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Diabetes. What is that? Well Diabetes is getting easier to control, but is
still incurable (Little 13). Diabetes is an illness that happens when the
Pancreas stops making Insulin (Betschart 16). The Pancreas produces Insulin
for the body (Betschart 13). Without Insulin the body can not grow
properly (Betschart 29). If the Pancreas does not make Insulin, the only
way to have enough is to take it by a syringe (Betschart 18). Food consumed
travels to the stomach where it is turned into sugar; the sugar then goes
into the blood, and Insulin helps it get into the cells, then the cells use the
sugar for energy (Betschart 34). Sugar, in the form of glucose, is the most
important energy source to all living tissue (Little 13 and 14). A cold or flu
can bring on Diabetes in some people who may have the gene for the disease
(Betschart 16). Diabetes is not contagious and does not restrict an
individual from activities and sports (Betschart 21).
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