Type 1 Diabetes Term Paper

Type 1 Diabetes

Diabetes has been among the illnesses that need rigid and proper attention to maintain the normal condition of the patient's body. Among the stages and types of diabetes, type 1 diabetes is the illness type that usually hits both the young and adults. This disease is preventable though. However, if the health condition of the patient with type 1 diabetes is not properly managed, the risk to serious complications such as heart ailments, damage in kidney and nerve, blindness, and many others, is high.

In any kind of illnesses, it is essential that one acquire enough information to prevent from getting or developing a disease. In view of this, in relation to type 1 diabetes, this paper finds it important to discuss the pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes. This paper aims to provide useful information on the following.

History of Type 1 Diabetes

Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes

Treatments to Type 1 Diabetes

Current/Near future diabetes research

Cures on the horizon

History of Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes was recognized in 1951 as a type of diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes is an insulin-dependent type in which the body needs insulin injections as alternative to insulins that the body is unable to produce. Insulin was already invented long before Type 1 Diabetes has been recognized. The first insulin was discovered in 1921 by Dr. Frederick Banting. However, through time, insulin was improved. In 1922, the testing of insulin on human was conducted in which the treatment became a success after a month. In the same year, insulin was mass- produced by Eli Lilly and Company and the University of Toronto.

Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas is unable to produce enough amount of insulin that the body needs.Our body uses glucose as source of energy. For our body to use glucose, it needs insulin. When the body is unable to produce enough insulin, the glucose that is supposed to be a source of energy builds in our bloodstreams, causing negative effects such as high blood. The condition in which the body contains too much amount of glucose is also known as hyperglycemia.

The lack of insulin may affect the body that may cause the following symptoms to develop.

Frequent urination

Incessant feeling of thirst

Feel tired

Abnormal eyesight or vision

Weight loss in spite of a normal appetite

Mood swings

Sores, cuts, and bruises that heals slow.

Aside from the above symptoms, a patient with Type 1 diabetes may always feel fatigue and may be vulnerable to other diseases.

Type 1 Diabetes Treatments

According to experts, the most effective way to treat Type 1 Diabetes is to control the amount or glucose in our body. Maintaining a regular visit to a physician is important to facilitate the process of determining the present condition of one's body. Self-monitoring of glucose is also a regular habit to Type 1 Diabetes patients. Though patients of this disease are in high risk of acquiring other diseases, the disease is still preventable as long as the patient takes all the necessary precautions.

Patients of Type 1 Diabetes need to take insulin injections everyday. According to studies, 3 times of insulin injection per day can help in reducing the patient's risk to other diseases. Foot sores is also a risk that a patient may suffer from Type 1 Diabetes. When not attended seriously, this can lead to an amputation.....