Finding the First Cure for the pancreatic shutdown disease known as diabetes
Introduction
Diabetes is a disease where your body cannot produce enough insulin the body needs in order for it to function correctly. The insulin in the body of a human is produced by the pancreas. Without the full work of the pancreas in a human body, there is no insulin, which causes type 1 diabetes. Diabetes has troubled the medical community for a long time because there has been no real cure found. A temporary one has been found here and there but no permanent cure. Type one diabetes has been a terrible disease for years, and now it is finally time to find a cure.
History of Diabetes Glucose and insulin are the main components when it comes to diabetes. …show more content…
The quicker you get the disease under control, the longer, healthier life you will live. Your diet is the most important component of being a diabetic. When becoming a diabetic, you will need to adjust your diet accordingly in order to stay healthy, and to keep the blood sugar levels where they need to be. Carb counting plays a big part in this. Carbs supplies the body’s main source of fuel for energy. Therefor too many carbs will cause the blood sugar to raise to high, but if you do not eat enough carbs, the blood sugar will drop to low. So this is where a meal plan becomes quite helpful. Exercising and staying active also plays a big part in keeping blood sugar levels under control. (P.Hayes, …show more content…
Around 3 million people die from diabetes each year. It has been proven that insulin will temporarily control diabetes, but it is not a permanent fix. This is why I hope my idea of a prescription drug to take once a day causing the pancreas to be healthier can prevent diabetes before it even happens. There is also the long lost hope of the bionical pancreas if the pancreas were to shut down even if the drug worked in most cases. Solving diabetes is a tough thing to do, without a fulltime working pancreas you will always be a little too sweet, but with this new drug idea I have come up with and the bionical pancreas idea, hopefully one will work. Then all the diabetics out there, including me will be able to live a normal everyday