Diabetes - Knowledge clip

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Prevalence of diabetes and proportion of type 2 diabetes

10% of population has diabetes, 10% is not diagnosed yet or will develop diabetes in the coming years, 90% of diabetic patients has type 2

Trend in diabetes numbers

Rising over the past decades

Involvement of liver,skeletal muscles, fat tissue, intestines and pancreas

When blood glycose is too high insulin is produced by beta cells in the pancreas. Insulin regulates the uptake of glycose by the liver, to convert it into glycogen to store it, skeletal muscles cells and fat tissue.
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Blood glycose control by insulin

When blood glucose level is too high insulin synthesis is initiated and insulin promotes the uptake of glucose by skeletal muscles cells and fat tissue

Four main types of diabetes

  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Rare types of diabetes; such as genetic disorder

Common characteristic of diabetes types

  • Type 1; mostly young skinny people
  • Type 2; mostly fat older people - 90% of cases
  • Gestational diabetes; diabetes during pregnancy and after giving birth. These women are more prone to developing another type of diabetes later in life.
  • Rare types of diabetes; very rare --> genetic disorder or pancreas dysfunction

Prevalence of diabetes worldwide

From now to 2045 a 51% increase worldwide

Three reasons why the number of diabetics will increase to 700 million in 2045

  • Obesity
  • Ageing, pancreatic-beta-cells function declines with age

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