What Are The Different Types of Diabetes??

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from Adapted from NIH Publication No. 04-3873 - November 2003 The three main types of diabetes are: • Type 1 Diabetes Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease results when the body's system for fighting infection (the immune system) turns against a part of the body. In diabetes, the immune system attacks the insulin-producing beta cells..........

What is Diabetes?

12/24/2010
from Adapted from NIH Publication No. 04-3873 - November 2003 Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism -- the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood.Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body. After digestion, glucose passes into the bloodstream, where it is used by..........

Who Gets Diabetes?

12/24/2010
from Adapted from NIH Publication No. 04-3873 - November 2003 Diabetes is not contagious. People cannot "catch" it from each other. However, certain factors can increase the risk of developing diabetes. Type 1 diabetes occurs equally among males and females, but is more common in whites than in nonwhites. Data from the World Health Organization's Multinational Project f..........

How Is Diabetes Managed?

12/24/2010
from Adapted from NIH Publication No. 04-3873 - November 2003 Before the discovery of insulin in 1921, everyone with type 1 diabetes died within a few years after diagnosis. Although insulin is not considered a cure, its discovery was the first major breakthrough in diabetes treatment. Today, healthy eating, physical activity, and insulin via injection or an insulin pu..........