__Mx22NMCE Faces of Diabetes

FACT: eating is enjoyable

Fact: By 2020, one quarter of the UK population will be obese

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Learning Objectives In diabetes blood glucose levels can rise too high or fall dangerously low There are 3 types of diabetes Diabetes can be treated by careful diet & insulin injections

Hyperglycaemia When blood glucose levels rise too high this can cause hyperglycaemia. What do you think the treatment is?

Word Origin - hyperglycaemia Hyper = Greek huper meaning over / exceeding Glyc = Greek glukus meaning sweet Aemia = Greek aimia meaning blood E.g leukaemia / anaemia

Hypoglycaemia This is the opposite of hyperglycaemia Blood glucose levels are dangerously low What do you think treatment is? Hypo as a prefix means what? Greek hupo meaning under / beneath

Type 1 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes ( late-onset diabetes)

Gestational Diabetes – what is this? This is a temporary condition that affects 2-3% of pregnancies

Treating Diabetes So: Diabetes can be controlled by: Insulin injections – usually associated with Type 1 diabetes Careful diet – type 2 (formerly known as ‘non-insulin dependent diabetes’). Also important for Type 1 diabetics Artificial pancreas

Activity : Doctor & Patient

Did you get all of the symptoms? Going to the toilet a lot Glucose in the urine Feeling very thirsty Losing weight Being tired all the time Having blurry vision

Banting & Best Let’s operate

How can we remember the names Banting & Best?

Q: Why did the ancient Chinese think that the kidneys caused diabetes?

Back to Back obesity blurry vision pancreas Glycogen carbohydrates Type 1 diabetes Banting & Best Insulin hypoglycaemia glucose in the urine gestational diabetes Type 2 diabetes Hyperglycaemia losing weight glukos insulin injections

Homework…. Watch video clip ‘eating like an ape’ or ‘Is there a pain-free way to lose weight’ Print off diagrams types 1 & 2 diabetes and stick into books. Do Moodle quiz Read & make notes on the BBC article in Moodle on the artificial pancreas project.

The Role of Hormones

60 second challenge In your groups list as many key words as you can from today’s lesson

Index card info

Fact Every year 1 million people around the world DIE from diabetes between 1990 and 2000, the number of obese people aged has more than tripled

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