Diabetes is a disease characterized by high levels of glucose or sugar in the blood. Increased sugar in the blood is the result of defects in insulin production or insulin the way the body is recyclable.

Complications of

Diabetes

can be dozens of other medical conditions like kidney failure, peripheral vascular disease, blindness, neuropathy, gum disease and heart disease.

Type 1 diabetesis Melitus due to inadequate production of insulin due to destruction of beta cells in the pancreas. Beta-cells are responsible for producing insulin which regulates blood sugar. Researchers have found that a combination of genetic and environmental factors that a person’s risk for developing type 1 diabetes to increase.

There is limited knowledge about the exact cause of type 1 diabetes, but researchers know that the body beta-cells in the pancreas due to defects of the immune system.

It is believed that Type 1

Diabetes Melitus

is caused when an environmental toxin or pathogen trigger the immune system to attack itself. Alternatively, the risk of type 1 diabetes if you suffer from hormonal problems such as hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s disease or Addison.

Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age but is most common in children and young adults. This type of diabetes, insulin injections made. Therefore, Type 1 diabetes is often referred to as insulin-dependent diabetes.

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