Understanding Diabetes: Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention

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Diabetes is a chronic illness affecting how our bodies convert food into energy. It is characterized by high blood sugar levels due to insufficient insulin production or resistance. Symptoms include increased thirst, hunger, and fatigue. Genetics, lack of physical activity, and unhealthy eating habits contribute to the risk of developing diabetes. While some cases are genetic, individuals can prevent diabetes through healthy eating, regular exercise, adequate hydration, and medication.

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Diabetes is a chronic illness that effects how we turn food into energy that we use, it has multiple stages from 1-4, and 2 types. Your body breaks down food into glucose and releases it into your blood. When your blood sugar goes up, it tells your pancreas to release insulin, lack of insulin causes diabetes. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. New word:

Obesity Lack of insulin Not being physically active Genetics High blood sugar Insulin resistance Eating unhealthily High amounts of screen time

Increased thirst and urination Increased hunger Blurry vision Sores and pains that cant be healed Fatigue Random weight loss Feeling numb in the hands or feet

For some people diabetes is unavoidable due to genetics but for those who don t have it genetically you can avoid it by: Eating healthily Exercising daily Drinking water Special medicines

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Symptoms & causes of diabetes - NIDDK. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health- information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023, September 5). What is diabetes?. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/diabetes.html# :~:text=With%20diabetes%2C%20your%20body%20do esn,vision%20loss%2C%20and%20kidney%20disease.