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Homeostasis - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Symptoms
        
        Excessive thirst (Polydipsia)
        
        Frequent urination (Polyuria)
        
        Persistant Fatigue
        
        Increased Hunger
        
        Unexplained weight loss or gain
        
        Blurred Vision
        
        Slow wound healing and frequent infections
      - Why it is dangerous
        
        Damages blood vessels and nerves throughout the body
        
        Increased risk of blindness and kidney failure
        
        Heart disease and stroke
        
        Nerve damage (neuropathy) leading to foot complications and potential amputations
    - - Autoimmune disease, The immune system targets and destroys the pancreatic β cells, leading to no insulin production
      - Caused by genetics, environmental triggers (Viral infections, immune dysfunction)
      - Treatment
        
        Daily insulin injections or pump for the rest of their lives
        
        Continuous glucose monitoring
      - Onset - Common in childhood or adolescence
      - Requires careful diet planning and glucose tracking
      - Currently, there is no known way to prevent diabetes
    - - Metabolic disorder
        
        Body cells become resistant to insulin, causing the pancreas to produce more insulin until it eventually cannot keep up
      - Caused by lifestyle factors (poor diet, physical inactivity) and genetics or family history
      - Prevention by healthy diet, physical activity, weight management, early screening for at risk individuals
      - Prevention
        
        Healthy diet
        
        Physical activity
        
        Weight management
        
        Early screening for at-risk individuals
      - Onset - Can develop in any age, but most common in adults over 45 years
      - Management
        
        Lifestyle changes
        
        Regular excercise
        
        Balanced, low GI diet
        
        Medications such as meteor in to improve insulin sensitivity
        
        in later stages, insulin therapy may be required
      - Develops gradually over many years and may be reversible in early stages
- - - - Daily insulin injection
      - pump therapy
      - meticulous glucose monitoring
    - - Excercise
      - Weight control
      - Balanced, low GI diet
        
        Choosing foods with low glycemic index score, causing less of a spike in blood glucose
      - Oral medication (eg. metformin)
      - Sometimes insulin if needed