diabetes Flashcards

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1
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What is type 1 diabetes

A

pancreas does not produce insulin

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what is type 2 diabetes

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The pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or your body does not properly use insulin to make it

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Diabetes mellitus (what are the types) what are the causes

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type 1 and type 2

not enough secretion of insulin from islet cells in pancreas
high blood sugar
proximal tube cells have only have enough to reabsorb 0.1% of blood sugar
Water is not reabsorbed and stays with glucose in nephron

void large volumes of urine

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