurs before type 2 diabetes. ... Well treated pre-diabetes can often delay or prevent type 2 diabetes from occurring. ...
Those two have "special scientific" names for them: Type 1 and type 2 diabetes. ... Type 2 diabetes is the most common, accounting for 90 to 95 percent of diabetes cases. ... Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are both incurable diseases that last a life time. ... The cause for type 1 diabetes is not yet known. ... Interestingly, 5 to 10 percent of these women keep their diabetes, and develop type 2 diabetes. ...
People who have a higher risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes include obese people, people with an inappropriate diet, those who lack physical activity, families in which diabetes is heredity and people who are stressed. ... Type 2 Diabetes may respond to changes in diet, exercise and weight reduction but occasionally tablets and insulin can be required as well. ... Type 2 Diabetes can be avoided by eating a nutritious diet, exercising and controlling your weight. ... It is now also found by Harvard University that fat in the diet and the type of fat is not a factor, it's the weight gain f...
The most common type of diabetes for overweight people is type 2 diabetes. ... Since children and teenagers have recently gained a considerable amount of weight, now they can get type 2 diabetes. ... In some areas of the United States, almost half of all new cases of diabetes in children and teenagers have type 2 diabetes, which is an alarming number to all of us. ... Thompson said, "This study suggests that many obese children have a high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. ... (HealthEdit, 1) The overweight teenagers who have type 2 diabetes can do many things in order to lose weight ...
