Three Types of Diabetes
Filed under: General Diabetic Information
Millions of people in America are diagnosed with diabetes and not everyone has the same type of diabetes. It’s very important to know the differences if you have a love one who has been diagnosed or to get educated just in case you know someone who has complications from this disease.
There are three types of diabetes that one can be diagnosed with.
Type 1 diabetes (also known as juvenile diabetes)
Millions of children and adults in America have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (also known as juvenile diabetes). Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease that happens when the body’s pancreas is unable to produce insulin to control blood sugar (glucose) levels. Because it is a disorder of the body’s immune system, it affects the body from protecting itself from viruses, bacteria and other foreign substances, thus it is a dangerous disorder.
Diabetes is a chronic disease in which there is no cure. When the body’s immune system attacks and destroy beta cells in the pancreas. Beta cells are essential in producing insulin, a hormone that helps the body move the glucose contained in food to the cells which is then converted to energy.
But because the body is destroying the beta cells, it prevents the body from creating insulin and instead of glucose going into the cells, glucose stays in the blood and without any treatment, this can lead to serious damage to the body’s organs.
Symptoms of type 1 juvenile diabetes includes extreme hunger, extreme thirst, frequent urination, drowsiness or being lethargic, changes in vision, wounds or sores that heal slowly, having dry or itchy skin, losing feeling in the feet or having tingling I the feet, rapid weight loss and a sweet or wine-like odor in the breath and difficulties breathing.