Causes of type 1 diabetes

The main reason of development of type 1 diabetes is the malfunctioning of the body’s immune system that destroys the beta cells of the pancreas which are called islet tissues. These cells produce insulin which controls the sugar level in the blood. In the absence of insulin, body is unable to control the level of sugar in the blood. Pancreas is able to adjust the amount of sugar in the blood by adjusting the production of insulin. When your pancreas is unable to produce insulin, that would be injected from an external source. The injected insulin would not be able to control blood sugar level as good as the pancreas does. This would result in a high or low bloodsugar level at any time.

The main reason for high blood sugar level include:

·         Lack of insulin in the body

·         Eating more food that what is required by the body

·         Stress and sickness or having some other infection specially with lack of food and water

·         Taking medicines for sleep and decongestants. These medicines the sugar level in the blood

·         The dawn phenomenon in which the blood sugar level rises in the morning

·         Body growth resulting in adolescence which is actually the result of hormone production

·         pregnancy.

Diabetic ketoacidosis is the condition when a person is not aware of his blood sugar level before it goes wrong. Body cells are unable to get energy from sugar because insulin is not available to take energy out of the glucose molecules. In this situation, the body starts breaking down fats and proteins of the body.

The main reasons of low blood sugar in the body include:

·         Taking more insulin than what is required by the body

·         Skipping meals when needed or delaying it

·         Doing more exercise than what is required for the body and not having enough food as is required with that exercise after doing that

·         Drinking excessive alcohol and that too with empty stomach

·         Taking medicines that affect the blood sugar level in the body

·         Start of the menstrual period also results in low blood sugar level

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Causes of type 1 diabetes

Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes develop within a shorter time ranging from a few day to weeks. The main reason is high blood pressure. These symptoms may be ignored at the start or mistaken for some other illness like flu.

Symptoms of type 1 diabetes resulting from high sugar level include

·         More urine at night. The reason for this is that kidneys are trying to get rid of excess sugar in the blood. They do this be getting rid of more water which result in excessive urine.

·         Weight loss – when you urinate excessively, you lose much of the body sugar through urine. The body does not retain enough sugar to get energy out of it as most if the sugar is released through urine. This results in body weight loss.

·         You often feel hungry because most of the energy providing sugar is not being utilized properly and is wasted through urine.

·         If sugar accumulates at the lens of your eye, the extra water from the eye is sucked. This contributes to changing the shape of the lens. As a result, the vision is blurred.

·         You feel tired very quickly because you are not getting enough energy to perform your activities. Not all the calories you take are utilized, as they need to be. As a result, you get tired even after a minor physical activity.

acidosis include flushed, dry skin, loss of appetite, belly pain and vomiting. A fruity breath odor also develops accompanied by rapid and deep breathing. Other symptoms include a condition of restlessness, drowsiness, difficulty in waking up, confusion. You lose interest in routine activities of life.  

Symptoms of type 1 diabetes that results from low sugar level in the blood include:

·         Sweating occurs repeatedly.

·         The body starts shaking.

·         You feel weakness.

·         You often feel hungry.

·         You are often confused while performing daily activities.

If you are not aware whether your blood sugar level is low, high or normal, that is a good time to have it checked. You need to check it on regular basis to be aware. This way you will be able to take remedial measures accordingly.

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What is Type 1 Diabetes?

Type 1 is more severe type of diabetes. Sometimes it is called ‘juvenile’ diabetes because usually it develops among children and teenagers, though persons of any age can have it. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system of the body is mistaken and sees the insulin producing cells in pancreas as foreign objects and destroys them. This disease is known as ‘autoimmune’. The typical cells of the pancreas called ‘islets’ are the ones that sense glucose in the blood. As a response, they produce required amount of insulin to normalize the amount of glucose in the blood.

Insulin is the main key to get out the energy out of glucose molecules. In the absence of insulin, the glucose stays in the blood and does not reach to every cell. As a result, the cells of the body do not get necessary glucose to get energy out of glucose and thus starve. If this condition is left un-attended, the sugar or glucose level in the blood increases. If this continues for long, this condition can damage the kidneys, nerves and the heart. This can further lead to coma and death in extreme conditions.

A person having type 1 diabetes tries to treat it by taking additional amount of insulin to treat excessive glucose in the blood. This outside source of insulin is the key that breaks up glucose molecules and the energy reaches to all the cells making the body possible to perform all life activities. One problem that the person suffering from type 1 diabetes often has is that he is not well aware how much amount of insulin is needed for his body on regular basis. Many factors are involved in the decision of amount of insulin. These factors include food, exercise, stress and general health. These factors fluctuate throughout the day that makes it hard to determine the amount of insulin to be taken every day. If you take too much insulin, major part of the glucose in your body will be utilized and blood sugar level will be decreased to a dangerous level. If untreated, this is life threatening.

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