What is Diabetes Mellitus? :
What is Diabetes Mellitus? Diabetes Mellitus, or Diabetes, is a disease in which your pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin, which causes your blood sugar to rise to dangerously high levels.
There are main 3 types of diabetes- Type 1, also known as juvenile diabetes, Type 2, usually only found in adults, and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), which only occurs in pregnant women.
Symptoms of Diabetes :
Symptoms of Diabetes Excessive thirst
Frequent urination
Extreme hunger but, excessive weight loss
Fatigue, or a feeling of being "run down" and tired and rapid breathing
Blurred vision and frequent headaches
Dry, itchy skin and tingling or burning pain in the feet, legs, hands, or other parts of the body
High Blood Pressure,Mood swings, and depression
Causes of Diabetes :
Causes of Diabetes Family history-A child that has a parent or sibling with type 1 diabetes has a 2 to 6% risk of getting diabetes.
Autoimmune Diseases
Early cessation of breastfeeding and/or exposure to cow milk.
Ethnicity.
History of childhood viruses.
How Diabetes Effects The World :
How Diabetes Effects The World 20.8 million people in the world have diabetes, (that’s 7% of the population). Approximately 14.9 of those 20.8 million have been diagnosed but, 6.2 million (almost one third) don’t even know they have it.
Diabetes is the number 3 killer in in the US and kills around 3.8 million people, in the world, a year.
World Diabetes Day&American Diabetes Month :
World Diabetes Day&American Diabetes Month The International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization joined together to help create World Diabetes Day, because, 300 million people are expected to be diagnosed with diabetes by 2025.
November has officially been declared as American Diabetes Month for the same reasons as World Diabetes Day, but is to help spread the word about diabetes to the many Americans who have the disease.
American Diabetes Month :
American Diabetes Month November has officially been declared as American Diabetes Month for the same reasons as World Diabetes Day, but is to help spread the word about diabetes to the many Americans who have the disease, because, 300 million people are expected to be diagnosed with diabetes by 2025.