Diabetes

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Diabetes
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What is it?

• Auto-immune disease
• Little or no insulin production
• Insulin helps get sugar from blood stream into
  cells
• No Insulin means sugar stays in blood
• Type 1 Juvenile
• Insulin Dependant
• Type 2 Adult onset
• Pills or insulin
• Gestational Diabetes
• Meal plan

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Statistics

• Approximately 1.5 million Canadians know they
  have it
• May be up to 750,000 Canadians who dont know
  they have it
• Every year, 60,000 Canadians develop it
• Every 8 minutes, another Canadian is diagnosed

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Living with Type 1

• Multiple daily insulin injections
• Frequent blood sugar testing
• Strict diet Carbohydrate counting
• Exercise

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Living with Type 2

• Regular physical activity
• Weight control
• Sometimes insulin is necessary
• More often, pills are necessary

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Symptoms

• Increased thirst
• Going to the bathroom often
• Tiredness
• Increased hunger
• Dry, itchy skin
• Blurred vision

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Complications

• Heart attacks and strokes are 2 to 4 times as
  likely
• The leading cause of adult blindness
• Kidney disease
• Leading cause of non-accidental amputation
• The leading cause of death by disease in Canada