Abstract:
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the last three decades the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has risen from 108 million to 422 million worldwide(Diabetes, 2016). Diabetes is a progressive disease in which the body is no longer able to properly absorb and process glucose molecules from the bloodstream, leading to a high accumulation of these sugar molecules within the bloodstream eventually impairing cell function. Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S in 2010, and per the Diabetes Association, these numbers may be underreported (Statistics About Diabetes, 2016). There are many who suffer from diabetes yet remain undiagnosed; individuals can remain asymptomatic for decades despite having the disease. If left untreated, diabetes can inevitably lead to complications of hypoglycemia, hypertension, peripheral neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, stroke, nephropathy, and diabetic retinopathy (Diabetes, 2016).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the last three decades the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has risen from 108 million to 422 million worldwide(Diabetes, 2016). Diabetes is a progressive disease in which the body is no longer able to properly absorb and process glucose molecules from the bloodstream, leading to a high accumulation of these sugar molecules within the bloodstream eventually impairing cell function. Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S in 2010, and per the Diabetes Association, these numbers may be underreported (Statistics About Diabetes, 2016). There are many who suffer from diabetes yet remain undiagnosed; individuals can remain asymptomatic for decades despite having the disease. If left untreated, diabetes can inevitably lead to complications of hypoglycemia, hypertension, peripheral neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, stroke, nephropathy, and diabetic retinopathy (Diabetes, 2016).