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I UZ DIJABETES UŽIVAMO U ŽIVOTU
About the book I UZ DIJABETES UŽIVAMO U ŽIVOTU
Dijabetes - medicinski poznat i pod nazivom diabetes mellitus - je skupina bolesti koje utječu na način na koje tijelo koristi šećer u krvi (glukozu). Taj je šećer bitno važan za vaše zdravlje, jer je glavni izvor goriva za organizam.
U normalnim okolnostima glukoza ulazi u stanice zbog djelovanja inzulina - hormona kojega izlučuje gušterača. Inzulin djeluje poput ključa koji otvara mikroskopska vrata da bi glukoza mogla ući u stanice. No, kod diabetesa mellitusa ovaj se proces odvija naopako. Umjesto da se prenosi u stanice, glukoza se nakuplja u krvotoku i na kraju se izlučuje u mokraću. To se obično događa kada tijelo ne proizvodi dovoljno inzulina ili stoga što stanice ne reagiraju na inzulin pravilno.
Od dijabetesa boluje više ljudi nego ikada prije. Bolest pogađa milijune odraslih i djece, od kojih gotovo trećina i ne zna da ju ima. To je stoga što se šećerna bolest može razvijati postupno tijekom godina, nerijetko bez simptoma.