Diabetes
How does the disease affect the body?
What is the disease?
What age group do people get diagnosed with diabetes?
Number of people affected by the disease
What it looks like.
What organs and systems are affected ?
Is there a cure?
Is the disease heredity?
What treatments and/or medication are available for diabetes?
When was the disease discovered?
The disease is when the body's ability to respond to the hormone insulin is impaired.
You can't eat what you want to. You have to eat certain foods.
It was discovered in 1889.
About 1.4 million people are affected by diabetes.
Middle-aged and older adults
There is not a cure.
There is metformin, sulfony lureas, meglitinides, ect.
It is caused by both heredity and environmental factors.
It affects the heart, blood vessels, nerves, eyes, kidneys, nervous system, and respiratory system.