Many people across the world know about diabetes and that it is a disease of the body. Although, many people are not educated about the specifics. There are two different types of diabetes in the world. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is a disease of an organ in the body called the pancreas. The pancreas works as a blood sugar stabilizer. Blood sugar shows how much glucose (sugar) is in the blood. A persons body naturally keeps their blood sugar level at 80-120. The organ that helps keep a persons blood sugar levels normal is the pancreas. When a person consumes something that has sugar the pancreas releases a hormone called insulin. The insulin is used to turn the sugar they consumed into energy and also help lower the sugar level. Thereby maintaining a normal blood sugar level.
Unfortunately not all people have a functioning pancreas. Some people's pancreas fail to release insulin when they eat foods containing sugar.
The failure to keep blood sugar levels normal can result in high blood sugars, extreme thirst, frequently using the bathroom and sometimes an irritable attitude. Since the pancreas is not doing it's job, the person is diagnosed as a Type 1 diabetic.
When someone is diagnosed a Type 1 diabetic it simply means that they must do manually a procedure that their body should be doing on it's own. The person must now give themselves an insulin injection before every food they are about to eat that contains sugar. In addition to that they must test their blood sugar to see how their levels are, making sure they are normal levels. When their blood sugar is too high they should check for ketones to make sure that their body is not in a acidic-like enviroment. If it is too low a blood sugar level they should eat a food that contains sugar to bring it back up to normal range.
On the other side, Type 2 diabetes is when the body produces insulin but the body resists it. This is caused by a person having excess fat, aging, family history, high cholestrol or just the person's body not responding to insulin. To control Type 2 diabetes the person must count the carbohydrates (sugars) in their food, exercise regulary, watch their diet, and/or take oral medications prescribed by a doctor to help with the insulin resistance.
Both types of diabetes can have serious complications if not treated correctly. A person that does not control their diabetes correctly could face retinopathy, kidney disease, cardiovasuclar disease, peripheral vascular disease which can lead to amputations.
Although controlled the right way a person can live a healthy lifestyle and maintain their diabetes well.
