This week is dedicated to the study of Diabetes; types,
causes, prevention and management. The information is important for us not to be ignorant of this deadly health condition. Diabetes does not have a cure but with proper management you can live healthy lives than those without it. According to WHO, in 2014, 9% of adults 18 years and older had diabetes. In 2012
diabetes was the direct cause of 1.5 million deaths. More than 80% of
diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a disorder in which the body has trouble
regulating its blood glucose or blood sugar levels. There are 2 major types:
Type 1 and Type 2.
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an auto immune disease in which a
person’s pancreas stops producing Insulin, a hormone that enables people to get
energy from food. T1D usually strikes in childhood, adolescence, or young
adulthood, and a lifetime. Just to survive, people with T1D must take multiple
injections of insulin daily or continually infuse insulin through a pump.
T2D is a metabolic disorder in which a person’s body still
produces insulin but unable to use it effectively. It is usually diagnose in
adulthood and does not always require insulin injections. However, increased
obesity has led to recent rise in cases of T2D in children and young adults.
Taking insulin does not cure any types of diabetes, nor does
it prevent the possibility of the disease’s devastating effects: Kidney
failure, blindness, nerve damage, heart attack, stroke, and pregnancy
complications.
To be continued...
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