Discuss Diabetes Parthenogenesis, Treatment And Prevention (Term Paper Sample)

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Diabetes is a lifelong condition where the ability of the body to produce and respond to the hormone insulin is damaged. The lack or insufficiency of insulin leads to abnormal carbohydrates metabolism and elevated glucose levels in the blood stream. Although insulin is produced by the pancreas, its role is to open doors into all body cells to let glucose in (Decode Study Group). If sugar fails to enter into the cells for metabolism, its concentration increases in the bloodstream [1]. This paper will thus discuss diabetes as a sugar regulation-related condition. I will dwell on the types of diabetes, the statistics, symptoms, causes and the need to control the condition. I will further discuss the objective of this project.
Types
There two types of diabetes namely: type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes is also referred to as juvenile disease and is a disorder that occurs when the pancreas is not producing insulin. Type 2 diabetes occurs when enough of insulin is not produced by the pancreas or the cells are unable to make use of insulin hence an insulin resistance [4].
Statistics
The American prevalence of diabetes in 2012 stood at 9.3 percent of the total population which is approximately twenty-nine million one hundred thousand people. Out of these the approximate number of people with type 1 diabetes was one million two hundred and fifty thousand people. Only twenty-one million of Americans with diabetes are diagnosed while the rest eight million one hundred thousand people remain undiagnosed. That said, the prevalence of diabetes in over sixty-five of age remains high in eleven million eight hundred thousand people [2]. As such, the newly reported cases of diabetes point to the fact that one million four hundred Americans were diagnosed in 2011. In the same year, it showed that eighty-six million Americans of twenty years and above had pre-diabetes. This was an increase of around five million from the statistics in 2010.
As of 2010, diabetes was ranked the seventh cause of death in the United States. Moreover, death certificates listed that sixty-nine thousand and seventy-one death cases in America featured diabetes as the underlying cause of death. Also, a total of two hundred and thirty-four thousand and fifty-one people died from diabetes-related complications.
Causes
Type 1 diabetes is believed to be caused by a combination of genetic predispositions. Unidentified factors attack and kill the cells in the pancreas that produces insulin [1]. Nevertheless, Type 2 diabetes is caused by the resistance to insulin hence whether little or more insulin is made, the body is unable use it well as expected.
Symptoms
People who have not been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes show symptoms of frequent urination and excessive thirst. What is more, severe weight loss appears as another symptom of Type 1 diabetes along with excessive tiredness [5]. Symptoms of type 2 diabetes include mild thirst, frequent urinating, often having mild fatigue and blurred vision.
Need for Monitoring and why
It is important for the patient to frequently see a doctor as a measure of monitoring the disease. Also, it is important for everyone to undergo a test since early diagnoses can help control the condition through eating habits and physical exercises [3]. Through monitoring of a patient’s condition helps control other conditions like he...