Category: My Health
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#DiabetesAwarenessMonth – Fact 2
Type 1 diabetes is NOT caused by eating too many sweets or junk food. It is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the pancreas and the cells that produce insulin. – #PBNFacts #ProjectBlueNovember the quote is from Project Blue November
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#DiabetesAwarenessMonth – Fact 1
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is an Autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. It occurs when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, called beta cells. Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder in which…
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It is #Diabetes Awareness Month
In many parts of the world, the beginning of November marks the start of a month-long series of activities aimed at raising diabetes awareness and calling for urgent action to tackle the diabetes epidemic. On December 20, 2006, the United Nations (UN) passed a resolution to designate November 14 as World Diabetes Day. The occasion…
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#DSMA – Acceptance from April 4, 2012
Q1. What are the things about living with diabetes that you accept? what are the things that you have trouble accepting? I accept that its a condition that I’ll have for life and that if not kept in check can lead to complications, however what I have issues accepting is that the government and big…