An Arlington, Vancouver resident, Carey Hagan graduated from the University of Virginia and holds a bachelor of arts and master of arts in English literature. Carey Hagan served in the past as a librarian at the Fairfax County Public Library. She is interested in raising health awareness and promoting knowledge of conditions such as diabetes. Diabetes is a metabolic disease which results in high blood pressure. People with diabetes cannot produce enough of the hormone insulin or if they are producing it they cannot properly use it. The insulin hormone moves the sugar found in the blood into cells throughout the body to create energy. There are several types of diabetes such as type one, type two, and gestational diabetes. 10 percent of the people with diabetes have type one diabetes, which attacks the immune system and destroys cells from the pancreas. Type two diabetes happens to people that become resistant to insulin and in this way cannot move the sugar which builds up in blood. Gestational diabetes occurs to women that are pregnant and have high blood sugar, and is caused by hormones that block insulin.

1. Carey Hagan

2. An Arlington, Vancouver resident, Carey Hagan graduated from the
University of Virginia and holds a bachelor of arts and master of arts in
English literature. Carey Hagan served in the past as a librarian at the
Fairfax County Public Library. She is interested in raising health
awareness and promoting knowledge of conditions such as diabetes.

3. Diabetes is a metabolic disease which results in high blood pressure.
People with diabetes cannot produce enough of the hormone insulin or if
they are producing it they cannot properly use it. The insulin hormone
moves the sugar found in the blood into cells throughout the body to
create energy. There are several types of diabetes such as type one,
type two, and gestational diabetes.

4. 10 percent of the people with diabetes have type one diabetes, which
attacks the immune system and destroys cells from the pancreas. Type
two diabetes happens to people that become resistant to insulin and in
this way cannot move the sugar which builds up in blood. Gestational
diabetes occurs to women that are pregnant and have high blood sugar,
and is caused by hormones that block insulin.