What you need to know about Type 1 diabetes?

05-09-2017

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that occurs when the body doesn’t produce any or enough insulin and it results high amount of glucose in the blood.

Typical symptoms

Type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes) is an autoimmune disease in which the body destroys its own, insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. This happens when the immune system doesn’t work properly, and the body does not recognize its own cells. Then it produces autoantibodies that start to destroy the insulin producing cells.

Autoantibodies are proteins that attack certain proteins or molecules in the body’s own tissues. They’re produced in the immune system when the body can not differentiate its own molecules from others.

The destruction of insulin producing cells causes insulin deficiency, that lead to blood sugar level problems. Without the help of the essential insulin, the cells are unable to absorb glucose, therefore blood glucose level rises dramatically.