DIABETES TYPE 1

Diabetes Type 1

Diabetes Type 1

Introduction

In recent decades diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases all over the world. The disease has several types and it is now found in people of several age groups. Diabetes is a disease that rises due the blood sugar levels due to which insulin is made in a body or the body is unable to effectively utilize the insulin generated in the body. Insulin is a hormone that controls the glucose level in the body. People who have weaker or lesser insulin hormones are unable to control the glucose level in the blood and thus they become patients of diabetes. The following report will take into consideration the causes or the pathology of the diabetes diseases. It will also consider the factors that lead to the diseases, symptoms of the diabetes diseases and will take into consideration experiences of the patients who availed the opportunity to overcome the diabetes disease.

Discussion

Diabetes is the resultant of two consequences firstly when the body is unable to make enough insulin and the second consequence is when the body is unable to utilize the insulin in an individual's body. Thus this diseases is not only complicated but the patients of diabetes needs special care in order to control or overcome the diseases of diabetes. Diabetes is not limited to certain age groups and this is the reason that today individuals either 6 years old or 60 years old can have the problem of diabetes diseases. (www. type1diabetes.about.com)

There are currently two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The individuals who are patients of type 1 diseases are the ones whose body makes very little or almost no insulin. When an individual has no or very less insulin hormones than the glucose is unable to enter the cells that could generate energy and thus it remains in the blood. The large amounts of glucose in the blood lead towards hyperglycaemia which means high blood sugar. The second type of diabetes is type 2 where the body is unable to utilize the insulin created in the body. Thus the glucose level increases in the body and the person becomes less energetic.

The report will take into consideration type 1 diabetes is often created due to autoimmune conditions in the body. The type 1- diabetes is mostly found among the people who are under 30 years and it is also found among the older adults of the society. Many medical experts have given type 1 diabetic the name of juvenile diabetes or the early onset diseases because it is created in the body during the teenage of an individual. The type 1 diabetic patient ratios are equally divided among the male and female gender groups. In Northern America there are only 5 % to 10 % people who have the type 1 diseases. On the other hand around 2.9 million of the people are today affected by the diseases of ...