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Delta Modern Language Schools  Diabetes disease
Science department
Grade 6
1st term 2024- 2025

The function of endocrine system is to produce hormones that regulate
vital processes in the body.

Pnacrease                      • Its One of the organs of endocrine system that
                                 produces insulin hormone

    Insulin                    • regulates the amount of sugar that the body
hormone                          can use for energy

•Diabetes disease is one of the disorders of the endocrine system.

                                     pancreas is not work correctly

                               The body cant make/use insulin

Sugar stays in the blood and casuses many problems

So, these people must monitor the level of sugar in their

blood and not allow it to get too low or too high.

How to use technology to treat diabetes?
❶Diabetics must give themselves regular shots (doses) of insulin.

❷An insulin pump is a device attached to the body to help

diabetics control the blood sugar levels with automatic
injections of insulin.

Researchers are now working to develop an artificial
pancreas, so people infected with diabetes don't need the
external pump.

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