Heart Disease

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Heart Disease

ADDIN EN .CITE Mamashealth .comtm99912Mamashealth .comtmHeart Disease2007November 25http /www .mamashealt h .com /Heart_disease .asp (Mamashealth .comtm . Heart disease is developed in diabetic patients with an increased rate when compared to non-diabetic individuals ADDIN EN .CITE Manzella66617Debra ManzellaHeart Disease and Diabeteshttp diabetes .about .com /od /preventingcomplications /a /heartdisease .htm (Manzella

Diabetes is a disease condition

wherein there is an increase in the blood glucose level due to lack of production or malfunction in the proper functions of insulin ADDIN EN .CITE Manzella66617Debra ManzellaHeart Disease and Diabeteshttp diabetes .about .com /od /preventingcomplications /a /heartdisease .htm (Manzella . The hormone insulin is an integral part of the digestive system because it functions as a converter of carbohydrates into glucose molecules that can be used up by the cells of the body as energy source . The absence or alteration in the function of the insulin greatly affects the cells of the body due to the non-localization of glucose that is needed by these cells as energy source ADDIN EN .CITE ADAADA American Diabetes AssociationAll About Diabetes2007November 25http /www .diabetes .o rg /about-diabetes .jsp (ADA

The disease condition has major types and these are : Insulin- Dependent Diabetes or Type 1 Diabetes Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM . In Type 1 Diabetes or juvenile-onset diabetes , production of insulin is absent due to the destruction of the cells that produce this hormone which are the pancreatic beta cells . Ten to fifteen percent of the diabetic population has this type of Diabetes ADDIN EN .CITE HealthInsite2HealthInsiteTypes of Diabetes2007November 252007Department of Health and Ageing of Australiahttp /www .healthinsite .go v .au /s /Types_of_Diabetes (HealthInsite . In United States diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes occurred in about 5 to 10 percent of the diabetic population ADDIN EN .CITE ADAADA American Diabetes AssociationAll About Diabetes2007November 25http /www .diabetes .o rg /about-diabetes .jsp (ADA

The most common type of this disease condition is the Type 2 Diabetes which is also called Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes and Late-Onset Diabetes . The bulk of the diabetic population which is 80-90 percent is suffering this type of disease . Resistance to insulin and relative insulin deficiency are characteristics of Type 2 Diabetes . Though the disease is inherited from the individual 's ancestors its occurrence is much affected by the lifestyle of the individual . High blood pressure inactivity , obesity , and poor diet are the primary predisposing factors of this type of diabetes . Gradual development of this disease condition leads to significant complications like diseases of the heart . The predisposition of a person with type 2 diabetes to having problems in the cardiovascular system doubles that of non-diabetic persons ADDIN EN .CITE HealthInsite2HealthInsiteTypes of Diabetes2007November 252007Department of Health and Ageing of Australiahttp /www .healthinsite .go v .au /s /Types_of_Diabetes (HealthInsite

The third type of diabetes is the Gestational Diabetes Mellitus which is also called Carbohydrate Intolerance . Obesity...