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at www.PlzPimp.usDiabetes is a disorder of metabolism. Once we eat, the normal pancreas produces the right amount of insulin to move glucose from the blood stream into the cells. People with diabetes do not produce the proper amount of insulin. Glucose builds up in the blood stream and over flows into urine and passes out the body. The body does not get the required amount of glucose to produce energy.There are 3 types of diabetes:
Type 1,
Type 2, and
Gestational DiabetesType 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 in the pancreas and destroys them. The pancreas then produces little or no insulin. A person who has type 1 diabetes must take insulin daily to live.The most common form of diabetes is type 2 diabetes. About 90 to 95 percent of people with diabetes have type 2. This form of diabetes is associated with older age, obesity, family history of diabetes, previous history of gestational diabetes, physical inactivity, and ethnicity. About 80 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight.Gestational diabetes develops only during pregnancy. Like type 2 diabetes, it occurs more often in African Americans, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, and among women with a family history of diabetes. Women who have had gestational diabetes have a 20 to 50 percent chance of developing type 2 diabetes within 5 to 10 years.SYMPTOMS
* Excessive thirst and appetite
* Increased urination (sometimes as often as every hour)
* Unusual weight loss or gain
* Fatigue
* Nausea, perhaps vomiting
* Blurred vision
* In women, frequent vaginal infections
* In men and women, yeast infections
* Dry mouth
* Slow-healing sores or cuts
* Itching skin, especially in the groin or vaginal areaThis is just an over view of diabetes...This info is courtesy of WEB MD.