Diabetes

Diabetes


 * Introduction **

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 * What is diabetes? **

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=** There are 2 types of Diabetes: **=

Type 1 Diabetes usually develops in children, teenagers and young adults

**When cells in the pancreas that make insulin are destroyed, the body has no, or very little,insulin to move glucose from blood into body cell**
Fasting levels **beGlucose Level Guidelines**: A normal non-diabetic person should have a glucose level of around 4.5 to 7.0 mmol/L (80 to 125 mg/dL). For diabetics be**fore meals** target is **72 to 126 mg/dL (4.0 to 7.0 mmol**.**L)** Two hours **after eating** target is **90 to 180 mg/dL (5.0 to 10.0 mmol/L)**

The only effective treatment, at present, is the injection of doses of insulin.

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Type 1 Diabetes ** Symptoms **

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Type 2 Diabetes Sympt﻿oms

 * == Blurry vision ==
 * == Cuts or sores that are slow to heal ==
 * == Itchy skin, yeast infections ==
 * == Increased thirst ==
 * == Dry mouth ==
 * == Leg pain ==
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if you suspect that you may be suffering, don't waste time, and do talk to your doctor
** risk factors of type 2 Diabetes incluDe: **

** Reduce the risk of Diabetes **
Lead a healthy lifestyle

Be smoke-free

 * ~ ==**Sir Frederick Grant Banting in 1921**==

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 * ~ ==Born== || ==November 14, 1891 ( 1891-11-14 ) ==

[|Alliston, Ontario], [|Canada]
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 * ~ ==Died== || ==February 21, 1941 (aged 49)==

[|Newfoundland], now part of [|Canada]
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 * ~ ==Nationality== || ==[|Canadian]== ||
 * ~ ==[|Alma mater]== || ==[|University of Toronto]== ||
 * ~ ==Known for== || ==Discovery of [|insulin]== ||
 * ~ ==Notable awards== || ==[|Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]== ||

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