My topic

My main topic is: What happens to people that have Diabetes, and how do we recognize each type and fight this disease? I believe that these things are very important to know and because Diabetes is very common in today's world it gets looked over. I believe that because this disease is so wide spread, it should not be looked over. Instead, we should educate people in the different forms, how to recognize the symptoms, and how to fight the disease while having it and without it. I am interested in this topic for a few reasons. First, I have three people in my family with the disease that all got it in different points in their life. My dad got his type 1 Diabetes when he was a 20 year old college student. My little cousin, now 17, got his when he was born. Lastly, my Aunt was just diagnosed a few months ago with Type 2 Diabetes and she is about 47 years old. I am adopted so I have no idea if I have the gene for this disease or not, but I have seen what it can do and it is scary. This brings me to my second and final reason. I have seen my dad have what we call "reactions". These are scary times when his sugar gets to low (it can also happen when sugars are too high). He goes through a few stages. When you first notice him having the onset of a "reaction" he starts walking slow, talking in circles, and he repeats actions and words over and over again. When we notice this, we immediately try to give him food to bring up his blood sugar. We usually use a banana or orange juice with sugar. He usually refuses to realize he has a problem and will refuse the food. Next, he starts stumbling around and eventually reverts back to an infintile state. When this happens, he no longer understands what he is doing and won't remember any of it when he finally snaps out of it. Sometimes, he will be able to recall my moms name or my name and will shout it pretty menicingly. Other times he will talk about some sport and say something extremely funny that we laugh at later. This is about what I call the third stage. We usually get him out of it after this stage but there have been times where we werent able to. The next stage, he starts moaning and he starts using the "baby" way of rufusing food (which is turning his head away from it). Speech is usually out of the question and he can get very physical. He can't walk at this stage and there have been a few times where he has rolled straight off the bed or almost fell down the stairs. Its extremely scary for me and my mom and I know he hates putting us through this. At this stage, if he gets there, we call 911. Things like "reactions", I believe people need to know about. This disease is very real and very scary both to the persons family and to the person. It is also becoming more common in younger generations who do not understand the extent of the disease. I feel this is a very important topic and my audience will be meant for high school age to college age kids without this disease. I want to go through my personal experience with my dad and I also want to do a lot of research on the different forms of the disease. I want kids to know how to prevent it, and I want them to understand how to handle it if they ever got it. I want them to be able to recognize the signs and I want them to be able to fight it if they can.