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Diabetes Mellitus Type 1- Symptoms, Causes and
Treatment.

Special areas in the pancreas gland, the islets of Langerhans, produce a hormone
called insulin. This hormone is a protein of small size. Insulin stimulates muscle cells
and other body cells to take up glucose from the blood and convert the glucose to
glycogen, a kind of starch, and then store the glycogen. By need the body cells
convert the glycogen to glucose and use it as fuel. In this way insulin keeps the
glucose level in the blood at a normal size.

By diabetes type I the cells producing insulin are destroyed. Then less glucose is
taken up from the blood into the body cells and utilized there, and glucose
accumulates in the blood.

THE CAUSES AND MECHANISMS OF DIABETES TYPE I

The cause of the disease is not well known. An auto-immune response attacking the
insulin producing cells in the langerhansian islets may be a cause. Virus infection
may be another cause. The disease also is to some extend inherited.

When the glucose uptake into the body cells is reduced, but glucose instead
accumulates in the blood, the following physiological effects occur:

-The body cells do not get enough fuel for the work they shall do. -The molecular
thickness (osmality) of the blood increases. This causes water to be pulled out from
the body tissues and into the blood. The tissues thus get dried out and the urine
production increases. -The tissues begin to break down protein and fat to get energy,
causing weight loss and muscular reduction.

The symptoms of diabetes type 1 are a consequence of these mechanisms.

SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES TYPE 1

The disease often starts suddenly. Often children or young people are attacked by
the disease. The lack of insulin causes an increased amount of blood sugar. Early
symptoms of the disease are:

-Increased urine production

-Dehydration (lack of water in the body)

-Abnormally high thirst as a consequence of increased urine production

-Dryness in the mouth

-An abnormal high appetite

-Feeling extremely tired and weak

-Weight loss, even when one eats well

-Impaired vision

If the blood sugar level is not stabilized to a normal value, there will be an
accumulation of chemicals in the body called ketones, and this condition is called
diabetic ketoacidosis. This serious condition can lead to coma and death. The signs
of ketoacidosis are:

-Vomiting,

-Pain in the stomach

-Rapid breathing,

-High pulse rate

-Somnolence (abnormal tendency to sleep)

In the long term, diabetes type 1 can severely hurt the blood vessels in vital organs.
This can further cause damage to the heart, eyes, kidneys or other body organs.

TREATMENTS OF DIABETES TYPE 1

Diabetes type 1 is treated with insulin injections. Implanting insuline cells in the
pancreas is an experimental treatment. Another experimental treatment is to implant
stem cells in the pancreas that can develop into new insulin producing cells.

Another important module of the treatment is regulation of the amount of sugar and
fat consumed through the diet so that it fits together with the insulin-amount
injected. Also regular monitoring of the blood sugar level to regulate the insulin
amount is an important part of the treatment.

There are also natural products in the market that can help to normalize the blood
sugar level by diabetes type 2. Those products cannot heal the disease or replace
insulin injections, but they can help the body to regulate the blood sugar level. These
products contain minerals that are working components of enzymes that stimulate
the glucose metabolism in the body. They also contain herbs that have been used for
a long time in traditional medicine to regulate the glucose level and that have proven
their effects in scientific studies.

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