dMAC Digest Volume 6 No 2, Diabetes

By Duncan MacDonald

Diabetes is the inability of the body to use glucose for energy, due to loss of sensitivity to the hormone insulin. Almost 415 million people in the world have diabetes. By 2014 this will rise to 2,152 million. There were 10 million cases of diabetes in Indonesia in 2015, resulting in 184,985 deaths. Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most common long-term diseases occurring in the UK, affecting 3 in 100 people. In the USA in 2012 104.8 million have either prediabetes or type 2, that’s one in 10 people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Duncan MacDonald
• Release date: Mar 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311844811

Duncan MacDonald

Duncan is an Australian currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is married to Shinta Dewi Sanawiya, muse, mate, motivator and President Director of the business he founded in 1993, dMAC Group in Asia, now PT Daya MACro Dinamika.Duncan has had a passion for history since childhood. He travelled alone to Turkey in 1975 to visit ANZAC Cove, scene of Australia and New Zealand’s entry to World War I. He then worked for 5 years in London, enabling him to research the Roman Empire’s occupation of Britain and question the Arthurian legends. He has published his illustrated historical e-novels set in Ireland and Britain in the 1st-7th centuries on Smashwords. Search for 'Culann - Celtic Warrior Monk'.Duncan has also published an illustrated account of his private pilgrimage to 'Anzac Cove and Lone Pine in 1975' - Search for 'Anzac'Those interested in obtaining the latest historical information on the Battle of Waterloo, (detailing who actually defeated Napoleon) can download Duncan's illustrated version in dMAC Digest Vol 4 No 6 'Waterloo'. Also the Jakarta Journals, tracing Indonesian history over the past 2,000 years, up to granting of Independence in December 1949.Any one of Duncan's 12 'dMAC Digest Health & History' magazines, or 5 illustrated historical novels can be downloaded at Smashwords.'Britannia Bulletin #1 and #2' are the latest illustrated historical novel published by Duncan. Set in the 1st & 2nd century CE we follow the adventures of a Roman Legionary in Europe & Britain. He records the lives of the early Roman Emperors and Governors of Britannia, their initial rise to power and occasional fall from grace. Major battles are dealt with in detail.

Book preview

Diabetes Mellitus

Type 1 and Type 2

Volume 6 ~ No 2

Welcome to dMAC Digest

dMAC designed to protect your family’s health & enrich a sense of history

Edited by

Duncan MacDonald

28 March 2016

Dedicated to my darling wife Shinta

Copyright 2016 Duncan MacDonald

Smashwords Edition, License Notes

Thank you for downloading this free e-book. This book remains the copyrighted property of the Editor, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this e-book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

Table of Contents

What is Diabetes?

Tuberculosis and Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes

Type 2 daibetes

Gestational diabetes

What are the causes?

Your Body, Blood and Sugar

What are the symptoms?

Long term complications

Diagnosis

What are normal blood sugar levels?

What is the treatment?

Conclusion

Reference

That’s Life

About the Editor

Discover other titles by Duncan MacDonald

Diabetes Mellitus

Prediabetes, Gestational, Type 1 and