DIABETES AWARENESS DAY

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WELCOME

• DIABETES AWARENESS DAY

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Understanding Diabetes

• Diabetes means your blood glucose is too high
• Glucose comes from the food we eat
• Glucose also is made in the Liver and Muscles

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Understanding Diabetes

• Insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas
• Insulin helps the glucose in the blood get into
  the cells
• Diabetes occurs when we dont make enough insulin
  or the insulin we make does not work

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Symptoms of Diabetes

• Thirsty
• Going to the loo often especially at night
• Feeling hungry
• Feeling Tired
• Weight loss ( type 1)
• Prone to infections - Thrush
• Blurry eyesight

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TYPES OF DIABETES

• TYPE 1 Diabetes
• Insulin dependant
• Unable to make insulin
• Autoimmune antibodies destroy cell that make
  insulin

• TYPE 2 Diabetes
• Insulin Resistance
• Body still makes insulin
• but it does not work
• properly

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Who Gets Diabetes ?

• Common health problem
• 1.8 million people in the UK are affected
• Three in every 100
• Estimated 1 million people in the UK have
  diabetes and are unaware

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Who gets Diabetes ?

• Type 1 Diabetes
• Unclear who is at risk
• Affects younger people
• Both sexes affected
• equally

• Type 2 Diabetes
• People with a family history
• People aged 40 to 75
• People who are overweight
• Increasing in the under 40s

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How is Diabetes Treated ?

• Healthy Diet
• Regular exercise
• Reducing risk factors smoking cessation
• Medication
• Insulin

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Why Treat ?

• Diabetes can affect
• Eye
• Heart and Vascular system
• Nervous System
• Kidneys
• Feet

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Reducing Risk

• Controlling blood sugar
• Controlling blood pressure
• Maintaining ideal weight
• Healthy diet
• Regular exercise
• Not smoking