By: Alexis DeCicca

 Type 1 Diabetes
 Type 2 Diabetes
 Gestational Diabetes (When your pregnant)

http://www.webmd.com/diabete
s/guide/type-1-diabetes
 Insulin is a hormone that helps move sugar, or glucose, into your body's tissues.
 Your cells use the sugar as fuel to make energy

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-1-
diabetes
 Glucose doesn’t move into your cells because insulin isn’t there to do
it.
 Instead it builds up in your blood and your cells starve.
 This causes high blood sugar and lead to diabetes

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-1-diabetes
 Dehydration
 Heavy thirst
 Frequent urination
 Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
 Increased hunger (especially after eating)

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 Nausea and vomiting
 Pain in your belly
 Unexplained weight loss (even though you’re eating and feel hungry)
 Fatigue (weak, tired feeling)
 Blurred vision
 Wounds will not heal

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-1-diabetes?page=2#2
 When there’s extra sugar in your blood, you pee more.
 That’s your body’s way of getting rid of it.
 The glucose that goes out when you pee takes calories with it.
 Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). If your body can't get enough glucose for
fuel, it breaks down fat cells instead. This creates chemicals called
ketones.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-1-diabetes?page=2#2
 Over time, high glucose levels in your blood can harm the nerves and
small blood vessels in your eyes, kidneys, and heart.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-1-diabetes?page=4#1
 It’s rare.
 Only about 5% of people with diabetes have type 1.
 It’s more common in whites than in African-Americans.
 It affects men and women equally.
 Although the disease usually starts in people under 20, it can happen
at any age.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-1-diabetes?page=1#2
 Type 1 Diabetes, its an autoimmune disease which means my own
white blood cells attacked my pancreas thinking it was an intruder
 It destroys insulin producing cells

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-1-diabetes
 Doctors don't know all the things that lead to type 1 diabetes.
 They do know your genes play a role.
 They also know type 1 diabetes can result when something in the
environment, like a virus, tells your immune system to go after your
pancreas.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-1-diabetes?page=2#1
 Type 1 diabetes can happen along with other autoimmune diseases
 Celiac disease has the same gene as type 1 diabetes (Can’t eat gluten,
which is in Wheat, Barley, Rye, and Oats)
 Type 1 Diabetes Poses Risk of Thyroid Disease- through the hormones
it produces, the thyroid gland influences almost all of the metabolic
processes in your body
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/celiac-disease/celiac-disease-topic-overview

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20130315/people-with-type-1-diabetes-at-risk-of-thyroid-disease
 If your doctor thinks you have type 1 diabetes, he’ll check your blood
sugar by drawing your blood.
 He may test your urine for glucose or chemicals your body makes
when you don’t have enough insulin.
 A1C: It's like an average of your blood glucose over the past 2 or 3
months
 Right now there’s no way to prevent type 1 diabetes

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-1-diabetes?page=2#3
 4 Insulin shots a day:
 Before meals
 At bedtime
 Or:
 Insulin pump
 Pumps insulin through a tiny tube every time I eat and throughout the day

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diabetes?page=2
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 -Type 2 Diabetes is genetic which means it runs in your family
 Even if your at a healthy weight, you can still develop type 2 diabetes,
its not just about weight

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-2-
diabetes
 People with type 2 diabetes make insulin, but their cells don't use it as
well as they should.
 Doctors call this insulin resistance.
 At first, the pancreas makes more insulin to try to get glucose into the
cells.
 But eventually it can't keep up, and the sugar builds up in your blood
instead.
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-2-diabetes
 Being overweight or obese can cause insulin resistance, especially if
you carry your extra pounds around the middle.
 Now type 2 diabetes affects kids and teens as well as adults, mainly
because of childhood obesity.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-2-diabetes
 Most people with the condition have type 2.
 There are about 27 million people in the U.S and only 3 million has
type 1

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-2-diabetes
 Too much glucose from your liver.
 Bad communication between cells.
 Broken beta cells.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-2-diabetes
 Age: 45 or older
 Family: A parent, sister, or brother with diabetes
 Ethnicity: African-American, Alaska Native, Native American, Asian-
American, Hispanic or Latino, or Pacific Islander-American

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-2-diabetes?page=2
 Getting little or no exercise
 Smoking
 Stress
 Sleeping too little or too much

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-2-diabetes?page=2
 Lose weight. Dropping just 7% to 10% of your weight can cut your risk
of type 2 diabetes in half.

 Get active. Moving muscles use insulin.

 Eat right. Avoid highly processed carbs, sugary drinks, and trans and
saturated fats..

 Quit smoking. http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/type-2-diabetes?page=2

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 Your baby may grow too large, which can cause problems during
delivery.
 Your baby may also be born with low blood sugar.
 But with treatment, most women who have gestational diabetes are
able to control their blood sugar and give birth to healthy babies.
 Women who have had gestational diabetes are more likely than other
women to develop type 2 diabetes later on.

http://www.webmd.com/baby/gestational-diabetes-you
 A1C: It's like an average of your blood glucose over the past 2 or 3
months.

https://www.diabetic
live.com/diabetes-
101/a1c-levels/
 Gestational diabetes is when you develop it only when you become
pregnant

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/gestational-
diabetes
 Diabetes that develops during pregnancy -- is relatively common,
affecting about 4% of all pregnant women.
 If untreated, gestational diabetes can cause serious complications for
your baby.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/gestational-diabetes
 When you are pregnant, the placenta makes hormones that can make
it harder for insulin to work. This is called insulin resistance.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/gestational_
diabetes
 Most women are screened for gestational diabetes between the 24th
and 28th weeks of pregnancy.
 The oral glucose tolerance test is used to diagnose the condition.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/gestational_diabetes
 Some women with gestational diabetes can control their blood sugar
level by changing the way they eat and by exercising regularly.
 These healthy choices can also help prevent gestational diabetes in
future pregnancies and type 2 diabetes later in life.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/gestational_diabetes
 Even though diabetes is a long-lasting condition, I can do it, and so can
you!