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There is excessively much glucose in the blood and not sufficient cells in the body. A lot of the symptoms of type 1 and type-2 diabetes are alike. Glucose levels are high in Type-I diabetes are due to the short of insulin since the cells that generate insulin are destroyed.

Type-2 diabetes develops when the body’s cells turn out to be resistant to insulin formed. In both cases, the cells do not get the glucose they require, and your body lets you know by giving you these signs and symptoms.

Numerous trips to the toilet: Urinate more often when there is excessively much glucose in the blood. If insulin is absent or ineffective, the kidneys can not filter up-to-the-minute glucose in the blood.

They become beset and try to take more water from the blood to dilute the glucose. This goes on your bladder full and keeps them running to the toilet.

Unappeasable thirst: If you experience like you can not get as much as necessary water and you drink more than normal, could be a sign of diabetes, particularly if it seems to go hand in hand with numerous urination.

If your body will do the surplus water from the blood and you’re running to the toilet more, you become dehydrated and sense the call for to drink more to restore water lost. Read the rest of this entry »

The pancreas is an elongated but tapered glandular organ located in upper abdomen and lies behind the stomach. The pancreas is responsible for producing digestive juices containing enzymes which are essential for proper digestion and hormones like insulin and glucagons which regulate the glucose level in the blood.

The pancreas has two functional components: –

1. The endocrine part which produce and secretes hormones into the blood stream

2. The exocrine part which produce digestive juices

Acinar cells are outward or exocrine cells.

Pancreatitis: – Pancreatitis is the inflammation of the pancreas. It may be acute or chronic. Both acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis can be severe and even life threatening.

Acute Pancreatitis: – It is an acute inflammatory process of the pancreas in which peripancreatic tissue or remote organ systems may also be involved.

Pancreatitis Causes: -

1. Gall Stone

2. Some types of drugs

3. Use of excessive alcohol

4. Chronic hypercalcemia

5. Toxins (e.g. Scorpion venom)

6. Infections such as mumps, tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis etc.

7. Abdominal trauma

8. Peptic ulcer or other duodenal disease

9. Cystic fibrosis

10. Pancreatic tumor

11. Ischemia from bye pass surgery

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