what is the pathology of diabetes type 2?how does the disease process work? ie. genetics molecules, cells?
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Hi yummuffin,\nTry http://ww.WebMD.com. Good Luck: Blueladybug
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Not exactly sure what you are asking here, but galactose is an alternate energy source than the preferred glucose that many organisms use. Diabetes is a disease resulting from either an inability to produce insulin or a diminished capability of cells to recognize insulin as a hormone. In each case, it prevents glucose from being taken up into cells to be used for energy because insulin signals the cell to take glucose up from the blood stream. One way to keep model organisms with diabetes healthy until you want to study them is to grow them with galactose which intracellular levels are not affected by diabetes.
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I think you are a bit confused. You think that a cure exists and it is being hidden?\n\nType II Diabetes, which used to be called adult-onset diabetes, almost always results from lack of exercise and obesity. It can be easily prevented by controlling one's weight and by exercising. Even people who have it can often "cure" themselves by exercising and eating sensibly. This is far easier than waiting for some magical medicine or treatment to appear. \n\nType I diabetes appears to be an autoimmune disease. We are slowly understanding the immune system, but it is very complicated and we are making only slow progress against many of them, like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, etc. With so many diseases to deal with, it is hard to know which diseases to put our scarce research resources towards. Everyone believes that the disease they are personally most interested in is the the most important.
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Dont you mean how a molecule of glucose releases energy in a cell....any which way you look at it...refer to Kreb's Cycle in your Biology textbook!
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Type 1 diabetes is genetic and you take insulin until you die. Nothing really helps it. Type 2 is very different and almost always caused by people getting fat and having not enough muscle. If that is what you have, then on below site the last paragraph under "exercise" explains the benefit of you having it.\n\nThe rest of the site covers many foods that are good for it and why and includes a quote from American Diabetes Assoc. Note-- if you have type 2 diabetes and are slim and fit then completely ignore this advice and site. If you become slim and fit the need for it will be gone and it will disappear.
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Diabetes occurs when the cells in the pancreas produce lesser amounts of insulin.  Their are several different kinds of diabetes.  Some are associated with age, others reflect upon the varying amounts of insulin produced.   The drugs used to treat this are mainly of sulfa origin and promote insulin production.  The disease is extremly important.  Many strides have been achieved over the years, but pancreas transplant is still in its infancy.
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Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles.\n\nThere are 20.8 million people in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, unfortunately, 6.2 million people (or nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease.\n\nIn order to determine whether or not a patient has pre-diabetes or diabetes, health care providers conduct a Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (FPG) or an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). Either test can be used to diagnose pre-diabetes or diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends the FPG because it is easier, faster, and less expensive to perform.\n\nWith the FPG test, a fasting blood glucose level between 100 and 125 mg/dl signals pre-diabetes. A person with a fasting blood glucose level of 126 mg/dl or higher has diabetes.\n\nIn the OGTT test, a person's blood glucose level is measured after a fast and two hours after drinking a glucose-rich beverage. If the two-hour blood glucose level is between 140 and 199 mg/dl, the person tested has pre-diabetes. If the two-hour blood glucose level is at 200 mg/dl or higher, the person tested has diabetes.\nMajor Types of Diabetes\n\n\nThe Complete Guide to Diabetes, 4th EditionFurther Reading . . .\nThe Complete Guide to Diabetes has been completely revised to bring you all the information you need to live an active, healthy life with diabetes. Now in its fourth edition, this guide gives you information on the best self-care techniques and the latest medical advances. If you have diabetes, this guide will answer all your questions.\nFor more books on healthy living, click here.\n\nType 1 diabetes\nResults from the body's failure to produce insulin, the hormone that "unlocks" the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them. It is estimated that 5-10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes.\n\nType 2 diabetes\nResults from insulin resistance (a condition in which the body fails to properly use insulin), combined with relative insulin deficiency. Most Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.\n\nGestational diabetes\nGestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women - about 135,000 cases in the United States each year.\n\nPre-diabetes\nPre-diabetes is a condition that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. There are 41 million Americans who have pre-diabetes, in addition to the 20.8 million with diabetes.\nAdditional Information\n\n\nDiabetes Learning Center for the Recently Diagnosed\nYou've just been diagnosed with diabetes. Chances are you have a million questions running through your head. To help you answer those questions, and take the first steps toward better diabetes care, visit the Diabetes Learning Center -- an area for people who have been recently diagnosed with diabetes, or those needing basic information.\n\nDiabetes Symptoms\nOften diabetes goes undiagnosed because many of its symptoms seem so harmless. Learn what they are in this section.\n\nDiabetes Risk Test\nMore than 20 million Americans have diabetes - nearly one in three does not know it! Take our diabetes risk test to see if you are at risk for having diabetes. Diabetes is more common in African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.\n\nDiabetes Myths\nFind the truth about some of the most common myths about diabetes.\n\nDiabetes Statistics\nWith so many people affected by diabetes, the American Diabetes Association has compiled statistics on the impact of diabetes and its complica
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The pancreas is the organ that contains the Alpha-Islet cells, also more commonly known as the Islets of Langerhans, which secrete insulin which is the enzyme responsible for lowering blood sugar, and beta-islet cells which are responsible for secreting proteins and enzymes responsible for causing the liver to convert stored reserves of glycogen in the liver into glucose to raise the blood sugar level to a normal level if the blood glucose level is below normal.
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Diabetes is the inability of a body to either produced insulin, produce enough insulin, or to use the insulin it does produce efficiently.  It cause glucose (blood sugar) to rise to dangerous levels in the blood stream.\n\nThere are different types of the disease with different causes.\n\nType 1 is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.  It most often occurs in children and young adults, but can occur at any age.  The only treatment is for the patient to take insulin, either with daily injections or the use of a pump worn that supplies insulin.  There is no cure.  Without insulin therapy, a Type 1 diabetic will die.\n\nType 2 is genetically linked (if one parent has it, you have a 50-50 chance of getting it; if both do, you are probably going to develop it as well).  It often occurs in middle to old age, but can occur in younger people, especially if they are overweight.  In some people, losing weight can make the symptoms go away with no further treatment.  Others control it with diet.  Still others take oral medications that cause the body to be more sensitive to the insulin that they produce.  Some Type 2 diabetics will need to take insulin and their disease will be treated in much the way that Type 1 diabetes is treated.  Treatment varies from patient to patient, depending on how severe the symptoms are.\n\nGestational diabetes is Type 2 diabetes that occurs while a woman is pregnant, and usually subsides once she has delivered.  A woman who develops Gestational diabetes is likely to develop Type 2 diabetes when she is older.
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You can get type two diabetes. They aren't sure exactly how but poor eating habits lack of excercise age and most of all obesity.
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It really depends. There are several types of diabetes. including type 1 ( body fails to produce insulin) and type 2 (body fails to properly use insulin). I think that if you have type 1 diabetes, you need insulin injection or therapy. I am not sure though if its is curable. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented. Proper diet and exercise will help you prevent the disease. If you already have type 2 diabetes, there are some medications that could help lower your blood sugar. For a more in-depth explanation of the disease. Visit the website below.
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Lots of things you should be more explicit, Diabetes type one is a condition that where the pancreas more no insulin and is needed to be injected daily. Diabetes type two is when the pancreas makes little insulin or too much but the receptors in the cells don't match up so the insulin can't get in to bring the sugar down. Complications range from amputaions to blindness.
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Cut back on sugar and fats. Sugars become fat if you don't burn them off. Also, try to exercise more. If you are type 2, chances are you can control your sugar with diet, exercise and maybe some prescriptions. But you have to be careful because you don't want to become insulin dependent. Also, diabetes can lead to other serious health problems if not taken care of. But most people with Type 2 live normal lives.\nGood luck!
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The wall of the intestine has many tiny finger like projections called Villae, these make the surface area very large.  Glucose moves throught the epithelial cells on the walls of the villae by "active transfer" a type of osmosis.  Glucose levels are maintained by the action of the hormone Insulin, failure in this system leads to the disorder Diabetes.  Search on some of these words in  google and you'll find loads of articles at different levels.  There are two site below to get you started.
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From the layman, term of a diabetic,, \n\nThe mechanism that secretes insulin to the body is simply  "the pancreas".  The pancreas will either release too much or too little insulin to the body and therefore will be the determining factor of the level of insulin that is in a body.
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try these websites:\nhcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/diabetes2.html\nwww.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068721/\nthey contain everything you need to know. good luck!
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Type 2 diabetes is caused by being overweight. If you maintain a healthy weight, exercise regularly and eat right, your chances of developing Type 2 diabetes are very, very small.