What happens when you get diabetes?!


Question: What happens when you get diabetes!?
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Diabetes is a complicated illness!.!.!. I'll try to sum it up for you!.!.

Diabetes is caused by little production or no production of Insulin!. Insulin is produced in the pancreas, and released upon stimuli!. In target cells they initiate a signal transduction that gives effects of increasing glucose uptake and storage!.

Type 1 diabetes or the insulin dependent type usually occurs in children, secondary to destruction of beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans in the Pancreas, resulting in little or no insulin production!. Those with type 1 usually require insulin injections

Type 2 diabetes, or the non-insulin dependent type may result from deficiency of insulin production, and/or an insensitivity of the cells to insulin!. They usually occur in adults who are obese!.


Pathophysiology of Diabetes:

1!.) Lack of insulin causes hyperglycemia(insulin is necessary for the transport of glucose across the cell membrane)!.

2!.) Hyperglycemia leads to osmotic diuresis as large amounts of glucose pass through the kidney; results to polyuria and glycosuria!.

3!.) Diuresis leads to cellular dehydration and fluid and electrolyte depletion causing polydipsia!.

4!.) Polyphagia results from cellular starvation

5!.) The body turns to fats and proteins for energy; but in the absence of glucose in the cells, fats cannot be completely metabolized and ketones are produced!.

6!.) This leads to keonemia, ketonuria(which further contributes to osmotic diuresis) and metabolic acidosis!.

7!.) Ketones are CNS depressants, and can cause coma!.

8!.) Excess fluid and electrolyte loss leads to hypovolemia(possible shock), hypotension, renal failure, reduced blood flow to the brain resulting in coma or death if untreated!.

Acute complications can also arise, such as diabetic ketoacidosis, insulin reaction, or hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma!.!.!.

Death due to diabetes is extremely rare!. Insulin injections and oral hypoglycemic agents are available in some pharmacies, if not all!.

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The pancreas stops producing insulin or not enough!. Blood sugar gets out of control leading to atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, retinopathy, nephropathy, and unchecked blood sugar could send you into diabetic ketoacidosis, which you could die from without quick intervention!. There are soooo many things that can go wrong!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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Diabetes mellitus, or diabetes, is an illness in which there is an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood!. Depending on how high glucose level is and how long it has been high, one may feel fairly well, or one may be so sick that require hospitalization!. Usually, doctor will test for diabetes if one has symptoms such as thirst, frequent urination, weight loss, blurred vision, and fatigue!.

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in type 1 diabetes, your body stops producing insulin, in type 2 diabetes, your body stops responding to the insulin it is producing, and in both cases, the body cannot metabolize glucose into energy, and that is when the blood sugar elevates !.Www@Answer-Health@Com

READ all about it here:

http://www!.diabetes!.org/home!.jsp

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Diabetes

Pancreas either does NOT produce insulin at all, or not enough insulin, or the body's CELLS become insulin resistant (that is, you may have sufficient amounts of insulin but for some reason your body does not use it)!.

Depending on what type of diabetes you have, type 1 or type 2, determines your treatment!.

You can look up the symptoms on the diabetes site!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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