Diabetes and its control

Question 1

What are the types of diabetes?

Answer 1

• Type 1 diabetes
• Type 2 diabetes

Question 2

What is type 1 diabetes?

Answer 2

• the body is unable to produce insulin
• this may be due to an autoimmune response

Question 3

What is type 11 diabetes?

Answer 3

• normally due to glycoproteins being lost or an irresponsiveness to insulin

Question 4

How can diabetes be controlled?

Answer 4

Type 1 = Can be controlled through injections of insulin. Exercise and diet

Type 11 -= regulating intake of carbohydrates and exercising