Hey guys! This is my page on diabetes. This will teach you all about diabetes, its' symptoms, treatments, genetics, and what it's like for a person living with this disease. Diabetes is an extremely widespread disease where the body either produces no insulin (Type 1), or not enough (Type 2). Look at my description section for more info about the types and insulin. There are 23.6 million children and adults in the United States with diabetes. Both types are very serious, especially Type 1, but everyday more research is being done, and more discoveries are being made. Eventually, we will find a solution to diabetes, but for now, we have made many advances that make it easier to live with.
Description:
As I said before, diabetes is a disorder where the body either makes no insulin (Type 1),or not enough insulin (Type 2). Insulin is a hormone that is super important for converting sugar, starches, and other food into energy people need. It can cause nerve disease, which creates numbness in the legs and feet of people with diabetes. Diabetes can cause high blood sugar, which blocks blood vessels, and that can result in heart attacks. It can create eye damage, and kidney disease. Type 1 takes a very long time A person with Type 1 diabetes is usually thin to normal in size, and someone with Type 2 diabetes is usually on the heavier side. If you're concerned about being diagnosed with diabetes, you should try to do the following preventions: STOP SMOKING, exercise more, eat healthier! Not only are these important to be healthy at all, they're the best way to keep from being diagnosed with diabetes.
 Treatment:
Alright, so currently, the best way to cope with diabetes is by using an insulin pump. An insulin pump is a little battery-powered device that can be hooked onto a belt or a pocket. It has a little tube that you put under the skin and tape so it doesn't move around. It can be used throughout the day to keep blood sugar levels normal. This might seem kind of weird at first, but eventually people adjust to it. The good thing about insulin pumps is that they let you live your life the way you would otherwise, and not have your life revolve around diabetes. Today, most people with Type 1 and some people with Type 2 diabetes use an insulin pump.
 Above is a picture of several insulin pumps on the market. (Picture courtesy of CSS Medical site.) Here is the link to a useful video with diabetes tips:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2620983278696264062&ei=6t13SbmfI5aEqQOp0fmsBA&q=diabets+tips&hl=en Research:
There is an incredible amount of research being done on diabetes. To quote Camillo Ricordi, M.D., Diabetes Research Institute Scientific Director, "We will cure diabetes. This is not a prediction; it is a promise." There are many different ideas on how to create insulin production in diabetic peoples' bodies. One of these is stem cell research. Stem cell research is controversial, because they're taken from blastocysts, which are very, very young embryos. Some people think this is unethical, although it may just be the cure to many diseases, as well as diabetes. Stem cells can change to any kind of cell, and divide into new cells that can have "specialized functions". Another possible cure is islet transplantation. Diabetes causes cells that are needed to regulate blood sugar to be lost. Islet transplantation replaces those cells. Islet cells are in the pancreas and are made of a bunch of different cells. There's probably a million islet cells in the pancreas. People who get inslet transportation must take immunosuppressive, aka "anti-rejection", drugs to keep the body from ignoring the new inslet cells.  Graph courtesy of Canadian Institutes of Health Research Current Events:
A doctor in Dallas Texas, Dr. Robert Unger, says he cured diabetic mice of their insulin problems without using insulin (1).This is a huge step in the field of diabetes. He used something called leptin, which is made by fat cells, instead of insulin. Leptin seems to have a longer affect on the mice than insulin. Dr. Unger is unsure whether this will really work, but the medical community is hopeful. In 1921, when doctors first discovered the connection between insulin production and diabetes, everyone assumed that there was no other way to cure it except replacing insulin. Here's a link to the article: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082508dnmetdiabetes.1062643b.html Another interesting theory is that having healthy gums and teeth reduces your risk of diabetic complications, like heart disease, strokes, blindness, and kidney failure. Unhealthy gums can send tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a compound that makes cells reject sugar. Here's a link: http://www.prevention.com/cda/article/sugar-free-gums/063c323b0b803110VgnVCM20000012281eac____/health/conditions.treatments/diabetes/prevention  Genetics:
It's very hard to understand how diabetes is inherited and passed down in a family. First, you need the "predisposition" for diabetes, and then something in your environment pushes it. Type 1 and Type 2 both are passed down differently, as you will see in the following paragraphs.
In Type 1, the recipient must have the diabetic risk factor from both parents. This is thought to be more common in white people, since that is the highest racial group with Type 1 diabetes. Some environmental factors may be: cold weather, (because most people are diagnosed in colder areas and during the winter), and/or a virus. Also people who were breastfed and had solid food early as a child are less likely to develop Type 1 diabetes for some reason. While Type 2 has far more genetic patterns, it has its share of environmental factors. A huge part of Type 2 diabetics are people in Europe and America, supposedly because people in those places don't eat well enough or exercise as often as they should. People in other parts of the world usually don't get Type 2 diabetes, even if they have a high genetic risk for it. Anyone who is overweight has a much higher risk of diabetes. Here is a link to a diabetes risk test: http://www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp  A Day In the Life: While a day in the life of a diabetic is much like anyone elses' , it does require close monitoring of diet, excercise and insulin injections. Here's a slideshow that shows what might be a typical day in a diabetic's life: When first diagnosed, you might feel furious, depressed, or confused. You might be angry at your parents for passing diabetes down to you, even though that is only a small factor in diabetic inheritance. This is all completely normal. Whatever you do, you CANNOT blame yourself for diabetes, despite the fact that this is very difficult. By eating right, exercising, having good hygiene, and regulating your blood sugar, you can stay healthy and strong. While people with diabetes often are frustrated or angry about the disease, they cope and have a normal range of emotions. A great book about diabetes for kids is 487 Really Cool Tips for Kids with Diabetes, by Bo and Spike Loy. Vocabulary:
Bonus: Diabetes Word Search
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Hey eliza you should add some color and some pictures!
hey liza.
maybe you could put the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes
but other wise it looks REALLY great so far!
yah i think the same as carina
its coming along nicely
thanks for all your suggestions and comments!!!
i'll do my best!
this is REALLY good
I like the way how you put pictures of the things used to measure your blood sugar!
It is definitely looking great!
Hi Eliza
This looks great
I love how the stop smoking is in bold!
Great start. Continue working on the sections. Be sure to have someone proof read your work before it is due.
good, id write a littl emore in each section though
this report is looking really good
hopefully you get it done this weekend.
great job Eliza!!! But u need to have citations for some things
you need more pictures
good job though
great job liza! i love ur images, very awesome. and the information is very precise, it's good. but i think, and i'm not sure, but i think that you are supposed to center the headings, but ur report is EXCELLENT so far
i liek the chart and the big pictures
I love all of your pictures. the word search is really good as well