By: Katerin Gonzalez, Jeizl Jett Crabano, Lizeth Zaragoza, and Sarah Hosely
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Table of Contents
 History of Diabetes
 Symptoms
 Diagnosis and Prognosis
 How it affects the cell
 How it spreads
 Prevention and Treatment
 Things that contribute to this disease
 Population of Diabetes in 2011
 Bibliography
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What Is Diabetes?
 Diabetes is a condition in which the body decides either
to not produce enough or to not respond to the insulin.
 Diabetes is classed as a metabolism disorder, the way
the body digested food for energy.
 This disease was named by a Greek man named
Aretaeus; diabetes comes from a Greek word meaning
“siphon.”
 Diabetes is a like siphon because it uses the body as a
channel so they can flow out.
 There are two types of diabetes; they are classified as
diabetes 1ype 1 and 2. Type 1 diabetes is when the
body’s immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas
that produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes is when the body
resists insulin or doesn’t produce enough insulin to
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Diabetes Type 1 Symptoms
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Increased thirst and frequent urination
Extreme hunger
Weight loss
Fatigue
Blurred vision
 Type 1 diabetes mostly occurs on children
and young adults.
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Diabetes Type 2 Symptoms
• Increased thirst and hunger
• Dry mouth
• Frequent urination
• Unexplained weight loss
• Fatigue
• Blurred vision
• Headaches
• Loss of consciousness (rare)
• If you don’t seek medical care immediately, Type 2
diabetes can cause health complications. Type 2
diabetes has no cure, but you can maintain it by
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Diabetes: Diagnosis & Prognosis
 Some prognosis of diabetes type 1 generally
adjusts the blood sugar and if you treat the
disease and maintain it you would have a
normal lifestyle. Some prognosis of diabetes
type 2 can lead us with problems in our eyes,
kidneys , heart and other parts of your body.
 Man and women both have the risk to have
heart attacks, but of you take care of your blood
sugar you wouldn’t have that much of a risk.
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How Diabetes can affect your cells
 Diabetes affect the cells by having too much sugar
 Diabetes also affects the cells because the glucose gets
in the nerve cells.
 Nerve cells allow glucose in with out insulin, however
without insulin there the nerve cell doesn’t use the
glucose properly and the sugar accumulates in the cell.
Over time this will damage the nerve cell, causing it to
die.
 Diabetes can also affect your blood vessels, which are
also made up of cells. As the sugar builds up in these
cells, it swells them up causing a narrowing of the blood
vessel. This causes the circulation in the feet, kidneys,
and eyes to go down. This is why people with diabetes
often loose their legs, their eye sight, and kidney
function.
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How does Diabetes Spread?
• Diabetes isn’t a disease that can spread from
person to person like the flu, so you can’t
“catch” the disease.
• Diabetes is caused by the things that happen in
your body and they are not contagious.
• You can get diabetes by:
• irregular diet (fatty foods)
• obesity
• sedentary living
• family history
• lack or exercise
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Prevention and Treatment
 So far, scientists don’t know of a way to
prevent type 1 diabetes. However, type 2
diabetes can be prevented in these ways:
 controlling your weight by eating a healthy low-fat and
high-fiber diet
 regular exercise
 quit smoking and the use of alcohol
 take medication as directed by a doctor if you have
high blood fat levels
 If you have diabetes, you should make
healthy lifestyle decisions. This will help
improve your blood sugar and minimize
health complications. Some ways of
treatment are:
 healthy diet
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Things that contribute to Diabetes
 Some things that contribute to
diabetes are:
 family history
 unhealthy lifestyle
 age
 physical inactivity
 obesity
 pregnancy
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Populations Of Diabetes Year 2011
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China
USA
Russia
Brazil
Japan
Mexico
Bangladesh
Egypt
Indonesia
90.0
61.3
12.6
12.4
10.7
10.3
8.4
7.3
7.3
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Bibliography
 www.mayoclinic.com
 www.sparkpeople.com
 www.dlife.com
 www.wikipedia.com
 www.nlm.nih.gov
 www.diabeteshealth.com
 www.nejm.org
 www.bestfootdoc.com
 www.diabetes.webdm.com
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