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Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes type 1 is the most severe form of diabetes, or insulin-dependent diabetes. It’s sometimes called juvenile diabetes, because type 1 diabetes usually develops in children and teenagers, though it can develop at any age and can also cause some major health problems and issues in children and in adults. It mainly attacks the immune system of an individual.With type 1 diabetes, the body’s immune system attacks part of its own pancreas. Scientists are not sure why. But the immune system mistakenly sees the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas as foreign, and tends to destroys them. This attack is known as autoimmune disease. These cells are also called islets which are pronounced as eye lets and these are the ones that sense glucose in the blood and, in response, produce the necessary amount of insulin to normalize blood sugars in an individuals body. Insulin mainly serves as a “key” to open your cells, to allow the glucose to enter the body and allow an individual to use the glucose for energy. Without insulin, there is no major key behind this.So, the sugar stays and builds up inside in the blood cells. The result comes out of it is that the body’s cells starve from the lack of glucose. And, if it is left untreated, the high level of blood sugar can also damage eyes, kidneys, nerves, and the heart, and can also lead to coma and can lead to the death of an individual. The main therapy and medication to cure the type 1 diabetes is:- Insulin Therapy A person suffering with type 1 treats the disease by taking insulin injections as a part of medication.This outside source of insulin now serves as the key in bringing the glucose to the body’s cells. The challenge with this treatment is that it’s often not possible and an individual has no idea about how much insulin to take. The amount is based on many factors, including: Food Exercise Stress Emotions and general health Balancing Act

These factors fluctuate greatly throughout every day. So, deciding on what dose of insulin to take is a very complicated balancing for an individual that is involved. If you take too much, then your body burns excessive amount of glucose and your blood sugar can drop to a dangerously at a very lower level. This is a condition called hypoglycemia, which, if untreated, can be potentially life-threatening to an individual person. If you take too little insulin, your body can again be starved of the energy it needs, and your blood sugar can rise to a dangerously at a very higher level which is also termed as a condition named hyperglycemia. This also increases the chance of long-term complications for individual person.