Diabetes is a metabolic disease that occurs when the body does not produce insulin or fails to properly use this hormone. Insulin helps glucose to enter the cells in order to be used for energy production. Diabetes, if not treated properly, can lead to serious complications that cause disability and can be life-threatening. It is estimated that many patients suffer from this disease for about 5 years before the first symptoms appear. Until getting a diagnosis, this condition may cause major damage to many vital organs. Among the many serious complications that can be caused by this disease, there are: blindness, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and amputations. The main symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are the following: *...
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This condition occurs when there are problems with the secretion of the hormone insulin. Your body releases this hormone in order to break down the food into glucose and use it to feed your cells. Unfortunately, sometimes the pancreas either doesn't produce any insulin or produces it in small amounts. There is also the possibility that for some reason your body doesn't respond to it, which is a condition called insulin-resistance. Some of the risk factors of this disease are the followin...
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Diabetes is very prevalent in today's society. It is estimated that about 10% of the population currently suffers from this disease and if the problem continues at current rates, 1 out of 3 babies born after 2000 will develop this disease sooner or later. Not only is this condition life-threatening, but the cost of this disease is huge. The total costs of diabetes in the U.S. was $174 billion in 2007. And this is only for the diagnosed cases. If you take under consideration the....
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