Diabetes Overview

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Diabetes Overview

• By Maria Soper RN, BSN
• June 2007

All information contained in this website is
based on medical research and is provided for
general education. Always consult your doctor
before you engage in any type of health remedy
or procedure. This site is not a bstitute forr
regular medical care.
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Lets Start With The Basics

• We need food to survive
• Food is our body's source of Fuel building
  material
• Through the process of metabolism the process
  by which the cells of the body change food so
  that it can be used for energy or to build or
  maintain cells
• The body breaks down food into basic nutrients

Carbohydrates, protein and fats
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The Key To Metabolism

• IS THE HORMONE
• Insulin
• It is required for proper metabolism of
  Carbohydrates
• Protein
• Fats

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How It All Works

• Most of what we eat digest into glucose
• When food is eaten the pancreas responds by
  producing insulin
• Insulin carries the glucose into the cells
  tissues
• The cells produce energy from glucose

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How It Works When You Have Diabetes

• 1- Your pancreas makes little or no insulin
  (insulin insufficiency)
• or
• 2- The insulin you have is not working the
  way it should (insulin resistance)
• Sugar (glucose) cannot get into your bodys cells
  and is trapped in your bloodstream
• High Blood Glucose Levels

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So.What is Diabetes?

• A chronic illness where the body cannot convert
  the food you eat into Energy

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Prevalence

• 7 of the population have Diabetes
• Thats
• 20.8 million people
• 14 million are diagnosed
• 6.2 million are unaware they have diabetes
• On top of which another
• 43 million are pre-diabetic

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Medical Risk Factors

• Ethnicity
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Family member with Diabetes
• History of Gestational Diabetes or newborn gt9 lbs
• Vascular disease
• Polycystic ovaries

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Life Style Risk Factors

• Unaware of illness
• Smoking
• Stress
• Growing older
• Inactivity
• Obesity

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Types of Diabetes

• Type 1
• Type 2

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Type 1

• Sudden onset due to a triggering event (illness)
• Genetic trait activated
• Autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
  (insulin producing cells)
• Usually occurs in children or young adults
• All insulin producing cells are destroyed
• Insulin is no longer secreted, insulin injections
  are required for survival

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Signs Symptoms of Type 1

• Increased thirst or hunger
• Frequent urination
• Rapid weight loss (even though eating normal)
• Blurred Vision
• Dizziness
• Fatigue
• Itchy or dry skin

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Type 2

• More common form of diabetes
• Caused by a combination of problems but usually
  begins with insulin resistance
• Diagnosed over the age of 40
• Family history of diabetes
• Overweight
• Consistently inactive
• History of gestational diabetes or delivery of a
  baby weighting more than 9 lbs
• High Blood Pressure 140/90 or higher
• High-risk ethnic group (African, Hispanic, Asian,
  and Native Americans)

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Signs Symptoms of Type 2

• Increase thirst
• Frequent urination
• Blurry Vision
• dizziness
• Fatigue
• Dry Skin
• Frequent Infection
• Some will have no symptoms
• (most significant difference between
• signs symptoms of 1 2)
  
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Lets Review

• Question 1
• Food is our body's source of fuel building
  material
• True False

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Your Correct !!!!

• We need food to survive
• Through the process of metabolism the process
  the by which the cells of the body change food so
  that it can be used for energy or to build or
  maintain cells

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Question 2

• Which one is a life style risk factor of
  diabetes ?

Exercising
Overweight
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Your Correct!!!!

• Life style risk factors include
• Smoking Stress Growing
  older
• Inactivity Obesity

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Question 3

• Signs symptoms of Type 1 2 are the same
  EXCEPT for this type it is common to have NO
  symptoms
• Type 1 Type 2

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Your Correct!!!!

• Over 6.2 million Americans are walking around
  today with DIABETES but
• are not yet Diagnosed

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You have successfully completed the Diabetes
Overview Module

• For additional information on Diabetes visit
  some websites
• American Diabetes Web site _at_
  http//www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
• For Your Diabetic life _at_
• http//www.dlife.com/
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
  (NIDC)_at_
• http//diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/overview/i
  ndex.htm
• Thank You for taking the time to view this module
  
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All information contained in this website is
based on medical research and is provided for
general education. Always consult your doctor
before you engage in any type of health remedy or
procedure. This site is not a substitute for
regular medical care.