diabetes

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What is type 1 diabetes?
A type of diabetes where the pancreas produces a little/no insulin.
How to type 1 diabetes treated?
Insulin injections
What is type 2 diabetes?
A type of diabetes where body cells become resistant to insulin/ no longer respond to it.
How is type 2 diabetes treated?
By having a carbohydrate controlled diet and exercising more.
What are symptoms of diabetes?
Feeling thirsty
Frequently urinating
Tiredness
Weight loss
Slowed healing
Blurred vision
What does a high uncontrolled blood glucose concentration cause?
Body cells to lose too much water - causing diabetic people to feel thirsty.
What does body cells not responding to insulin cause?
Less absorption of glucose by cells
A high blood glucose concentration
more insulin released by the pancreas