World Diabetes Day 2022 focuses on access to diabetes care. There are two main types of diabetes: type 1, where the body does not produce insulin, and type 2, where the body does not properly use insulin. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults and is not preventable. Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 90% of cases, is associated with risk factors like genetics, age, and inactivity. Without proper care, diabetes can lead to serious complications. Students with diabetes require access to snacks, bathrooms, diabetes equipment, and the ability to check blood sugar levels as needed.

2. World Diabetes Day 2022:
Access to Diabetes Care
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3. Diabetes

4. Definition:
 “A metabolic disease in
which the body’s inability
to produce any or enough
insulin causes elevated
levels of glucose in the
blood.”

5. Types of diabetes:
Type 2
Type 1

6. Type 1 diabetes:
 Also known as juvenile diabetes
 Usually diagnosed in children and young adults
 When body’s own immune system destroys the insulin
producing cells of the pancreas – beta cells – which
produce insulin
 Only 5% of people have this disease
 Body does not produce insulin
 Is not preventable
 No primary intervention
 Causes?
 Predisposition to diabetes – genetics - and
something (i.e. weather, virus ... etc ) in
environment triggers the disease

7. Symptoms of type 1
Diabetes:

8. Type 2 diabetes:
 Most common form of diabetes –
about 90% of cases
 Used to be called adult onset, non
insulin dependent diabetes
 Body produces insulin, but does not
use it properly
 glucose doesn’t move into cells,
they pile up in the bloodstream
 sx’s when they do occur are often
ignored because they may not seem
serious

9. Risk factors:
 Genetics
 Family Past Medical History
 Race
 African Americans, Hispanics and Asians > whites
 Age
 After age 45, but increases in younger adults and
children
 Environmental factors
 Inactivity
 Weight gain

10. Complications for uncontrolled diabetes:

11. How to monitor your diabetes:

12. Needs of Students with Diabetes
.
•Unrestricted access to emergency
snacks and bathrooms.
•To eat on time and have adequate time to
finish meals.
•Access to diabetes equipment (e.g. blood
glucose meter) and be permitted to check
blood sugar levels and respond to the
results anywhere at anytime.
•Be able to contact their parents as
needed to manage their diabetes

14. Global prevalence:

16. Any Questions?