Question

A person with type i diabetes cannot make insulin in the pancreas, and a person with untreated type ii diabetes does not respond to the insulin that is made in the pancreas. in either case, why would you expect to find glucose in theperson's urine

Answer 1

Insulin is a substance with the function of, apart from many other things, regulating the glucose levels in the blood. When sugar levels are low, the liver is responsible for secreting glucose into the blood. When sugar levels are high, insulin is secreted into to blood, in order to lower the sugar levels.

If in both types of diabetes insulin isn't managing to do it's job, it is absolutely logical to find glucose in the person's urine since it wasn't metabolised nor regulated.

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Answer 2

In type, I disease, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes, refers to a chronic situation in which the pancreas generates slight or no insulin at all. Insulin is a hormone, which is required to permit glucose to enter cells to generate energy.

Type II diabetes also called noninsulin-dependent diabetes, refers to a chronic situation, which influences the way the body metabolizes glucose. With type II, the body either does not generate sufficient insulin to sustain a normal level of glucose or resists the effects of insulin.

In either case, there is a high concentration of glucose in the urine of a diabetic person. With the absence of glucose carriers, a less concentration of glucose is conducted. Thus, a high concentration of glucose cannot be directed across and leaves a high amount to be discarded with the production of urine.