In the past I have written a number of articles on diabetes. Today I want to bring all this diabetes information together and give the topic an extensive write up. WHAT IS DIABETES? Diabetes mellitus (often abbreviated to simply diabetes) is a disease that develops when your blood glucose levels become extremely high because either: - Your body is not producing enough insulin. - Your body is not responding to insulin properly. In non-diabetic people the pancreas responds to high blood glucose levels by releasing insulin. Insulin allows your body's cells to take glucose from the … [Read more...]
Type 1 Diabetes Explained
Type 1 diabetes (also known as juvenile onset or insulin dependent diabetes) is when the body can no longer produce insulin (the hormone which helps your body to break down sugar/glucose) as a result of damage to the pancreas. It is a less common form of diabetes accounting for between 5% and 10% of all cases. However, type 1 diabetes can be lethal unless treated properly with insulin injections. The cause of type 1 diabetes is still not fully understood. The damage to the pancreas generally occurs as the result of an auto-immune response by the body, where the body's immune system turns on … [Read more...]