Disease 1: Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes also known as insulin-dependent diabetes is a life-long disease, in which the pancreas produces no insulin.
Insulin is a hormone; that is needed to allow sugar(glucose) to enter the body cells to produce energy.
So in the instance where someone has Type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakenly destroys beta cells; insulin producing cells in your pancreas. That's what makes it an auto-immune condition.
When this happens, the body can't process glucose and so the sugars; glucose are left to circulate in your blood and that's how come there is high sugar content in the blood .
As we all know there are two types of diabetes; Type 1 and Type 2.; both quite different from each other. Take type 2 diabetes for example; here the body produces insulin, but its either too little or the body can't recognize and use the insulin properly; insulin resistance, but with Type 1; there is no insulin at all. Usually, type 2 diabetes is often associated with excess body weight, whiles Type 1 is not associated with this.
Did you also know that, type 2 diabetes affects about 90% percent more people than Type 1.
....Maybe Type 1 its not so bad after all.
One other difference between the two types is that for type 1 diabetes, the symptoms appear in shorter order; more quickly.
Some of these symptoms include:
- Excessive thirst and hunger
-Blurred vision
-Fatigue
-Unexplained weight loss
- Crankiness and mood changes etc
For many autoimmune diseases, the symptoms cross-relate and this makes it quite difficult to diagnose which particular A.I.D it is.
Sadly enough, the exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown and the cure in conjunction as well. Modern day research points out the cause to most probably be related to our genes and to environmental factors also. Exposure to viruses is also being considered as one of the causes.
In spite of this, there is still hope for people who have Type 1 diabetes. Their bodies lack insulin but now insulin is being produced externally; outside of the body and so they can be prescribed insulin, which they will inject themselves daily with . This is definitely stressful and painful and so they can try another alternative; using an insulin pump. For as long as the insulin is getting into their bodies, they are good to go.
All in all, people with type 1 diabetes and any other A.I.D can live a long, happy life, they just need to know well enough about their condition and how they can work around it.
Insulin is a hormone; that is needed to allow sugar(glucose) to enter the body cells to produce energy.
So in the instance where someone has Type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakenly destroys beta cells; insulin producing cells in your pancreas. That's what makes it an auto-immune condition.
When this happens, the body can't process glucose and so the sugars; glucose are left to circulate in your blood and that's how come there is high sugar content in the blood .
As we all know there are two types of diabetes; Type 1 and Type 2.; both quite different from each other. Take type 2 diabetes for example; here the body produces insulin, but its either too little or the body can't recognize and use the insulin properly; insulin resistance, but with Type 1; there is no insulin at all. Usually, type 2 diabetes is often associated with excess body weight, whiles Type 1 is not associated with this.
Did you also know that, type 2 diabetes affects about 90% percent more people than Type 1.
....Maybe Type 1 its not so bad after all.
One other difference between the two types is that for type 1 diabetes, the symptoms appear in shorter order; more quickly.
Some of these symptoms include:
- Excessive thirst and hunger
-Blurred vision
-Fatigue
-Unexplained weight loss
- Crankiness and mood changes etc
For many autoimmune diseases, the symptoms cross-relate and this makes it quite difficult to diagnose which particular A.I.D it is.
Sadly enough, the exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown and the cure in conjunction as well. Modern day research points out the cause to most probably be related to our genes and to environmental factors also. Exposure to viruses is also being considered as one of the causes.
In spite of this, there is still hope for people who have Type 1 diabetes. Their bodies lack insulin but now insulin is being produced externally; outside of the body and so they can be prescribed insulin, which they will inject themselves daily with . This is definitely stressful and painful and so they can try another alternative; using an insulin pump. For as long as the insulin is getting into their bodies, they are good to go.
All in all, people with type 1 diabetes and any other A.I.D can live a long, happy life, they just need to know well enough about their condition and how they can work around it.
