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Diabetes
Case #2
There has
been a 350-fold increase of type 1 diabetes in the past
50 years in Europe and North America. This autoimmune
disease usually strikes children and teens. Thirty-five
percent of individuals with type 1 diabetes will die of
heart disease by the age of 55. Eighty percent will
develop retinopathy within 15 years of diagnosis leading
to subsequent blindness. Twenty to forty percent will
develop kidney disease before the age of 50. In Case #4
we’ll experience symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment of
diabetes with six-year-old Ali.
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