Diabetes Facts
29.1 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. That is 1 in 11 people and 1 in 4 people do not know they have diabetes (A Snapshot, n.d.).
86 million have pre-diabetes. That's is 1 in 4 adults, also 9 out of 10 adults do not know they have pre-diabetes (A Snapshot, n.d.).
People with diabetes have a higher risk of serious health conditions such as heart disease and stroke and can cause loss of eyesight and loss of lower limbs (A Snapshot, n.d.).
About Diabetes
Diabetes is complex. When your body breaks down food into sugar, that sugar is sent into your bloodstream and insulin is then used to take that sugar from your blood to other areas of your body to be used for energy (Stop Diabetes, n.d.).
There are three main types of diabetes
Type I
Type II
Gestational Diabetes
(There is also pre-diabetes)
Type I
Type I diabetes happens when your body continually destroys cells that make insulin until no insulin is produced anymore causing your blood sugar to always remain extremely high (Diabetes symptoms, n.d.).
Type II
Type II diabetes is when there is a problem with insulin usage and the pancreas' need to make extra insulin. Eventually, there isn't enough insulin produced to carry all the glucose to other areas of the body to be burned off as energy This results in the abnormal blood glucose levels (Diabetes symptoms, n.d.).
Gestational Diabetes
During pregnancy when blood glucose elevate but will return to normal after birth. Woman with gestational have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life (Stop Diabetes, n.d.)
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