CAUSES OF DIABETES MELLITUS - TYPE 1 DIABETES

Causes of diabetes mellitus diabetes

mellitus is classified into four broad

categories type 1 type 2 gestational

diabetes and other specific types the

other specific types are a collection of

a few dozen individual causes diabetes

is a more variable disease than once

thought and people may have combinations

of forms the term diabetes without

qualification usually refers to diabetes

mellitus causes of diabetes mellitus

type 1 type 1 diabetes mellitus is

characterized by loss of the info and

producing beta cells of the islets of

Langerhans in the pancreas leading to

insulin deficiency this type can be

further classified as immune-mediated or

idiopathic

the majority of type 1 diabetes is of

the immune-mediated nature in witchetty

the cell-mediated autoimmune attack leads to

the loss of beta cells and thus

influence it causes approximately ten

percent of diabetes mellitus cases in

North America and Europe most affected

people are otherwise healthy and of a

healthy weight when onset occurs

sensitivity and responsiveness to

influence are usually normal especially

in the early stages, type 1 diabetes can

affect children or adults but with

traditionally termed juvenile diabetes

because a majority of these diabetes

cases were in children brittle diabetes

also known as unstable diabetes for

label diabetes is a term that was

traditionally used to describe the

dramatic and recurrence clean and gain

coast levels often occurring for no

apparent reason in insulin-dependent

diabetes this term however has no

biologic basis and should not be used so

type 1 diabetes can be accompanied by a

regular and unpredictable high blood

sugar levels frequently with ketosis and

sometimes the serious low blood sugar

levels other complications include an

impaired counter regulatory response to

low blood sugar infection gastroparesis

which leads to erratic absorption of

dietary carbohydrates an endocrinologist

eg Addison's disease these phenomena are

believed to occur no more frequently

than in 1% to 2% of persons with type 1

diabetes several viruses have been

implicated but to date, there is no

stringent evidence to support this

hypothesis in humans

among dietary factors data suggests that

gliadin a protein present in gluten may

play a role in the development of type 1

diabetes but the mechanism is not fully

understood.