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Diabetes in California

DIABETES DATA FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION DID YOU KNOW 23,600,000 CHILDREN & ADULTS HAVE DIABETES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2007 CALIFORNIA 2,000,000 ADULTS NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES IN 2007 THERE IS NO CURE SYMPTOMS COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES FREQUENT URINATION NEUROPATHY (NERVE DISEASE) UNUSUAL THIRST RETINOPATHY (EYE DISEASE) EXTREME HUNGER ARTERIOSCLEROSIS (VESSEL DISEASE) UNUSUAL WEIGHT LOSS NEPHROPATHY (KIDNEY DISEASE) EXTREME FATIGUE AND IRRITABILITY DIGESTIVE DISORDERS FREQUENT INFECTIONS ORAL COMPLICATIONS BLURRED VISION INFECTIONS CUTS/BRUISES THAT ARE SLOW TO HEAL KETOACIDOSIS TINGLING/NUMBNESS IN THE HANDS/FEET COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY RECURRING SKIN, GUM, OR BLADDER INFECTIONS GET TESTED BLOOD SUGAR READINGS (MG/DL) 300 BLOOD SUGAR (MG/DL) >126 80-100 240 HIGH 180 HIGH > 126 120 NORMAL 60 LOW < 70 NORMAL * TYPICAL READINGS FOR A PERSON WITH DIABETES (READINGS TAKEN ON RANDON DAYS) PREVENTION TREATMENT DIỆT & EXERCISE PATIENTS BEING TREATED FOR DIABETES IN CALIFORNIA 2007 BALANCED DIET LESS FAT MORE FIBRE 16% 14% INSULIN ONLY LESS SUGAR 57% 13% INSULIN & ORAL MEDICATION 14% 57% ORAL MEDICATION 13% 16% NO MEDICATION * IN COMBINATION WITH EXERCISE AND HEALTHY EATING HABBITS

Diabetes in California

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The rapid increase of type 2 diabetes can be reduced and reveresed through the first step of bringing awareness and education. The poster and graphs are samples of data taken from the Center for Disea... se Control and Prevention and a volunteer who for blood sugar sample readings. This graph represents what a typical diabetic, without proper management of diabetes, will observe in their blood sugars 1 hour after eating (the readings could be higher for more severe cases, and especially if they have consumed a lot of carbohydrates). There are a few goals for this graph. The first is to show a profile of what blood sugars look like for diabetics so people understand that just because a diabetic person may not feel sick, in the traditional way people think of being ill, it doesn’t mean nothing is happening to the diabetic internally. The second is to know what the range is for high, normal, and low readings as this helps with monitoring of blood glucose when patients are given blood glucose meters for home use. The third, which is most important, is for people to recognize the symptoms of high and low blood sugar because these are very dangerous states for diabetics to be in. Often times people who have diabetes (whether they have been diagnosed or not) simply are not aware of how blood sugar affects them and they do not recognize the symptoms to help themselves better regulate their blood sugars.

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