Friday, July 24, 2009

What is Diabetes Type 1

Diabetes Type 1 is known as insulin-dependent mellitus (IDDM) is an autoimmune disease which means the body’s immune system destroyed certain pancreatic cells, and no longer able to produce insulin, thus the blood sugar cannot convert into energy. Insulin injections are therefore the course of treatment.

Diabetes Type 1 is a serious chronic disorder which usually develops in childhood or adolescence, but can also occur in adulthood. Approximately 15% of all people with diabetes have Type 1.

In Type 1 Diabetes, insulin is unable produced by your body, glucose cannot be converted into energy and absorbed by the cells, and thus causing high blood sugar. High blood sugar level can cause serious long term health problems, such as kidney failure and cardiovascular. This type of Diabetes is fatal unless the patient regularly injects insulin which keeps the blood sugar level within the normal ranges. Some patients even have their beta cells replaced through a pancreas transplant and produce their own insulin again.

Type 1 Diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes or childhood diabetes as people who become diabetes Type 1 are normally during childhood. But it can also develop after the age of 18. It is extremely rare to develop Type 1 after the age of 40.

Type 1 Diabetes is an inherited disease, thus people with a family history of it are at greatest risk. For example, if you have an identical twin with Type 1, then you will have a 50% chance of getting it. If you have a sibling with the disorder, then you will have 5%-10% chance of developing it. In addition, white people of north European heritage are more likely to develop Type 1 than the members of other racial and ethnic groups.

Type 1, unlike Type 2, is not preventable. Most of the diabetics of Type 1 are normal weight and are otherwise healthy during onset. According to several clinical trials, it have shown that exercise and diet cannot reverse Type 1, as the person has lost his/her insulin-producing beta cells.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

What is Diabetes


Diabetes has been a recognized condition for more than 3,500 years. The percentage of people suffering from diabetes is increasing rapidly these day, many medical authorities are referring to it as an epidemic. Nowadays, Diabetes has affected over 150 million people in the world.

Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is classed as a chronic metabolism disorder. Metabolism is the way that our bodies transform the digested food into energy supplying for our daily functions. Most of what we eat is broken into glucose which is a type of blood sugar for our bodies. When the food digested, the glucose transfers into our bloodstream and our cells use the glucose for energy and growth. Without insulin, glucose cannot enter into our cells. Insulin is a hormone that is produced by pancreas. An adequate quantity of insulin is released automatically by the pancreas to move the glucose present in our blood into the cells and thus lowers the blood sugar level.


A person with diabetes, his/her body is unable to break down glucose into energy. If your body does not produce enough insulin, produces no insulin or when your cells do not respond appropriately to the insulin that the pancreas produces, and you are diagnosed as diabetic. The excess blood glucose is eventually passes out of the body in urine. Therefore, though the blood has plenty of glucose, it cannot be used to provide essential energy and growth requirements by the body cells.


There are three main types of diabetes, Diabetes Type I, Diabetes Type II and Gestational Diabetes. The difference between Type 1 and Type 2 is:


=>Diabetes Type I: the body is unable to produce any insulin, and it is usually started in childhood or young adulthood. Diet control and insulin injections are needed to treat with;


=>Diabetes Type II: there is not enough insulin produced or insulin produced by the body does not function properly. This type diabetes tends to affect older people and usually occur for age over 40.


=>Gestational diabetes only occurs during pregnancy. Some women have high blood glucose level and their bodies cannot produce enough insulin to absorb it. In most case, this diabetes develops in the second half stage of pregnancy and disappears after the baby is born. However, some women are likely to develop the Diabetes Type 2 later in life.


Diabetes usually defined as can’t be cured or poorly managed. It also leads to serious long-term complications, including kidney failure, amputation and blindness. Addition, having diabetes increases your risk of cardiovascular. However, treatments are the effective and important way to treat with the Diabetes. If diabetics have proper treatment and blood sugar control, they can have a normal and happy life.

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