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Diabetes 2
Title: Diabetes 2
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 293 | Pages: 1.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Diabetes 2
Diabetes Mellitus
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a condition where the body is unable to use sugar properly. Normally the energy from the food you eat ends up in your blood stream in the form of glucose (blood sugar). All cells of the body need blood sugar to function and survive, just like a car needs gas to run. Glucose can pass directly into the nerve cells, but the muscle and fat tissues need the …showed first 75 words of 293 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 293 total…Blood sugar levels change throughout the day and night. They are usually at their lowest level before meals and at their highest levels one or two hours after meals.
More than 120 million people around the world have diabetes. Every 8 minutes another Canadian is diagnosed with diabetes. Mellitus diabetes usually presents itself after the age of forty and can be caused by aging where the pancreas weakens; could result from medications taken for treatment of diseases.
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