Diabetes
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- Created on: 14-12-20 21:16
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- Diabetes
- when the body cannot control blood sugar levels
- Type 1
- Pancreas cannot produce enough insulin
- blood glucose levels can rise to a fatal amount
- treated with insulin injections which results in glucose being taken from the bloodstream
- advised to limit intake of carbs as they contain a lot of glucose
- begins in childhood
- pancreatic cells destroyed
- Type 2
- Body cells no longer respond to insulin
- obesity is a risk factor
- treatments are diet, exercise and loosing weight or medication
- begins later in life
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