Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cardiovascular Disease
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Guiding quesions for film: bad sugar (unnatural causes) This ilm examines the problem of type 2 diabetes among the pima naive indians (in arizona) within a. This ilm focuses on type 2 diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus. This form of diabetes is characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood and the body"s inability to regulate glucose levels properly. Type 2 diabetes can be managed through changes to lifestyle and medicaion. Undiagnosed or untreated diabetes can have serious short- and long-term complicaions. Diabetes afects many major organs, including your heart, blood vessels, nerves, eyes and kidneys. Long-term complicaions include cardiovascular disease, nerve damage, kidney damage, eye damage (potenial blindness), and foot damage (someimes requiring amputaion).