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johnhash451 ([info]johnhash451) wrote,
@ 2009-10-24 15:49:00

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Entry tags:diabetes mellitus type 1, diabetes type 1, hypoglycemia type 1, type 1 insulin dependent diabetes

Diagnosis Diabetes Type 1
Type one diabetes : Type one diabetes has effects on about 5 % of all folk who have diabetes.It is sometimes referred to as juvenile diabetes because there's a higher rate of diagnosis in kids between the ages of 10 and fourteen, but folk of any age group can develop type one diabetes. It may also be called insulin-dependent diabetes, because diabetes pills are ineffectual in treating the high blood glucose level ; these individuals require injections of insulin to control their blood glucose.

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Type 1 diabetes is a disease of dumb white blood cells. Normally, white blood cells are in charge of spotting foreign objects in our blood and then attacking these foreign objects with antibodies. In type 1 diabetes, the white cells think the beta cells of the pancreas do not belong there. A redness ensues and the white cells attack the beta cells. This eradication of beta cells can occur either extraordinarily quickly or slowly over a substantial period of time. When enough beta cells are lost, insulin deficiency develops and blood glucose levels begin rising.



This is especially common in African and Chinese northern Americans. In these racial groups, and in some other groups of people, there's doubtless another cause for the malfunctioning of the beta cells, but this reason hasn't yet been found.
The absence of enough insulin makes it hard for your body to use glucose for energy. If your body can't get glucose from your blood, it breaks down fats to supply energy to your cells. Ketone are normally removed from the blood by your kidneys and passed out of your body in urine. If not treated, this can lead to ketoacidosis, a very serious and life-threatening condition. This situation may lead to diabetic coma and death.
Your illness is most likely Type one if you develop diabetes before age 35, are lean, have a family history of diabetes treated with insulin and require insulin injections. These tests include measuring islet-cell antibodies ( the antibodies directed to destroying the islet cells ), C-peptide level ( a measurement of the amount of insulin being manufactured by the body ), and urine ketones. A positive islet-cell antibody test, a low C-peptide level, or the presence of ketones in the urine all suggest a diagnosis of type one diabetes.

If you have type 1 diabetes, you probably will require insulin to regulate your glucose. However the occasional person in the earliest stages of type 1 may still have some islet cells left that secrete enough insulin so that insulin injections are not yet confirmed. Still, because the person has type one diabetes, their white blood cells are still attacking their islets cells, and the insulin-making beta cells are slowly being destroyed. So, with time, insulin injections will become necessary. Ongoing clinical tests are currently looking at using injections of little dose of insulin early in this diagnosis phase as a kind of decoy.


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