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This 3 page paper explores the relationship between glucose and diabetes, and analyzes the way the author of an article on this subject presents her material. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Diabetes Forecast, a publication of the American Diabetes Association. Since the search was by subject, not by publication, this seemed like a reasonable article to examine, even though its not
from the "popular" press (Time, Newsweek, People, etc). It does however provide solid information about diabetes and the role glucose levels play in the disease process. Even more importantly, it
discusses reasons why people are resistant to using insulin even though its vital to their health that they do so. This is an intriguing subject. A diabetic doesnt produce enough
insulin: insulin is "a hormone that is needed to covert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life" (All about diabetes). Without sufficient insulin, blood glucose levels
in the body rise, creating difficulties; in severe cases, diabetes can lead to nerve damage, blindness and death (All about diabetes). Insulin is still the best treatment for the disease,
so resistance to the use of the drug is common, so much so that it has a name: "psychological insulin resistance (PIR)" (Gebel, 2008, p. 44). The reasons people
dont want to take insulin vary from person to person, but many are based on misconceptions; one man felt that beginning insulin injections would mean a loss of "freedom" and
he was also concerned about possible erectile dysfunction (Gebel, 2008). Others believe that insulin can cause weight gain; that injections are painful; that the treatments really dont work; that having
to take insulin at all means that the disease it out of control; and that insulin makes diabetes worse (Gebel, 2008). All of these assumptions are incorrect (Gebel, 2008).
Gebels article sets the record straight by explaining the facts about diabetes, including why insulin is necessary for all those with the disease. A person suffering from type 1 diabetes
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