Articles tagged: type 1 diabetes causes
<< previous page 1 next page>> written by Dr John Anne Juvenile Diabetes
For many years, Type 1 Diabetes has been referred to as Juvenile Diabetes. Most often, the people who are diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes are children and young adults. Insulin is a natural hormone found in your body that helps the body to convert sugar, starches, and other foods into the energy that is needed to sustain life. written by tom alter The two major causes of diabetes is the body’s malfunction to produce enough of the insulin hormone, and secondly the body develops a resistance to insulin. written by tom alter We can call Type 1 diabetes an autoimmune disease in which the body destroys or damages insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Once those cells are destroyed, they won't ever create insulin again. This type of diabetes usually occurs under the age of 30 and often in childhood. << previous page 1 next page>> |