Diabetes Counts

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Join us for...

Type 1 Fun Night at

Colorado Mesa University

(a.k.a. Parents Night Out)

The Fun Stuff: Where?

Games Colorado Mesa University
Sports Maverick Center, Room 163
Food Friday, February 10th
Type 1 Athletes Drop-off between 5-5:30pm
No Parents Pick-up between 8:30-9pm

Information:

All Adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their siblings are invited to a night of fun. Adolescents 8-18 are encouraged to attend, children under 10 will be taken on a room-available basis.

-Parents-

There will be Certified Nurses as well as Certified Diabetic Educators and nursing students on staff for the event.

-Students, Kids, Teens-

This is a free event where you can come hang out and have a good time so we look forward to seeing you there!

To R.S.V.P. -
Summer Turner (970) 434-6223 or DCCGJT@gmail.com
Questions? Contact Debra Bailey at (970) 248-1772

We would like to thank Community Hospital Foundation, JDRF, and Colorado Mesa University for their support in putting together this event.

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What is Type 1 Diabetes?

Diabetes (medically known as diabetes mellitus) is the name given to disorders in which the body has trouble regulating its blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels. There are two major types of diabetes: type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, also called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a disorder of the body's immune system -- that is, its system for protecting itself from viruses, bacteria or any "foreign" substances. A third form of diabetes called monogenic diabetes, is sometimes mistaken for type 1 diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body's immune system attacks and destroys certian cells in the pancreas, an organ about the size of a hand that is located behind the lower part of the stomach. These cells -- called beta cells -- are contained, along with other types of cells, within small islands of endocrine cells called the pancreatic islets. Beta cells normally produce insulin, a hormone that helps the body move the glucose contained in food into cells throughout the body, which use it for energy. But when the beta cells are destroyed, no insulin can be produced, and the glucose stays in the blood instead, where it can cause serious damage to all the organ systems of the body.

For this reason, people with type 1 diabetes must take insulin in order to stay alive. This means undergoing multiple injections daily, or having insulin delivered through an insulin pump, and testing their blood sugar by pricking their fingers for blood six or more times a day. People with diabetes must also carefully balance their food intake and their exercise to regulate their blood sugar levels, in an attempt to avoid hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) and hypergylcemic (high blood sugar) reactions, whick can be life threatening.

This and more, like the signs of type 1 diabetes, can be found on the JDRF website @ http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=101982

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