Juvenile Diabetes
Because the person can no longer secrete adequate amounts of Insulin (if any), there is little ability to promote the uptake of Glucose (and, indirectly, fatty acids) into target cells. Cells starve—big trouble, not enough energy, organs don’t function right. (Location 1095)
- The circulating stuff gums up the blood vessels in the kidneys, causing them to fail. The same can occur in the eyes, causing blindness. Blood vessels elsewhere in the body are clogged, causing little strokes in those tissues and, often, chronic pain. With enough glucose in the circulation, it begins to stick to Proteins, begins to Velcro proteins together that have no business being connected, knocking them out of business. (Location 1098)
- First, the hormones of the Stress-Response cause even more glucose and fatty acids to be mobilized into the bloodstream. For a juvenile diabetic, this increases the likelihood of the now-familiar pathologies of glucose and fatty acids gumming up in the wrong places. (Location 1108)
- ==Stress promotes insulin resistance.== (Location 1114)
- But throw in some chronic stress, and suddenly insulin doesn’t work quite as well, causing people to feel terrible until they figure out that they need to inject more of the stuff…which can make cells even more resistant to insulin, (Location 1118)
- because different parts of the body regain their insulin sensitivity at different rates…. The perfectly balanced system is completely upended. (Location 1121)
- who had the strongest emotional reactions to an experimental stressor tended to have the highest blood glucose levels. (Location 1125)
- frequent stress and/or big stress-responses might increase the odds of getting juvenile diabetes, (Location 1131)
see also
Adolescence
Diabetes
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4 Stress Metabolism and Liquidating Your Assets
Created: 03-09-22 13:37