Diabetes and it's control
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- Diabetes and its control
- Diabetes is a chronic disease in which a person is unable to metabolise carbohydrate, especially glucose, properly.
- There are over 100 million people world wide with diabetes, 1.4 million of whom are in the UK. In addition a further 1 million people in the UK are thought to be unaware of having diabetes.
- Types of sugar diabetes
- Type 1 (insulin dependent) is due to the body being unable to produce insulin.
- It normally begins in childhood and it may be the result of an autoimmune response whereby the bodies immune system attacks its own cells.
- This type develops very fast and the symptoms are usually obvious.
- Type 2 (insulin independent) is normally due to the glycoprotein receptors on the body cells losing their responsiveness to insulin.
- Usually develops in people over the age of 40. Obesity and poor dieting can leading to this type of diabetes.
- It develops slowly and the symptoms are usually less serve and may go unnoticed. People who are overweight are particularly likely to develop type 2.
- Over 75% of people with diabetes have type 2.
- Type 1 (insulin dependent) is due to the body being unable to produce insulin.
- Control of diabetes
- Type 1 diabetes is controlled by injections of insulin. This cannot be taken by mouth because it would be digested.
- The dose of insulin must be matched exactly to the glucose intake. if a diabetic takes too much insulin it can result in unconsciousness. By doing this diabetics can lead a normal life.
- Type 2 diabetes is controlled by regulating the intake of carbohydrate in the diet and matching this to the amount of exercise taken in.
- In some cases this may be supplemented by injections of insulin or by the use of drugs that stimulate insulin production.
- Type 1 diabetes is controlled by injections of insulin. This cannot be taken by mouth because it would be digested.
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