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Title: Deciphering Diabetes


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Deciphering Diabetes
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Diabetes is a lifetime ailment that makes an
individuals blood glucose or sugar level to be
too high. Diabetes is of two types
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Type 1 diabetes
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Here, the immune system of the body assaults and
destroys cells producing insulin the hormone
that helps breakdown glucose in the bloodstream.
As insulin is not produced, blood sugar level
rises, and this can utterly destroy your bodys
organs.
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Type 1 diabetes is able to develop rapidly
between several days and several weeks. It can
occur at any age but mostly appears during
childhood and teenage years. The
insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes is also
referred to as early-onset diabetes or juvenile
diabetes as it commonly occurs before the
sufferer hits age 40 and mostly during the teen
years.
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Type 2 diabetes
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With type 2 diabetes, the body isnt producing
sufficient insulin, or the cells fail to react to
insulin (insulin resistance
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Most people would already be having type 2
diabetes for a long time before they know it
since the early signs and symptoms are general.
Type 2 diabetes is by far more common of the two
and can occur at any age. It is at times called
maturity-onset diabetes since it is more commonly
found in older persons aged 40 and above.
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Prediabetes
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While many people have diabetes, even more
persons have blood glucose levels higher than
normal, but not sufficiently high to be
considered as having diabetes. Such a condition
is called prediabetes. When your blood
glucose/sugar level is higher than normal, then
youre at a higher risk of developing full-on
diabetes.
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