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Type 1 diabetes definiton, causes, symptoms, treatment, risk factors, prevention

 


Definition

Type 1 diabetes is a special type of diabetes of diabetes. It is a chronic condition. It occurs when your body’s blood sugar increases too high. When you have this problem, your pancreas stops to produce insulin which controls your body blood sugar. So, you need to take insulin every day from an external source. This type 1 diabetes is usually noticed in children and young people. This is why it can also be juvenile diabetes. It can develop in adults. Type 1 diabetes is not connected with age and overweight.

Causes

Insulin is a hormone which is produced by pancreas, controls your blood sugar. Your body cells use insulin as fuel. Insulin is essential to move glucose or blood sugar into your cells. Your cells stores these glucose and uses later according to their needs. When you are affected with type 1 diabetes, pancreas stops to produce insulin and therefore your body cells don’t get any sugar. Instead of going to cells, the sugar increases in blood. And this leads to type 1 diabetes. The main cause of this type of diabetes is unknown. An autoimmune disorder may be responsible for this. An autoimmune disorder is a condition when immune system mistakenly attacks and damages or destroys your healthy body tissues. Type 1 diabetes can also be developed from your parents, if they have.

Symptoms

The symptoms of type 1 diabetes both mild and major. The symptoms appear suddenly. The symptoms include:

  • Feeling more thirsty than previous or usual
  • Feeling tired all the time
  • A blurry vision
  • A lot of urination especially at night
  • Dry mouth
  • Vomiting and upset stomach
  • Feeling hunger a lot
  • Losing weight without diet or exercise though hunger feeling
  • Mood changes
  • Children’s bet wet who never wet bed at night

Treatment

Type 1 affected people may live long and healthy life. But you need to monitor your blood sugar levels. Your doctor may tell you a range in which your sugar level has to stay. You have to keep your sugar level within the range. The affected people need to inject insulin. At first, your doctor may tell you to inject two times a day. Later, your injection time may increase. You may exercise as well as go out for a walk. Monitor your blood sugar after doing any task to ensure what impact it keeps. If the level is going downwards, you can eat carbohydrates to increase. It is better to understand how every food affects your blood sugar level. This might be helpful to lead a happy life.

Risk factors

You’re a high risk of diabetes if you:

  • Are white
  • Are under 20
  • Have a sibling or parents with type 1 diabetes

Prevention

Actually there is no way to prevent type 1 diabetes. But researchers are working hard. They are working on the topic of preventing it and further damage of cells. If a person doesn’t have any symptoms, there is no way to test whether he has type 1 diabetes or not. But by testing antibody, type 1 diabetes can be identified in children, who have a high risk to develop type 1 diabetes, if they have any type 1 diabetes affected 1st degree relatives. They may be siblings or parents.

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