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From YouTube: Senior Moments #7 Diabetes
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Senior Moments #7 Diabetes February 2009
A
Diabetes
is
a
condition
where
there's
too
much
sugar
in
the
bloodstream.
It's
caused
by
an
absolute
deficiency
of
insulin
or
person
having
in
some
of
the
insulin
not
working
properly.
All
the
food
that
we
eat
is
converted
in
different
parts
of
the
body
to
glucose.
That's
the
fuel
that
the
cells
of
our
bodies
burned
for
energy.
Instant
oil
is
the
glucose
to
be
transferred
from
the
bloodstream
into
the
cells
that
need
to
burn
insulin.
Almost
every
cell
will
not
take
up
glucose.
A
Unless
there's
insulin
around
the
person
is
not
making
insulin,
then
they
can't
utilize
the
glucose
that's
in
their
body,
so
even
though
person
may
be
eating,
they
can't
use
the
glucose,
and
so
a
person
ends
up
burning,
whatever
energy
that's
stored
to
live.
Although
people
burn
muscle
and
use
the
amino
acids,
people
burn
fat
use
the
fatty
acids,
people
certainly
don't
store
any
glucose.
Everything
gets
melted
away
and
people
who
don't
have
insulin,
orderly,
melt
away
and
and
eventually
will
die,
but
within
some,
then
the
glucose
can
be
transferred
into
the
cells.
A
The
person
can
function
just
fine.
There
are
two
main
types
of
diabetes
type:
1
diabetes
usually
begins
a
child,
but
these
people
have
no
insulin
their
children
at
the
onset
they're
thin
if
they
don't
receive
instant
shots,
they'll
die.
This
is
a
disease
of
a
total
deficiency
insulin,
then
there's
type
2
diabetes,
which
traditionally
begins
the
middle
age.
Although
recently
it's
been
starting
younger
and
younger
people,
even
teenagers,
but
these
people
are
usually
middle-aged,
they're
overweight.
They
have
insulin,
but
they
don't
have
enough
insulin.
A
First
thing,
personal,
diabetes
notice
is
that
they're
peeing
more
than
usual,
having
all
that
sugar
leave
the
body
with
water
means
a
person
gets
dehydrated.
So
the
next
thing
they
know
is
they're
thirstier
than
usual,
so
classic
symptom
is
peeing
a
lot
drinking
a
lot
as
a
person
loses
sugar,
they're,
also
melting
away,
the
protein
and
fat,
but
they
typically
notice
is
weight
loss
and
many
of
these
people
are
actually
hungry
because
their
body
cells
are
starving.
A
The
body
can't
use
the
sugar
then,
because
the
person
is
losing
weight
and
they're
starving
they're,
almost
always
tired,
a
lot
of
times.
There's
sugar,
that's
in
different
parts
of
the
body,
including
in
the
skin
and
the
sweat
other
places,
and
people
can
get
certain
kinds
of
infections
from
from
fungus
that
lives
on
diabetes,
skin
infections.
Later
on,
if
a
person
goes
has
chronically
high
blood
sugar
and
they
know
they
have
diabetes
and
they've,
had
it
for
many
years.
A
All
that
sugar
in
the
blood
soon
can
then
start
to
cause
damage
to
some
of
the
vital
organs
and
then
there's
additional
symptoms
and
those
the
organs
that
are
most
specifically
effect
are
the
eyes.
The
kidneys
and
the
nerves
just
about
every
part
of
the
body
eventually
will
be
damaged
by
high
blood
sugar.
A
It's
not
right,
it's
not
natural
and
it's
it
should
be
treated
when
I
first
went
into
endocrinology
I
was
interested
in
diabetes
as
an
interesting
academic
intellectual
exercise
to
apply
biochemistry
there
weren't
that
many
people
who
needed
diabetes
experts
at
the
time
type
1
diabetes
was
around.
It
was
fairly
rare
type
2
diabetes,
which
we
associate
with
obesity,
and
the
lack
of
the
exercise
was
actually
pretty
rare
in
the
70s
and
80s.
A
But
what's
really
changed
is
the
dramatic
increase
in
obesity
and
type
2
diabetes
type
2
diabetes
is
no
longer
rare,
it's
actually
very
common.
There
is
probably
about
20
or
22
million
Americans
with
type
2
diabetes,
and
there
were
just
a
few
million
back
when
I
first
went
into
endocrinology
and
the
numbers
of
type
2
diabetes.
Patients
are
just
increasing
tremendously
type.
A
Here's
an
example
at
UCSF
has
a
pediatric
diabetes
clinic,
of
course,
children
with
type
1
diabetes
worth
in
human
cells.
Insulin
injections
go
there
for
treatments
when
I
was
training.
There
was
no
such
thing
as
an
obese
child
who
was
so
obese
that
they
would
have
type
2
diabetes
that
just
didn't
exist.
It
exists
now.
In
fact,
half
the
half
the
patients
at
UCSF,
Toby's
pediatric
clinic,
have
type
2
diabetes
because
there
are
so
many
obese
kids,
so
the
earliest
age
of
diabetes,
we
used
to
say
it
would
start
in
the
50s
typically.
A
Well,
it's
moved
on
down
into
the
to
the
late
teenage
years.
For
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
the
United
States,
the
lifespan
of
children
were
born
now
is
shorter
than
it
used
to
be
up
until
now,
every
year
people
live
a
little
longer
a
little
longer.
Now
it's
getting
shorter
and
that's
because
obesity,
we
it's
expected
that
a
high
percentage
of
the
children
who
are
born
now
will
become
obese
and
the
complication
of
obesity
will
shorten
their
lives.
A
Well,
I
think
if
people
don't
want
to
get
diabetes,
the
best
thing
a
person
can
do
is
start
an
exercise
program.
If
people
want
to
live
a
long
time,
best
thing
is:
have
healthy
lifestyle.
Three
things
especially
exercise
eat,
healthy
and
don't
smoke.
People
who
do
those
three
things
will
look
15
years
longer.
A
People
who
do
among
seniors
about
twenty
percent
or
more
have
type
2
diabetes,
maybe
half
of
those
they
have
it
in
half
of
those
don't
know
they
have
it
it's
important
for
person
with
diabetes
to
know
they
have
it
and
then
to
start
on
treatment.
Diabetes
is
a
very
big
risk
factor
for
some
terrible
problems.
It's
the
it's
the
biggest
respect
for
blindness,
for
kidney
failure
for
amputations
and
many
of
the
people
who
suffer
from
those
problems.
The
problem
could
have
been
averted
if
it
had
been
known.
A
If
they'd
received
proper
care,
diabetes
will
triple
the
incidence
of
risk
of
heart
attack
and
stroke
and
an
interesting
statistic
that
just
keeps
coming
up
over
and
over
again.
We
know
that
if
somebody
has
had
a
heart
attack,
the
risk
of
a
second
heart
attack
is
much
higher
than
somebody
who's
never
had
a
heart
attack
in
the
first
place.
What
turns
out
that,
if
a
person
has
diabetes
their
risk
of
a
first
heart
attack
is
the
same
as
the
risk
of
the
first
heart
attack
patient
having
a
second
heart
attack.
A
Many
patients
don't
go
to
see
a
diabetes
specialist
I
see
a
lot
of
patients
who
have
been
going
to
a
general
doctor
and
their
care
may
not
have
been
up
to
date.
It
may
be
20
years
behind
or
more,
and
these
people
are
developing
complications
of
high
blood
sugar
and
they
say
well.
My
doctor
told
me
he
knows
a
lot
or
she
knows
how
to
take
care
of
diabetes.
I
don't
need
to
see
a
specialist
diabetes
is
changing
quite
a
bit
that
almost
every
drug
that
I
use
for
diabetes
didn't
even
exist
10
years
ago.
A
So
if
a
doctor
completed
their
internship
and
residency
more
than
10
years
ago,
which
means
maybe
they're
40
years
old
or
over,
it's
a
good
chance
that
they
didn't
get
direct
training
in
these
products.
They
had
to
learn
about
them
after
they're
in
practice,
and
maybe
they
did
maybe
they
didn't.
But
if,
if
a
person
is
a
question,
they
could
see
an
expert
you.