diabetes

By: Rachael Serillo 1. What is diabetes?
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Diabetes is a disease that affects how your body uses sugar. Every time you eat, sugar is let into your body. So, the sugar, also known as glucose, triggers the pancreas to start making insulin. When you have type one diabetes you are insulin dependent. This means that your pancreas no longer produces insulin. To eat you have to inject insulin into your body.

2. What are some symptoms of Diabetes?

There are a few signs and symptoms of Diabetes. One sign is high blood sugar. This only happens if a person with Type one diabetes eats and then does not inject insulin into the body. The sugar or glucose stays in your blood stream and there may be too much sugar and not enough cells. Another sign is low blood sugar. This can happen if too much insulin is injected into the body. When a person with Type one diabetes gets over heated or exercises a lot, the blood sugar can go too low. More symptoms are: using the bathroom a lot, losing weight with out trying, thirst that won't go away, and being weak and very tired!

3. What causes Diabetes?

The cause of Diabetes is when the cells in the pancreas are destroyed and can't produce insulin.Sometimes the body attacks and kills its own cells. It is not really known what causes this to happen. Some things that my cause diabetes are: if you have an infection with a virus or bacteria, exposure to food-born chemical toxins, or exposure to a young cows milk. a person injecting insulin