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Description
Diabetes or diabetes mellitus is a disorder of glucose metabolism, which disrupts the storage and use by the body of this fuel for energy. This disorder is the result of a failure, partial or complete pancreas to synthesize insulin or an inability of cells to use insulin to absorb glucose. As it is poorly absorbed by the cells, glucose accumulates in the blood and cause hyperglycemia (increased blood concentration of glucose). The cells were deprived of their primary energy source, it follows necessarily important physiological consequences.

Glucose is an essential source of fuel for the body. It comes from two sources: food rich in carbohydrates that we ingest and liver (which stores glucose after a meal and empties into the blood as needed). Once extracted from food by the digestive system, glucose enters the bloodstream. For the body’s cells can use this vital energy source, they need the intervention of a hormone called insulin, which is synthesized by the pancreas. Insulin allows glucose to move from the blood into cells to play its role of fuel. This is the starting point of the normal metabolism of glucose.

The main types of diabetes

* Type 1 : Also called “diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile diabetes, the type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas stops producing insulin or does not produce enough due to a virus attack or toxic or Following an autoimmune reaction that destroys the beta cells of the body, which are responsible for the synthesis of insulin. This type of diabetes is reaching especially children and young adults, although the incidence in adults appears to be growing, which makes the somewhat antiquated term “juvenile diabetes”. It affects approximately 10% of diabetics.

* Type 2 : Often referred to as the names of “non-insulin dependent diabetes or” adult-onset “diabetes type 2 is characterized by the fact that the body becomes resistant to insulin. This problem usually occurs in people over 40 years, but here the incidence is growing rapidly among young people. This type of diabetes, by far the most common, affecting almost 90% of diabetics.

* Gestational Diabetes : Is any diabetes that occurs during pregnancy, usually during the second or third quarter. Gestational diabetes is temporary and disappears shortly after birth, but can cause complications for both mother and child. The relevance of its detection and its treatment is questioned by some. (more…)