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Type 2 (also called adult-onset diabetes or non-insulin-dependent diabetes) occurs when the body does not respond or can't use its own insulin (insulin resistance). Type 2 occurs in 90 percent to 95 percent of diabetics and usually occurs in adults over the age of 40, most often between...
How does my diet affect my diabetes? C. Ronald Kahn, M.D. President and Director, Joslin Diabetes Center Diet is a very important thing but I think people are focused sometimes about the wrong things in diet. The emphasis isn't simply on sugar and it isn't simply on carbohydrates. For...
We know diabetes affects your blood sugar, kidneys, other organs, and overall health, but how does it affect your mouth? If your blood sugar is uncontrolled, oral health problems become more likely. Uncontrolled blood sugar impairs your white blood cells, which are the body's main defense aga...
Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of the pancreas that occurs when the pancreas does not produce adequate insulin or respond to insulin. Learn about the role of insulin and glucagon, the differences between the three types of diabetes mellitus, and what causes diabetes mellitus. ...
How does insulin work in the human body? How is glucose transported from the blood to the cell? How does insulin sensitivity affect cell signaling? How does the body know to secrete insulin? How does glucose enter endothelial cells? How does cell signaling cause diabetes? How do glucagon and...
How does glucose affect potassium? The acidosis and high glucose levels in the blood work together to cause fluid and potassium to move out of the cells into theblood circulation. Patients with diabetes often also have diminished kidney capacity to excrete potassium into urine. ...
1) Environmental factors: Abnormalities in the immune system following infection with certain viruses (e.g., coxsackievirus, rubella virus, parotid virus, etc.) can affect the autoimmune response, destroying insulin β-cells, which can lead to type I diabetes. ...
Islet of Langerhans with beta cell-secreting insulin (in red) and alpha cell-secreting glucagon (in green). Credit: CNIO It has recently been described that infection by some enteroviruses—a genus of viruses that commonly cause diseases of varying severity—could potentially trigger diabetes, alt...
stress, as evidenced by mutations that affect insulin protein folding. (Enlarge Image) Figure 3. Activation of inflammatory mediators in pancreatic β-cells in type 1 diabetes. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), IL-1β, and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) are the most likely cytokines acting in syn...