Diabetes

• what is type 1 Diabetes?

  when the pancreas doesn't make enough insulin
• what is type 2 diabetes?

  when the body stops responding to insulin
• symptoms of diabetes?

  feeling thirsty , urine alot , lose weight , fatigue
• what is glycogen?

  storage of carbohydrates made up of glucose in liver and muscles
• what is the hormone that increases blood glucose levels?

  Glucagon
• what organ produces hormones to control blood glucose levels?

  pancreas
• effect of insulin

  • more respiration
  • converts glucose to glycogen to store in liver and muscles
  • coverts glucose to fat for storage
  • increase glucose uptake.
• treatment for type 1 diabetes?

  insulin injection
• causes of type 2 diabetes?

  lack of exercise , obesity , bad diet
• method to cure type 1 diabetes?

  pancreas cell transplant