Diabetes Counts: 10/30/11

Friday, November 4, 2011

Type 1 Fun Night at CMU (aka. Parents Night Out)

You are Invited:

CMU Mavericks

Where?

Maverick Center / Hamilton Recreation Center

Colorado Mesa University - Room 156

We would like to invite Type 1's and their sibilings to come join the RN Students at CMU for a night of fun. Children 8-18 are encouraged to attend, below 8 will be taken on a room available basis. All children will need to RSVP for a correct food and fun count.

What will everyone be doing?!

Games

Visiting / Hanging out

Sporty Fun

Food and Drinks will be provided

No Parents

Have questions? Call Deb Bailey, Asst. Prof. RN, at 970-248-1772

RSVP on our web page, email us, or to Summer Turner @ 970-434-6223

Thanks so much to our sponsors:

JDRF and Funding from the Community Hospital Foundation

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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