https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw Made By Gracie en-us 2017-11-28 14:53:59 UTC 2023-02-18 17:24:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 15gshaw https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210932688 Type 1: With type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system attacks part of its own pancreas. Scientists are not sure why. But the immune system mistakenly sees the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas as foreign, and destroys them. This attack is known as "autoimmune" disease.]]> 2017-11-28 15:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210932688 15gshaw https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210934640 Type 2: People with type 2 diabetesmake insulin, but their cells don't use it as well as they should. Doctors call this insulin resistance. At first, the pancreas makes more insulin to try to get glucose into the cells. But eventually it can't keep up, and the sugar builds up in your blood instead.]]> 2017-11-28 15:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210934640 15gshaw https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210935987 A stroke is a brain attack. It happens when the blood supply to part of your brain is cut off. Blood carries essential nutrients and oxygen to your brain. Without blood your brain cells can be damaged or die. This damage can have different effects, depending on where it happens in your brain.]]> 2017-11-28 15:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210935987 15gshaw https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210937025 is an umbrella term used to describe progressive lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, refractory (non-reversible) asthma, and some forms of bronchiectasis. This disease is characterized by increasing breathlessness.]]> 2017-11-28 15:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210937025 15gshaw https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210938509 generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke. Other heart conditions, such as those that affect your heart's muscle, valves or rhythm, also are considered forms of heart disease.]]> 2017-11-28 15:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210938509 15gshaw https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210940495 HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the immune system, the body's natural defense system. Without a strong immune system, the body has trouble fighting off disease. Both the virus and the infection it causes are called HIV. ... But having HIV doesn't mean you have AIDS.]]> 2017-11-28 15:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210940495 15gshaw https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210943327 Hypertension (HTN or HT), also known as high blood pressure (HBP), is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms.]]> 2017-11-28 15:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210943327 15gshaw https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210944663 2017-11-28 15:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/15gshaw/fg3h8f6cz7vw/wish/210944663