Emma-+diabetes+notes


 * 1) **Pancreas** **main function**- produce almost all enzymes used for digestion in the small intestine...the other job is to make insulin
 * 2) **Insulin-** sugar is broken down into small enough pieces so that it can go through the blood and then the pancreas releases insulin which takes the sugar from the blood and puts it into cells
 * 3) on the membrane of the cells there is a special protein that matches insulin.If the insulin key matches the receptor another protein on the cell will open up and will allow glucose to get into cell. Before insulin arrives the cell is blocked off.
 * 4) **type 1**- no insulin
 * 5) **type 2**-abnormal amounts of glucose=too much insulin...cells just stop paying attention
 * 6) **2 ways to know if someone has diabetes**
 * 7) high levels of glucose in blood
 * 8) high levels of glucose in urine
 * 9) frequent urination and sweet urine
 * 10) overtime all the sugar starts to damage the kidneys, eyes and nerves
 * 11) 2 out of 3 people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke