Wk4.Assgn.docx PUBH 3100 Diabetes Walden University PUBH 3100: Human Disease and Preve

Document Content and Description Below

Wk4.Assgn.docx PUBH 3100 Diabetes Walden University PUBH 3100: Human Disease and Prevention Diabetes Diabetes is a metabolic non-communicable disease that causes elevated sugar levels in the blo... od (Watson, 2020). It is associated with the defective secretion of insulin hormone from the islets of Langerhans. Insulin is responsible for moving blood sugars from blood into cells for storage or utilization to generate energy. High glucose in diabetic people is caused by an inability to move sugar from blood to muscle and fat cells, so they are consumed or metabolized to release energy (Watson, 2020). Thus, diabetes may be caused by insufficient secretion of insulin or obscured use of insulin. Diabetes causes are likely to vary contingent on hereditary factors, ethnicity, family history, health, nationality, wellbeing, and natural components. There is no common cause of diabetes that fits all types of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

Last updated: 1 year ago

Preview 1 out of 3 pages