What is Diabetes?
Type 1 Diabetes
Previously called juvenile onset diabetes or IDDM (Insulin
Dependent Diabetes Mellitus)
Who gets type 1 diabetes?
- One out of ten people with diabetes has type 1 diabetes.
- A genetic trait must be present to get type 1 diabetes.
- People with type 1 diabetes are usually thin or normal
weight
- under the age of 30 when diagnosed
How does it happen?
- The cells in your pancreas that make insulin are destroyed.
- Your pancreas is no longer able to make insulin.
- You develop the symptoms that go along with high blood
glucose and get sick fast.
When you have type 1 diabetes:
- Your pancreas no longer makes insulin.
- Your body must have insulin to use glucose in the food
for energy.
- You must take daily injections (shots) of insulin.
- If you don't have enough insulin, your body will use
stored fat for energy. Stored fat is not a good
fuel source for energy.
- When fat is broken down because there is not enough insulin,
ketones build up in the blood.
- Ketones are a by-product of fat breakdown.
- Ketones cause the blood to be acid. This causes
you to be very sick (diabetic ketoacidosis).
- You can test your urine or blood for ketones to see if
ketoacidosis is present.
- You can control type 1 diabetes by taking daily insulin,
following a meal and exercise plan, and monitoring the blood
glucose routinely.
What is Diabetes? |
Type 1 Diabetes |
Type 2 Diabetes |
Taking Diabetes on the Road
Complications of Diabetes
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