Diabetes, type 1
2. It is a metabolic disorder that effects the bodies ability to convert food into energy
3. the insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus locus is on chromosome 6.
4. Diabetes is caused from insulin deficiency.
5. it can be dominant, recessive, or somewhere in between.
6. -increased thirst and hunger.
-frequent urination.
-weight loss or gain that has no obvious cause
-fatigue.
-blurred vision.
-wounds that heal slowly.
-nausea.
-skin infections.
7. Controlling blood sugar levels is the main goal of diabetes treatment, in order to prevent more complications of the disease. Type 1 diabetes is treated with insulin as well with a different diet and exercise.
8. India is the country with the most people with diabetes followed by China
9. India - 50.8 million
China - 43.2 million
website 1
Address: http://www.joslin.org/info/10_Things_You_Might_Not_Know_About_Diabetes.html
Name : Diabetes
Fact 1: About one third of all people with diabetes do not know they have the disease.
Fact 2 : Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults.
Website 2
Address: http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/diabetes/02_en.html
Name : Diabetes
Fact 1: Total deaths from diabetes are projected to rise by more than 50% in the next 10 years.
Fact 2: 80% of diabetes deaths are now happening in low- and middle-income countries.
2. It is a metabolic disorder that effects the bodies ability to convert food into energy
3. the insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus locus is on chromosome 6.
4. Diabetes is caused from insulin deficiency.
5. it can be dominant, recessive, or somewhere in between.
6. -increased thirst and hunger.
-frequent urination.
-weight loss or gain that has no obvious cause
-fatigue.
-blurred vision.
-wounds that heal slowly.
-nausea.
-skin infections.
7. Controlling blood sugar levels is the main goal of diabetes treatment, in order to prevent more complications of the disease. Type 1 diabetes is treated with insulin as well with a different diet and exercise.
8. India is the country with the most people with diabetes followed by China
9. India - 50.8 million
China - 43.2 million
website 1
Address: http://www.joslin.org/info/10_Things_You_Might_Not_Know_About_Diabetes.html
Name : Diabetes
Fact 1: About one third of all people with diabetes do not know they have the disease.
Fact 2 : Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults.
Website 2
Address: http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/diabetes/02_en.html
Name : Diabetes
Fact 1: Total deaths from diabetes are projected to rise by more than 50% in the next 10 years.
Fact 2: 80% of diabetes deaths are now happening in low- and middle-income countries.