What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a disorder in which the pancreas cannot create insulin and therefore unstable blood sugar levels incur.

What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a disorder in which the pancreas cannot create insulin and therefore unstable blood sugar levels incur.

What Causes Diabetes? Type 1 Type 2 Causes Symptoms Causes Symptoms Hereditary Less Common Symptoms Frequent Urination Unusual Thirst Extreme Hunger Extreme Fatigue Unusual Weight Loss Damage to Heart an Circulator System Type 2 Causes Obesity, poor health Most Common Can Sometimes be Prevented Symptoms Any of Type 1’s Blurred Vision Slow Healing of Wounds Tingling/Numbness Skin/Gum/Bladder infections

What Causes Diabetes? Type 1 Hereditary Less Common Type 2 Obesity, poor health Most Common Can Sometimes be Prevented

General Symptoms

Symptoms Type 1 Frequent Urination Unusual Thirst Extreme Hunger Extreme Fatigue Unusual Weight Loss Damage to Heart an Circulator System Type 2 Any of Type 1’s Blurred Vision Slow Healing of Wounds Tingling/Numbness Skin/Gum/Bladder infections

Prediabetes Comes before type 2 Diabetes Test to determine A1C Blood Glucose Levels Measured to Determine Whether a Normal Metabolism is Present A1C Fast Plasma Glucose Test (FPG) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)

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What Causes Diabetes? (Cont.) Gestational Causes Pregnancy Symptoms High blood sugar Onsets “fat” baby Macrosomia Facts 18% of pregnant women Isn’t always permanent

Effects of Diabetes Heath Implications Emotional Heath Sexual Heath Heart Disease Nerves and Kidney Damage High Blood Pressure Emotional Heath Anxiety Depression Sexual Heath Erectile Dysfunction Low Testosterone

How to Treat Diabetes Insulin Diet Exercise 50% Vegetables 25% Proteins 25% Grains/Starches 1 Glass o’ Milk Exercise

What's affected? Pancreas Heart Kidneys Skin Nerves Blood Pressure Blood Sugar Eyes

Advice Exercise Regular doctor visits Talk to doctor about the risk Talk to family/parents/friends Emotional support Healthy Diet Diabetes Camps Live Life to the Fullest

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Diabetes is a silent epidemic and according to WHO there are 246 million people in the world living with diabetes. This is almost 6% of the world's adult population. Diabetes in Asians is five times the rate of the white population Central obesity or apple shape of the body and insulin resistance is the main reason for diabetes increase in Indians

India is the diabetes capital of the world India is the diabetes capital of the world. It is estimated that currently there are 40 million people with diabetes in India and by 2025 this number will swell to 70 million. This would mean every fifth diabetic in the world would be an Indian. Diabetes causes 6 deaths every minute and one in 20 deaths in the world is due to the condition. Every year it is estimated that 3.2 million people in the world die due to the diabetes or its related causes. Diabetes is an important 'silent killer disease' as there is usually no early symptom of the disease. The commonest early symptom is feeling thirsty

Almost 90 to 95% of diabetes is of type 2 or maturity onset type; that affects people in their middle age. Type 1 or juvenile diabetes affects 70,000 children under the age of 15 years every year. The major cause of increase in the incidence of diabetes is a sedentary lifestyle. Exercise and diet can either reduce or delay the incidence of diabetes by over 50%. Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure in the world. Besides this every year it is responsible for 5% or 5 million blindness in adults and one million limb amputations. Diabetes is also an important cause of heart disease, stroke and cataract. The current cost of treating diabetes and its complications in the world is estimated as US $ 215-375 billion. The disease is growing fastest in developing countries where there are more people in the lower and middle-income group.

Works Cited http://www.diabetes.org/ http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes-facts/index.aspx http://www.pamf.org/diabetes/whatis/