Diabetes - 4 Answers
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type 1 there is no insulin production so insulin therapy is required. Insuling Dependent type 2 there is little insulin production, insulin may or may not be needed. Can be fixed with diet and exercise.
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Type 1 Diabetes is caused by the failure of an internal organ called the Pancreas. this organ produces insulin. When the organ fails, there is no insulin, and the patient is in danger of dying unless they take insulin injections every day for the rest of their life. Type 2 Diabetes is caused by being overweight. This comes from eating to much and not exercising enough. In Type 2 diabetes, the pancreas is probably still working, but it cannot produce ENOUGH insulin for all that fat! Treatment for Type 2 diabetes is controlling the diet, especially cutting out sugars and carbohydrates, get a LOT more exercise, and losing weight. Sometimes, some medicinal help is needed until the patient learns a better lifestyle. the GOAL of managing Type 2 Diabetes is to get the patient to lean how to eat properly, exercise more, and control their weight. if the patient is successful at this, then the medications can be eliminated.
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Gary B said it nicely, but I would like to add and correct a few things: Type 1. The pancreas is working just fine for a diabetic (for the most part) and only the Beta cells are destroyed by ones own immune system. That can be from various causes (I for example got that as a chickenpox complication). The risk for immediate death isn't all that high and you will 100% notice the increase of BG levels in time to act on it due to excessive thirst and urination followed by puking, headache and sweating. Type 2 makes insulin like normal, but it's either not enough for fat or the organism becomes somewhat resistant to insulin and cannot use it effectively on it's own. That is treated by medicine that boosts the organisms insulin intake. You can get it from obesity and lack of exercise or sometimes in old age. This can also evolve into a insulin dependant type 2 diabetes.
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Type I: Yes, insulin dependent... seems to often be due to an immune sequel reaction to Coxackie Virus B4. Plus, certain other HLA/MHC genes have been shown to confer increased risk of development of type I. Type II: Non Insulin Dependent... Yes being overweight is a very common cause of this form of diabetes but it IS NOT the only thing that matters although most people are lead to believe this one condition (obesity) invariably causes the other (diabetes). The fact is there are genetic defects and markers, about 20 genes identified so far and some 140 mutations, which lend people to develop type II diabetes. Most of these gene defects are in genes coding for GLUT channels 2 and 4. GLUT 2 is found mostly in your liver and pancreatic cells and doesn't require insulin to transport glucose into the cells, GLUT 4 which is commonly found in muscle and adipose cells DOES need insulin to function. Try to maintain proper diet and exercise, but never believe that living a healthy lifestyle is a 100% safeguard from all the different disorders humans develop because it just decreases risk... it never eliminates it all together.
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