Type II Diabetes Diabetes is a disease that effects many people all over the world. There are two types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Both types of diabetes are caused by a break down in the normal process of insulin production and usage. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that is used in the cells to take in sugar (Semple, 13). Insulin was first found in 1921 (Semple, 24). In Type I diabetes, the pancreas does not make insulin while in Type II, the pancreas makes insulin but the cells don't know how to use it. Because of the difference in the two types, Type I patients need insulin injections while Type II patients do not. Type II is more common than Type I as between 80 and 85 percent of diabetics have it. Type II infects over fifteen million Americans (Editorial, 26). First, I wanted to answer the question: How does a person get the disease? I found that it ....

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