Persuasive Speech On Type 2 Diabetes

Introduction

Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition occurring in adults over 45 years but is now increasing in younger age groups such as children, adolescents and young adults. With type 2 diabetes the body becomes resistant and the insulin gradually loses that capacity to produce enough insulin to the pancreas. Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic condition in Australia. The numbers with people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is increasing. In the past year more than 100,000 people have been diagnosed with diabetes. (https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/diabetes-in-australia) The numbers with people having type 2 diabetes is increasing in children mainly because they are not getting the right about of exercise each day, and eating incorrectly. This is happening because of the all the new electronic gadgets. This is concerning because this disease is taking memorable years from that person’s life. An idea for treatment could be that kids and adults should manage their life style more by eating healthier and doing more exercise. They could also go to the doctors and have

regular check-ups to see how they can prevent the disease.
Healthy Blood Sugar Regulation
All sugars and carbohydrates pass through a non-diabetic quickly and all forms of sugar breakdown into the smallest sugar molecule. The insulin helps regulate the amount of sugar intake in your body. Then the microvilli absorbs the glucose molecules and sends them straight into your bloodstream. Once your brain senses that there is glucose present it sends signals to you pancreas to produce insulin, but in a type 2 diabetic the insulin doesn’t produce the insulin as well. Which mean your glucose leaves can get dangerously out of control, if this is left untreated it can become life threatening. The total amount of carbohydrates you eat affect your blood glucose levels more if you are a diabetic.
Causes of Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is caused by an unhealthy lifestyle.

This is because you are eating too much saturated and normal fats and not enough fruit and vegetables. If you are overweight you have high blood pressure, do little physical activity and have a high fat high sugar diet there is a higher chance you will get type 2 diabetes. (http://www.endocrineweb.com/conditions/type-2-diabetes/type-2-diabetes-causes) Diabetes can run in the family, if you have a family member with diabetes, you have a genetic disposition to have diabetes. You inherit a predisposition to the condition and then something in your environment triggers it. Although there is a strong genetic predisposition, the risk is greatly increased when associated with lifestyle factors such as high blood pressure, overweight or obesity, insufficient physical activity, poor diet.

(https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/type-2-diabetes)
Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes
The symptoms of having type 2 diabetes are pretty basic and easy to tell if you have it, some of the symptoms include: Being excessively thirsty, passing more urine, feeling tired and lethargic, always feeling hungry, having cuts that heal slowly, itching, skin infections, blurred vision, gradually putting on weight, mood swings, headaches, feeling dizzy, leg cramps. (https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/type-2-diabetes) It is straight forward if you are getting type 2 and easy to tell. Some of the symptoms can be quite severe in some circumstances.

Incidence and lifestyle of Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is the epidemic of the 21st century and the biggest challenge confronting Australia’s health system. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 85% of all diabetes and is increasing. 280 Australians develop diabetes every day. That’s one person every five minutes, around 1.7 million Australians have diabetes. This includes all types of diagnosed diabetes (1.2 million known and registered) as well as silent, undiagnosed type 2 diabetes (up to 500,000 estimated). More than 100,000 Australians have developed diabetes in the past year. (https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/diabetes-in-australia) For every person diagnosed with diabetes there is usually a family member or carer who also ‘lives with diabetes’ every day in a support role. This means that an estimated 2.4 million Australians are affected by diabetes every day. Total annual cost impact of diabetes in Australia estimated at $14.6 billion.
Strategies to help remove or prevent Type 2
Type 2 diabetes, your pancreas is still working but not as effectively as it needs to. This means your body is building insulin resistance and is unable to convert glucose into energy leaving too much glucose in the blood. Type 2 diabetes can sometimes initially be managed through lifestyle change including a healthy diet, regular exercise and monitoring your blood glucose levels. Exercising helps the insulin work more effectively, lowers your blood pressure and reduces the risk of heart disease. Regular blood glucose monitoring tests tell you whether the treatment being followed is adequately controlling blood glucose levels or whether you need to adjust your treatment. But sometimes healthy eating and exercise is not enough to keep the levels down. Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition. As time progresses, the insulin becomes more resistant and the pancreas is less effective. (https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/managing-type-2) To help the pancreas convert glucose into energy, people with type 2 diabetes are often prescribed tablets to control their blood glucose levels.
Conclusion