Type 1 Diabetes Informative Speech Outline

Specific Purpose Statement: To inform the audience about the disease, Diabetes type 1.

Thesis: Diabetes type 1 is different from type 2 and if given the wrong treatment it could lead to devastating consequences.

Pattern of Organization: Topical

Introduction

I. [Attention-Getter] Imagine waking up in a hospital. Without knowing why you are there or how you got there. Imagine your head being dizzy, having a very blurry vision and feeling as if you just finished two marathons.

II. [Reveal Topic] This happened to me when I was 4 years old, I got diagnosed with Diabetes type 1 which is what I am going to talk to you about in the upcoming minutes.

III. [Establish Credibility] For me, diabetes type 1 is not only a disease but more of a lifestyle.

A. By visiting doctors and nurses

There are two kinds of diabetes, type 1 and type 2, which have completely different meanings.

A. Regeneration center of Thailand, a medical team trained in biotechnology of cell therapy, published in January 2017, an article describing the differences (RCT).

1. Type 1 diabetes is a result from the body’s failure to produce insulin, which requires the individual to inject insulin in other ways (RCT).

2. Type 2 on the other hand, results from the cell’s inability to use insulin appropriately (RCT).

B. In contrast to type 1, type 2 is usually developed later in life, due to health problems or other outside factors.

1. If caught early, type 2 is treatable and can be prevented while type 1 cannot.

(Specific Connective Type) Now that you know that the insulin’s job is to lower blood glucose, let’s look at what could happen if the insulin did not do its job.

II. The American Diabetes association, containing health care professionals and staff members from all over the world, wrote an article published in September 14, 2014 describing two conditions when the body’s respond to insulin is crucial.

A. One condition is known as hyperglycemia, which means that the blood glucose gets too