DIABETES
GLAND
EXOCRINE & ENDOCRINE
EXOCRINE &
ENDOCRINE
EXOCRINE
ENDOCRINE
PANCREAS
PANCREAS
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a chronic disease
• occurs when the pancreas does not
produce enough insulin
• or when the body cannot
effectively use the insulin it
produces.
Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is characterized by a lack of insulin
production.
Type 2 diabetes is caused by the body’s ineffective use
of insulin.
Gestational diabetes
Symptoms
Numbness
in hand and
feed
Weight loss
- Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal
- Extreme fatigue (very
tired)
- Blurry
vision
Diabetes
Symptom
Body starts burning fat and muscle for energy
Reduction in overall body weight
Often notice in people, before diagnosis of type
1 diabetes
Lost more than 5 percent of your normal body
weight
Or more than 4.5 kilogram in 6 to 12 months or
less
Diabetes
Symptom
Diabetes decreases blood flow, so
injuries heal slowly
People with diabetes also have
neuropathy
Reduce sensation in their hands or feet
Neuropathy Patients don’t feel an injury
right away
Diabetes
Symptom
Change the shape of the eye lens,
vitreous, damage to the blood vessels,
…
Change refraction, reduce vision,
visual images distorted,…
The eyes will permanent damage, it
can blindness