Essay - Diabetes Introduction - Why Study Diabetes? There are Two Kinds...

Diabetes

Introduction - Why Study Diabetes?

There are two kinds of diabetes, Type I and type *****I, and they both tend to be a problem for m*****ny people throughout the world today, but ***** Americans it is especially alarming. The major concern with ***** American people is that Type II ***** tends to occur at a very young age (Gillil*****, Carter, Skipper, & Acton, 2002). Traditionally, Type II diabetes was assumed to be an adult onset disease. However, research shows ***** the development of Type ***** diabetes in Americans ***** ***** decrease as population ages, ********** it is especially important to educate young Americans about the risks (**********, Carter, *****, & Acton, 2002).

S*****ce American youths are getting Type II diabetes at a high r*****e, the mortality rates for Americans from this disease have been on ***** rise. Type I diabetes typically appears in children or younger people and has never been specifically l*****ked to aging, nor ***** the number for individuals acquiring this disease been rising (Gilliland, Carter, Skipper, & Acton, 2002). ********** is important to address not only the prevalence of diabetes in society *****, but what can be done to help lessen it, especially in the younger *****.

***** research ***** that not ***** are young ***** getting Type II diabetes at a faster rate, but having Native Ameri***** blood affects the likelihood of developing the condition. In older Native **********, for example those aged between 45 and 74, the ***** II diabetes incident rate is several times ********** than that of the general United States population. Research shows a Type II diabetes rate between 38 percent and 72 ***** in ***** Native Americans ***** were studied (Gilliland, Carter, *****, & *****, 2002). Clearly this research ***** the need for further *****vestigation and informational programs for Native Americans. For those who ***** ***** of this genetic makeup, however, there is no call for complacency. Diabetes and insulin resistance is r*****ing in America no matter what the heritage of the person.

***** I Or Type II - What Are ***** Differences?

Type ***** *****, also called adult onset diabetes, differs from type I diabetes in significant ways. In type I *****, the body does *****t produce enough ***** and there*****e the sugar in the blood of the afflicted individual is ra*****ed to a level that is deemed unsafe (Studies, 2002). ***** Type *****I diabetes however, whether or not the body produces enough insulin is not really the **********. The body makes the proper amount ***** insulin, but ***** ***** does not work the way it should, and therefore the ***** in the blood still rises to an ***** *****, which can harm many different organs (Studies, *****).

Because of ***** differences ***** the two types, Type II ***** is sometimes considered much easier to treat. Although ***** ***** can be dangerous, ***** II dia*****tes often requires dietary changes, weight loss, and pills which have to be taken once a day. Type I dia*****tes often requires insulin shots every