Type One Diabetes
Disease Identification
Your hearts, blood vessels, nerves, kidneys, eyes, feet, skin, and mouth can all be affected by type one diabetes.
Explanation of Imbalance
In type one diabetes your body doesn't produce insulin or produces little insulin. It is when the body gets glucose from food, but the lack of insulin means that glucose can't get into the cells. This results In high blood sugar and health problems it affects major organs.
Diagram of Type 1 Diabetes
Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2
There are two types of diabetes, type one and type two. Type one is found in younger ages and is incurable. Type two is found in all ages and can be cured with diet changes and exercise. In type one insulin isn't or little is produced, but in type two insulin is produced the cells just don't accept it.
What happens during Type 1 Diabetes
This diagram helps show what occurs during type one diabetes. First the stomach changes food into glucose. Second the glucose enters the bloodstream. Meanwhile the pancreas makes none or little insulin. Then the little or none insulin enters the bloodstream. Finally, glucose builds up in the bloodstream resulting in problems in major organs.
Healthy vs Diabetic
Healthy people's pancreas creates insulin while their stomach coverts food to glucose, a diabetic's pancreas is unable to produce insulin causing glucose to build and block the bloodstream (high blood sugar).
"Diabetes is a common metabolic disease in which lost the proper regulation of blood sugar, it happens because of too much sugar in cells, lack of exercise, etc.” -Prof. Dr. Robert Hess
Symptoms of the Disease
Type one diabetes can cause excessive thirst, fatigue, hunger, sweating, excessive urination, nausea, fast heart rate, sleepiness, weight loss, and head aches.
Treatment
Type one diabetes is incurable, but monitoring your diet and exercise can help maintain normal blood sugar levels.
Email: typeone@diabetes.com
Website: www.diabetes.com
Location: Penn State Hershey Medical Center: Lynch Scott A MD, Hope Drive, Hershey, PA, United States
Phone: 8000000000
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