What Are the Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes, referred to as insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes, is a chronic health issue. Anyone suffering from this condition will have a pancreas either not producing insulin or making it in minute quantities. Insulin is a peptide hormone that helps glucose (blood sugar) enter the body cells to be used as an energy source. If there is no insulin, the body cells would not be able to take up glucose and therefore the sugars would begin to accumulate in the bloodstream. This results in high blood sugar which harms the body and leads to many of the symptoms and complications of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes can happen to anyone irrespective of their age, but usually, it develops in children, adolescents, and young adults. It is less commonly found than Type 2 diabetes-i.e. about 5-10% of diabetic individuals are diagnosed to be suffering from Type 1 diabetes. There is no definite cause of Type 1 diabetes. Medical researchers think it to be caused by an autoimmune react...