The Diabetic Bible (Hardcover)

May 29th, 2009

The Diabetic Bible

Diabetes is a disorder that affects the body’s ability to make or use insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas that allows the body’s cells to process glucose (blood sugar) for energy.
Diabetes results in abnormal levels of glucose in the bloodstream. This can cause severe short-term and long-term consequences ranging from insulin shock to heart conditions and sexual dysfunction.
Forms of diabetes include:

Type 1 diabetes. An autoimmune disease that destroys the insulin-making cells of the pancreas and usually occurs in childhood.

Type 2 diabetes. A metabolic disorder that often involves obesity and insulin resistance. It is by far the most common kind of diabetes and usually develops in adulthood.

Gestational diabetes. A temporary condition that can affect any woman during pregnancy.

Secondary diabetes. Diabetes that results from another disease, such as pancreatitis, or from a medical treatment, such as corticosteroid therapy.

Latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood. A variation of type 1 diabetes that typically develops after age 30.

Maturity-onset diabetes of the young. An uncommon inherited disorder that causes diabetes in people with particular genetic defects.

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