Definition of Diabetes:
Diabetes is a disease in which ones body is unable to produce any, enough, or is insensitive to insulin; causing the glucose levels in the blood stream to rise to dangerous levels.
Types of Diabetes:
Type One Diabetes: Is also sometimes referred to as Juvenile Diabetes or Insulin Dependent Diabetes. This form of diabetes is when the pancreas produces little or no insulin. The cells in which would typically produce insulin are attacked and destroyed by the auto immune system. All through the 20th century as well as to current day the exact reason type one diabetes occurs is unknown and can not be predicted.
Type Two Diabetes: This form of diabetes is occasionally referred to as adult-onset or non insulin-dependent diabetes. In this case of the illness the pancreas still produces insulin but it is resistant to its effects resulting in the glucose being blocked and unable to enter the body effectively to be used as fuel. With the resistance of insulin the blood glucose levels drastically rise.
Gestational Diabetes: Gestational Diabetes occurs in some women during pregnancy; most commonly in the third trimester. This is caused by improper insulin responses because of hormones in the placenta kilter immune system. After the birth of the child in many cases with proper diet, exercise, and doctor supervision, gestational diabetes will fade and go away.
Pre-diabetes: This is the stage prior to type two diabetes, and the fastest growing and diagnosed disease in America. Individuals show little or few symptoms required to label them diabetic, but their blood glucose levels are abnormally high. If the right precautions are not taken, type two diabetes could be in the near future.