subject: Type 1 Diabetes: What Diabetic Remedies Are Available To Cure It? [print this page] Diabetes is a condition in which the normal level of sugar gets high. People usually develop such disease if their pancreas doesnt release enough insulin to the body needed to respond according to their use in muscles, tissues and fats. There is type of diabetes that is called type1 Diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes is usually diagnosed in children. There are about 13 thousand cases of this disease. This usually occurs on girls when they reach 14 years old. This disease is an autoimmune defect wherein immune system destroys the beta cells of the pancreas and begins to stop secreting insulin to help the hormone turn the sugar into energy.
Balanced food diet and regular exercise is recommended to lower the risk of hypoglycemia, high sugar in blood, low sugar in blood and hyperglycemia. Type 1 Diabetes is a life threatening disease. This develops coma, may result to death and sometimes low consciousness. This may also cause confusion. Longer absence of insulin may cause ketoacidosis. In fact, this makes the blood acidic and makes body function get slow.
The only way to treat type 1 diabetes is through pancreas transplant. However, this method is not often used because this may cause side effect of severe immune-suppressive which means that this side effect is even worse than the disease itself. Moreover, most people who have done pancreas transplant usually reject the new pancreas and have the possibility of diabetes return. Diabetes shows symptoms through increase in urination and thirst and despite the unusual starvation, people with this disease still lose weight. Increase of weakness to infection and fatigue are included in the symptoms of this disease.
To manage type 1 Diabetes, people with diabetes is required to change their diet. Most experts advise diabetic people to use the method of food pyramid, timing of meal and right calculation of insulin needed. Doing exercise decreases the need of insulin in your body. People diagnosed with this disease are advised to take only insulin treatment. Insulin treatment is usually in the form of injectables. Doctors advise patients to inject insulin once or twice a day, follow a regular routine of exercise and a list of diet made especially for diabetic patients. It is also very important that patients with this disease avoid sweets, excessive exposure to strenuous activities and exposing oneself to things that may cause cuts and wounds. Above all, extra care and discipline is needed.
