Type 1 DiabetesBy Eric Lopez

Period. 3

Standards2f Students know the role of chromosomes in determining an individual’s sex.

9f Students know the individual functions and sites of secretion of digestive enzymes (amylases, proteases, nucleases, lipases), stomach acids, and bile salts.

What is type 1 diabetes?

Dictionary Term: A disorder of the metabolism causing excessive thirst and the production of large amounts of urine.

Type 1 diabetes is when your pancreas can no longer produce insulin. When we ingest glucose (sugar) it enters our bloodstream, but this is not possible without insulin.

Insulin makes it possible for the cells to take in glucose. Without insulin our bodies can not receive energy and the body doesn’t grow, because the glucose can never enter our bloodstream. It is a metabolic disorder because it has to do with our digestive system and how it breaks down our nutrients, and this is how it relates to Diabetes.

Diabetes Free!People without diabetes have a functioning pancreas. This means that the pancreas is giving the right amount of insulin for the amount of food a person might eat. This means the body’s blood sugar level is decreasing by itself.

This happens every time a person without diabetes eats.

DiabetesType 1

Cure: None

Treatments: Insulin injections, food plans, checking blood sugar regularly, and daily exercise.

Age: 5- 25( Usually around this age but can occur at any age, even birth).

5%-10% of people with Diabetes have Type 1.

Pancreas produce little or no insulin.

Type 2Cure: There is not exactly a cure but with a health diet, healthy eating habits, and exercise diabetes can go away.

Treatment: Diet exercise, weight loss, and medication. Insulin may be used but it is not common.

Age: 26-up (Can happen to younger people, recently even children).

90%-95% of people with diabetes have type 2.

Body produces insulin but not properly.

How to prevent type 1 diabetes?There is no way to prevent type 1 diabetes, little is known about the disorder. What is known is that some factors that cause it are genetic and can be because of an exposure to a virus.

Doctors are unable to tell who will have it and who will not, but if a family member (parents or siblings) have it, the chances are increased for that entire family.

A mother and a father both give 23 chromosomes to their baby. From this we have the X and Y chromosome and the 23rd chromosome from dad determines the sex of the baby. If the y is present the baby is a boy. The Y chromosome gives characteristics, and so does the inactive type 1 diabetic gene. If one of the genes given to the baby is the gene that carries the type 1 diabetes disorder the child can grow up and be diabetic or the child may not. What this mean is that like the Y gives male traits to the baby, the type 1 diabetic gene can determine traits of the baby if the gene is active.

Type 1 DiabetesSome of the symptoms are:

Increased thirst and urination.Constant hungerExtreme weight lossBlurry visionExcessive tiredness

Symptoms of…High Blood Sugar

Tired

Increased Urination

Thirst

Weight Loss

Change in vision

Moodiness

Unable to concentrate

Tingling of the hands and feet

Low Blood Sugar

Irritability

Frustration

Sudden Crying

Extreme Tiredness

Confusion

Restlessness

Unusual Behavior

Seizures

Dazed appearance

Gradual ProblemsIf you have diabetes, many years later you will have more problems…

Heart and blood vessel disease

Nerve damage

Kidney damage

Eye damage

Foot damage

Skin and mouth conditions

Osteoporosis

Pregnancy complications

Hearing problems

DIABETES STATISTICS:In the USA - 200717.9m people are diagnosed with diabetes5.7m people are undiagnosed with diabetes57m people have pre-diabetes186,300 (0.22%) people under 20 have diabetes1 in every 400 to 600 under 20-year olds have Type 1 diabetes2m adolescents have pre-diabetes23.5m (10.7%) of those over 20 have diabetes12.2m of those over 60 have diabetes12m men (11.2%) have diabetes11.5m women (10.2%) have diabetes

American Diabetes Association

Some Facts

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/diabetes/

Some Facts (Cont.)

“Scientists do know that in most people with type 1 diabetes, their body's own immune system — which normally fights harmful bacteria and viruses — mistakenly destroys the insulin-producing (islet) cells in the pancreas.”

Sources

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/diabetes/

http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/endocrine/prevention.html#

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001350/

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/diabetes/

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http://www.diabeteshome.ca/symptoms-of-diabetes.php