THE Diabetes THE Diabetes
THE Diabetes THE Diabetes
THE Diabetes THE Diabetes
DIABETES
LA DIABETES
Diabetes is a disease in which
the glucose (sugar) levels in
the blood are very high.
Glucose comes from the foods
you eat. Insulin is a hormone
that helps glucose enter cells
to give them energy.
TYPES OF DIABETES ACCORDING TO THE
WORLD
DIABETES HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
TYPE 1
TYPE 2 DIABETES
GESTATIONAL DIABETES
TYPES 1 DIABETES
Polyuria
Polydipsia
Weightloss
Polyphagy
TYPE 2 90-95%
It represents DIABETES
of all cases of diabetes.
It is characterized by a relative, rather than
absolute, insufficiency of insulin and a
resistance to its action.
It usually appears in adult life, above 40 years
and does not always need treatment with
insulin.
The risk of developing this form of diabetes
increases with age, weight and lack of physical
activity, being more frequent in obese,
hypertensive and dyslipemic patients.
CAUSES
To this day, the exact causes that lead to the onset of this
metabolic disease are still unknown.
However, there are a number of factors that, combined with
each other,
favor their origin. These factors are:
Genetic factor
Autoimmune factor
Environmental factor
WHAT IS THE MOST FREQUENT
DIABETES?
income countries
DAY OF THE