Monday, October 5, 2009

diabetes




Symptoms of this disease: some of the many symptoms of diabetes are increased urination, sometimes leading to "bedwetting" and urinating as frequently as every hour. dehydration because of the build up of glucose in the blood, and the body trying to rid of it using up a large amount of the bodys water supply. a diabetic coma is also possible from extreme dehydration when the person is not able to replenish their fluids fast enough from the excessive urination.




Body system(s) affected: the pancreas produces insulin that breaks down sugars mal-functions. your circulatory system is filled with all the glucose that could not be delt with by the insulin so then the kidney kicks into overdrive and tries to expell the extra glucose through the urinary system.







if insulin is not administered manually, the person will die because of not being able to process the sugars.








info source: http://diabetes.webmd.com/default.htm
image source: http://gconnect.in/gc/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/diabetes1.jpg

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