1. Diabetes

2. The Food You Eat is Broken Down Into Glucose to Supply Energy to Your Cells

3. Healthy People Can Keep Their Blood Glucose Levels Constant

4. What is Insulin? What does it do? - Hormone, regulates blood sugar. -Causes body cells to take up glucose from the blood. -Insulin receptors found on: Liver cells Skeletal muscles Adipose tissue

5. Pancreas

6. Beta Cells: secrete insulin. The Pancreas and Diabetes Alpha Cells: secrete glucagon Autoimmunity occurs in islet of Langerhans against the beta cells...

7. Background Information Diabetes mellitus type-1 -Also called Insulin dependent diabetes or Juvenile diabetes. -Autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing (beta cells) of the pancreas -Results in total insulin deficiency.

8. Symptoms Symptoms include: Excessive urine Excessive Thirst Excessive Hunger Weight loss Fatigue Blurred vision 4

9. Treatment Type 1 diabetes is fatal if not treated with external insulin. Insulin: -fast acting and slow acting Delivery: -subcutaneous injection -insulin pump

10. Insulin Pump

11. Background Information Diabetes mellitus type-2

14. Review of Blood Sugar Regulation