Diabetes+Class+Notes

Steroid hormones are fat and go through the membranes Peptide hormones can’t get through the cell and the receptors are on the surface

Sugar is used a type of energy for your body Pancreas releases insulin when food is eaten Insulin supports all of the body’s functions needed to stay alive

1.	Eat 2.	Body digests the food and releases insulin from the pancreas 3.	Insulin floats in the blood until it meets a cell with a receptor

Diabetes: Syptoms are: -    Frequent Urination Kidneys put excess sugar in the urine Water from blood enters urine to dilute urine→ dehydration -    Thirsty- urinating a lot, dehydrated -     Vision affected -     Tired -      Symptom is high blood sugar- hyperglycemia

Diabetes mellitus- “sweet urine”

Type 1 -	Only 5-10% of diabetes cases -	Usually begins as a child

Insulin is a peptide hormone

Type 2 -	95 percent of diabetes cases -	occurs in middle age -	body does not make enough insulin