For this assignment, complete this chart to create an easy-to-read reference that will help you understand how the two forms of diabetes mellitus differ. Maintaining proper levels of insulin is critical for diabetes patients. The means by which insulin can be regulated depends upon which type of diabetes a patient has.
Complete the chart with a 25- to 50-word response for each box.
|Form of diabetes |Age of onset |Defects in insulin and effects on glucose |Risk factors |Prevention and treatment |
| | |metabolism | | |
|Type I: Insulin-dependent diabetes |Usually prior |Type 1 is because your body does not |Risk factors include: Family history, |There is nothing that can truly prevent type |
|mellitus |to age 30 |manufacture enough or any insulin. Insulin is|genetics, geography, viral exposure, early |1 diabetes, but there are a few ways to lower|
| | |needed so that the cells can utilize the |vitamin D (researchers have found a link |the chances such as, keeping your blood sugar|
| | |sugars in your blood for energy. |between drinking cow milk and developing |in a target range, regular medical checkups, |
| | | |diabetes), and other dietary factors. |stop or don’t smoke, as well as keeping a |
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