Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a disease that anyone could take on whether they are male or female, young or old. When someone has too much sugar in their blood or not enough insulin that can result in developing T1D. It is important to live a healthy life or else you can end up living the rest of your life having to take a numerous amount of medication. When a child is diagnosed with T1D that means that their pancreas is not able to produce enough insulin to help the child stay alive. At a young age it can be very difficult for a child to adapt to the lifestyle. The child and the parents would have to also learn how to give the proper injections and always monitor blood sugar levels ( Mayo Clinic Staff. Type 1 Diabetes. April 1, 2014.
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One symptom that makes most diabetic patients gain weight is increased hunger. Increased hunger is caused when the body isn’t using all the calories it can, which causes hunger(Alemzadeh R, Ali O. Diabetes mellitus. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 583.). Another significant symptom is blurred vision. Blurred vision happens when sugar is built into the lens. Due to the sugar the lens start to change shape and people experience blurry vision. The last severe symptom is urinating numerous amounts of times. This symptom comes mostly at night and the cause is the kidneys that try to purge the blood by taking out sugar that is not needed(Eisenbarth GS, Buse JB. Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 32). When diabetic patients have to do this they lose a lot of water, and they have to replenish that water which causes them to urinate even …show more content…
One of the biggest treatments is the new pancreas transplant. Having a new healthy pancreas helps the daily side effects with diabetes and the sugar glucose is kept at a normal without having to take any insulin. Though this treatment can change lives for the better it can also have some bad qualities to it. One thing that can be harmful to the body with a new transplant is that the body doesn’t recognize the new organ so the immune system starts to attack it. There is also a drug all patients have to take in order to stay away from horrible diseases like cancer and bacterial
One symptom that makes most diabetic patients gain weight is increased hunger. Increased hunger is caused when the body isn’t using all the calories it can, which causes hunger(Alemzadeh R, Ali O. Diabetes mellitus. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 583.). Another significant symptom is blurred vision. Blurred vision happens when sugar is built into the lens. Due to the sugar the lens start to change shape and people experience blurry vision. The last severe symptom is urinating numerous amounts of times. This symptom comes mostly at night and the cause is the kidneys that try to purge the blood by taking out sugar that is not needed(Eisenbarth GS, Buse JB. Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 32). When diabetic patients have to do this they lose a lot of water, and they have to replenish that water which causes them to urinate even …show more content…
One of the biggest treatments is the new pancreas transplant. Having a new healthy pancreas helps the daily side effects with diabetes and the sugar glucose is kept at a normal without having to take any insulin. Though this treatment can change lives for the better it can also have some bad qualities to it. One thing that can be harmful to the body with a new transplant is that the body doesn’t recognize the new organ so the immune system starts to attack it. There is also a drug all patients have to take in order to stay away from horrible diseases like cancer and bacterial