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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Diabetes increasingly is becoming one of America’s most dangerous diseases. Many die every year from diabetes-related complications including heart attack and stroke.
According to the National Institutes of Health 2014 National Diabetes Statistics Report, 29.1 million people in the United States have diabetes, both diagnosed and undiagnosed. That is 9.3 percent of the population. Of that, 21 million have been diagnosed while a frightening 8.1 million live with the disease undiagnosed. In either case, diabetes is scary and even deadly, but for those living undiagnosed, it is particularly so. And both numbers have been increasing over the years.
There are three types of diabetes: type 1, type 2, and gestational. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) provides clear definitions of each.
Children and young adults are typically diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. This accounts for only about five percent of those with diabetes.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113209437/understand-diabetes-signs-and-symptoms-080914/
According to the National Institutes of Health 2014 National Diabetes Statistics Report, 29.1 million people in the United States have diabetes, both diagnosed and undiagnosed. That is 9.3 percent of the population. Of that, 21 million have been diagnosed while a frightening 8.1 million live with the disease undiagnosed. In either case, diabetes is scary and even deadly, but for those living undiagnosed, it is particularly so. And both numbers have been increasing over the years.
There are three types of diabetes: type 1, type 2, and gestational. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) provides clear definitions of each.
Children and young adults are typically diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. This accounts for only about five percent of those with diabetes.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113209437/understand-diabetes-signs-and-symptoms-080914/