Diabetes
- Created by: Jasmin
- Created on: 11-05-13 19:25
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- Diabetes
- What causes diabetes?
- Pancreas does not make enough insulin, blood sugar level not controlled - type 1
- Levels get very high after eat
- Eventually kidneys excrete glucose into urine
- Produce a lot of urine and get thristy all the time
- Without insulin no glucosei n cells - lack energy and feel tired
- Break down fat, protein to use as fuel instead so lose weight
- Can be controlled by
- Avoiding foods rich in carbs, have to have regular meals, have to exercise after eating to try use up extra glucose produced by digestion
- Injecting insulin allows glucose to be taken into body cells and converted into glycogen in liver, stops getting high
- Amount injected depends on persons diet and how active they are
- Using insulin from other organisms
- Animal insulin not identical to human insulin, supply depend on how many animals were killed for meat
- Curing type 1
- Transplant of panccreas, operations difficult/risky, need immunosuppressant
- Embryonic stem cells try get rid of organ rejection
- Treating type 2
- Result of obesity, lack of exercise
- Cellss stop producing insulin
- Restore balance by eating a balanced diet, losing weight, doing regular exercise
- Drugs that: help insulin work better on body cells, help pancreas make insulin, reduce amount glucose absorb from gut
- What causes diabetes?
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