Pathophysiology of Diabetes: Types, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Prevalence

Pathophysiology of
Diabetes

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Diabetes refers to a disease which can be occurred when individual blood glucose which is
also known as blood sugar get too high. Blood glucose refers to a main source of energy which
comes through food and diet which are consumed by individual. There is various cause of
diabetes which are associated with increasing in blood glucose level which can lead to cause
diabetes. In this, there is discussion about type 1 and type 2 diabetes along with their
characteristics. It also includes the prevalence and it clinical presentation with both types of
diabetes. There is also discussion about the different methods of diagnosis of type 1 and type 2
diabetes within Australia. This also includes the rationale of diagnostic methods. There is also
discussion about the specific pathology tests that are used. There is also discussion about the
polydipsia, polyuria and lethargy which are common sign and symptoms of diabetes. There is
also explanation about the related metabolic abnormalities which can cause this sign and
symptoms (Holman and et. al., 2020).
MAIN BODY
Diabetes refers to the chronic health condition which are associated with affecting individual
body that turns food into energy. Here, eaten food are break down in sugar which are called
glucose and are released into individual bloodstream. When individual blood sugar goes high,
then there is rise in level of blood glucose level increase and leads to called the condition as
diabetes. There are various sign and symptoms which can show the presence of diabetes within
individual body. These sign and symptoms may include felling very tired, blurry vision, frequent
urination, increased thirst, slow healing towards cuts and wounds, patches of dark skin.
There are mainly two type of diabetes which are common and known as the type 1 diabetes
and type 2 diabetes. There are large number of people who are getting impacted through type 1
and type 2 diabetes where they are not having proper knowledge about both type 1 and type 2
diabetes. There is some of the discussion which can be helpful in providing information related
with difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes refers to a genetic disorder which often shows up early in indvdiual life
Whereas, type 2 diabetes is mostly diet related which are developed over time. In type 1 diabetes
individual immune system can attack along with destroying individual insulin-producing cells
within pancreases. Here pancreases refer to a flat organ which may look as elongated, hangs out