Diabetes kills one American every three minutes. Diabetes afflicts 120 million people worldwide. Diabetes attacks many organ systems. …
What Is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a chronic, genetically determined, debilitating disease
affecting every organ system
Millions Have It
Diabetes kills one American every three minutes Sixteen million Americans
have the disease; of these 54 million are undiagnosed Diabetes afflicts
120 million people worldwide The World Health Organization estimates that
number will skyrocket to 300 million by 2025
A Deadly Disease
Diabetes attacks many organ systems Diabetes is the leading cause of
kidney failure, nerve damage, adult blindness, and non-traumatic
amputations
Diabetes blinds: Diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness
Diabetes increases risk of heart attack and stroke: People with diabetes
are two to four times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than
someone without it
Diabetes shortens life: Life expectancy of people with diabetes averages
15 years less than people without it
Diabetes affects young children: One of the most costly, chronic diseases
of childhood, you never outgrow it
Diabetes needs constant attention: People with Type 1 diabetes
must take
multiple insulin injections daily and test their blood sugar by pricking
their fingers for blood six or more times per day While trying to balance
insulin injections with their amount of food intake, people with Type 1
diabetes must constantly be prepared for potential hypoglycemic low blood
sugar and hyperglycemic high blood sugar reactions, both life
threatening
Insulin Is Not A Cure
Insulin is merely life support There are two major types of diabetes:
Type 1 and Type 2 Type 1 juvenile is caused by the autoimmune
destruction of the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and is usually
diagnosed in childhood People with Type 1 must take insulin to live
People with Type 2 adult onset produce insulin, but their bodies do not
use it effectively
Single Most Costly Chronic Disease
Diabetes accounts for more than 105 billion of annual US health -care
costs
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EAST TENNESSEE BRANCH
WALK TO CURE DIABETES
Saturday, May 21 at Coolidge Park at 10 am
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diabetes by
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