wat are diabetes?

Answer 1

Diabetes mellitus is a medical disorder characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) resulting from the defective secretion or action of the hormone insulin. There are several kinds of diabetes mellitus, but most are rare. The most common types are:

diabetes mellitus type 1 (previously called juvenile onset diabetes or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus -- IDDM) is characterized by decreased or absent production of insulin
diabetes type 2 (previously called adult onset diabetes, obesity related diabetes, or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus -- NIDDM), which is characterized by body tissue resistance to insulin action, though decreased secretion of insulin can also occur concomitantly
Type 2 is by far the most common form, especially in developed countries, and is characterized by a decrease in the ability to respond to insulin, though often in the presence of normal insulin amounts. Its causes are obscure in detail but are connected with heredity and with lifestyle (eg, Western diet and obesity).

Type 1 diabetes almost always requires insulin injections, and is generally fatal without proper treatment. Type 2 diabetes can sometimes be managed by weight reduction and exercise alone. Often oral medication and/or insulin are initially required. Most cases of type 2 diabetes are eventually treated with medication.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder, in which the body makes antibodies that attack the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The cause is complex and unclear, but may involve genetics, viruses, diet and environmental factors such as chemicals. Type 1 diabetes was once called juvenile diabetes because it is often diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood. People with type 1 diabetes must take insulin by injection, pump or other methods. Possible treatments, which are cures when successful, include transplant of a segment of pancreas or with islet (beta) cells.

While under- or over-treated diabetes can be extremely dangerous and until June, 1921 (when insulin was first discovered and made available), a clinical diagnosis of what is now called type 1 diabetes was an invariable more or less quick death sentence, for most treated patients today the main risks are from its characteristic long-term complications. These include cardiovascular disease (doubled risk), chronic renal failure (it is the main cause for dialysis in developed world adults), retinal damage which can lead to blindness and is the most significant cause of adult blindness in the non-elderly in the developed world, nerve damage which can lead to erectile dysfunction (impotence), to gangrene with risk of amputation of toes, feet, and even legs.

The complications are less common and less severe in people who control their blood sugars well. In fact,the better the control, the lower the risk of complications (down to that of non-diabetics). Hence patient understanding and participation is vital, as blood glucose levels change continuously throughout each day. Other health problems that accelerate the damaging effects of diabetes should also be addressed. These include smoking (abstain), elevated cholesterol levels (control with diet, exercise or medication), obesity (even small losses can be very helpful), high blood pressure, and lack of regular exercise.

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Answer 4

There are two classes of diabetes the first is known as juvinile diabetes, and the second as late onset diabetes. The first is insulin dependent, the second has to alter diet and excercise and take a prescription pill along with a cholesterol pill. Both cause the pancreas to stop producing insuling but the first group looses complete function, the second looses partial functions of the pancres, Both can loose renal activity (kidneys shut down) and may have to be put on dialisis. a routine check of the blood glucose levels helps to determine insulin levels. As well there are various aspects to diabetes one is shock which can present as giddy which means too much insulin and the other as seizures which are because of lack of insulin-needs pure sugar-un-refined from fruits etc.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes sugar to build up in your blood.

Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

Answer 7

Pancreas pain is usually RT sided as the pancreas is located on the RT side of the body. The gallbladder is also RT sided. Just because family members have diabetes doesn't mean you will. The gallbladder is an organ that is attached to your liver and it makes bile that is used to digest fat. The pancreas is an organ that makes insulin through islet cells ( cells contained in the pancreas) also digestive enzymes that allow the food you eat to be absorb and make nutrients. Is it possible that you have injured yourself? Have you been coughing lately, it is possible to crack a rib from coughing. Rarely people have LT sided pain with pancreatitis but not usual. Gallbladder pain is PAINFUL alot of people think they are having a heart attack when it hurts, they feel they can't breath. The problem is usually stones that have formed in the gallbladder from a bad diet. If you con't to have pain you should be seen by a Dr. gallbladder problems can be life threatening if a stone would get lodged in your common bile duct. Good luck

Answer 8

Diabetes is a metabolic/immune disorder where your immune system is basically killing your pancreas (an organ the makes insulin). Insulin is the key to open your cells to accept sugar and use it as energy. With diabetics this key (insulin) is low or does not exist, so sugar sits in the blood stream and creates high levels of sugar in the blood and causes medical problems; not allowing or slowing the ability to heal from illnesses, kidney failure, eye problems, high blood pressure, loss of limbs (feet, legs, hands, etc) and much more.

Control of this disease consists of medications taken orally (pills taken by mouth) or intravenously (a shot of insulin from a needle).

Answer 9

Diabetes is the disorder when the islets of Langerhans cells inside the pancreas don't produce insulin. Insulin is what burns sugar in our metabolism and without this we will slowly die as we cannot metabolize starch or sugar. Many diabetics must take insulin every day to live. If they stop taking it, they will begin to excrete sugar instead of burning it to produce body energy, and they will begin to breathe out acetone vapors in their breath because they are not breaking down food properly when they digest.

Answer 10

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