Diabetes: Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention
Learn about diabetes, a chronic illness affecting how the body processes food into energy. Explore its stages, causes, symptoms, and preventive measures such as healthy eating, exercise, and medication. Discover valuable insights from reputable sources like the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Diabetes Australia.
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Diabetes is a chronic illness that effects how we turn food into energy that we use, it has multiple stages from 1-4, and 2 types. Your body breaks down food into glucose and releases it into your blood. When your blood sugar goes up, it tells your pancreas to release insulin, lack of insulin causes diabetes. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. New word:
Obesity Lack of insulin Not being physically active Genetics Heart and blood vessel disease Insulin resistance Eating unhealthy High sugar and salt intake
Increased thirst and urination Increased hunger Blurry vision Sores and pains that cant be healed Fatigue Random weight loss Feeling numb in the hands or feet
For some people diabetes is unavoidable due to genetics but for those who don t have it genetically you can avoid it by: Eating healthily Exercising daily Drinking water Special medicines
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Symptoms & causes of diabetes - NIDDK. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health- information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023, September 5). What is diabetes?. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/diabetes.html# :~:text=With%20diabetes%2C%20your%20body%20do esn,vision%20loss%2C%20and%20kidney%20disease.
What is diabetes. Diabetes Australia. (2023, February 9). https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/about -diabetes/what-is-diabetes/
