Type 1 diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is insulin dependent and chronic condition where pancreas produces little or no insulin. We need sugar to enter in cells to produce energy for body. The major systems are affected are heart, nerves, kidneys, blood vessels, and eyes. The major cause of diabetes type 1 is unknown, but some studies shows that people own immune system is responsible for that. When immune system tries to fight with harmful bacteria and viruses and by mistake it destroys the insulin producing cells in the pancreas. It shows that genetics plays the important role and exposure the environmental factor and then may trigger the disease. Studies shows that if virus has same antigens like beta cells then
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Sign and symptoms of type 1 diabetes are increase thirst, frequent urination, extreme hunger, unintended weight loss, irritability and other mood changes, fatigue/ weakness, and blurred vision. Patient really has to up to date with doctor visit and needs to follow the instruction. If person really doesn’t care what he/she eats it can end up admitting in the hospital. There are some ways that person can manage the caring for type 1 diabetes. Patient should work on how to take insulin there many type of insulin could be prescribed ex. Rapid acting insulin, long acting insulin or intermediate. The main purpose is keeping the sugar level in normal range. Patients really should be work on diet, which is counting on carbohydrate. Patients should be on low fat, high fiber type of diets, which include fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Patients should be monitoring sugar four times a day before meals and bedtime. If the sugar is high which is out of range then there will be prescribed insulin needs to be …show more content…
If the blood sugar not controlled it affects person’s emotions by causing behavior changes. Diabetes type 1 really not curable, because 90 percent’s of cells is destroyed. Person should really focus on diet and exercise. Sometime people try to transplant but it doesn’t work 100 percent. There might be only one or two cases, which it works. It does seem very disturbance for the person who has type 1 diabetes because whole life changes and it affects on love ones too. I have seen many patients the place I worked has amputation because of diabetes. Amputation happens because a diabetic person has blood vessels disease, which reduces the blood flow to the legs or feet. It mostly happens the people who have type 1. Person should pay attention what type shoes he/she wears, not to put lotion between toes, not to walk barefoot. The most important is focus on diet, which really helps the blood sugar to be controlled and not to get more harmful to other body
Sign and symptoms of type 1 diabetes are increase thirst, frequent urination, extreme hunger, unintended weight loss, irritability and other mood changes, fatigue/ weakness, and blurred vision. Patient really has to up to date with doctor visit and needs to follow the instruction. If person really doesn’t care what he/she eats it can end up admitting in the hospital. There are some ways that person can manage the caring for type 1 diabetes. Patient should work on how to take insulin there many type of insulin could be prescribed ex. Rapid acting insulin, long acting insulin or intermediate. The main purpose is keeping the sugar level in normal range. Patients really should be work on diet, which is counting on carbohydrate. Patients should be on low fat, high fiber type of diets, which include fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Patients should be monitoring sugar four times a day before meals and bedtime. If the sugar is high which is out of range then there will be prescribed insulin needs to be …show more content…
If the blood sugar not controlled it affects person’s emotions by causing behavior changes. Diabetes type 1 really not curable, because 90 percent’s of cells is destroyed. Person should really focus on diet and exercise. Sometime people try to transplant but it doesn’t work 100 percent. There might be only one or two cases, which it works. It does seem very disturbance for the person who has type 1 diabetes because whole life changes and it affects on love ones too. I have seen many patients the place I worked has amputation because of diabetes. Amputation happens because a diabetic person has blood vessels disease, which reduces the blood flow to the legs or feet. It mostly happens the people who have type 1. Person should pay attention what type shoes he/she wears, not to put lotion between toes, not to walk barefoot. The most important is focus on diet, which really helps the blood sugar to be controlled and not to get more harmful to other body