Nursing & Healthcare

Biography

Biography: Nafeesa Nomi Samson

Abstract

Diabetes is defined as the body's inability to produce insulin. There are two major types of diabetes: insulin dependent, and non-insulin dependent. Non-insulin dependent is the most common in adults. Those who have a history of this disease in their family are most at risk. They feel that heredity and diet have a great deal to do with it. These people should take care of themselves and watch out for the warning signs such as excessive thirst, extreme hunger and irritability, and unexplained weight loss. Alternative approaches to the treatment of diabetes is a general term for a disease caused by defective carbohydrate metabolism and characterized by abnormally large amounts of sugar in the blood and urine. Diabetes is considered a group of disorders with multiple causes, rather than a single disorder. The human pancreas secretes a hormone called insulin that promotes the entry of sugar glucose into all tissues of the body, providing energy for bodily activities. In a person with diabetes, however, the entry of glucose is impaired, either because of deficiency in the amount of insulin produced or of a blocking of the action of the insulin. Consequently, sugar builds up in the blood and is discharged in the urine. In a Type I diabetic, the problem is almost always a severe or total reduction in insulin production.