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Who All Are Affected By Diabetes? |
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Everyone knows that diabetes is an illness
which has something to do with the sugar level in the bloodstream. But
most people don't know what causes the sugar to rise or decrease in the
bloodstream and what does that have to do with diabetes or its treatment.
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is the disorder of the body
wherein it does not produce enough Insulin to regulate the breakdown of
the blood sugar in the human body and it is normally categorized in two
main and one subcategory– Type I, Type II diabetes and Gestational
diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is the most serious type of diabetes
and is also called Juvenile Diabetes. It occurs because the human body's
autoimmune system does not produce enough insulin to combat the foreign
bodies entering the bloodstream. It is caused by genetic and
environmental factors and affects 2 to 3 % of the diabetic population.
Mostly kids and young adults are affected by it.
Type 2 diabetes
is also called adult onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes and it is
less serious of the two. It starts occurring when most of the muscles
and other organs of the body stop utilizing insulin to breakdown sugar.
It's caused by obesity and environmental factors and almost 95 % of the
diabetic population suffers from it. It can affect anyone who has
problems with insulin production.
Gestational diabetes only
occurs in a small part of females during gestation (the time of giving
birth). Though, its a temporary condition which mostly disappears after
the pregnancy, the fetus has a high chance of having Type I diabetes
later on in life. It affects 2 to 3 % of the diabetic population. But,
the kids born to diabetic parents have a 20 to 25 % chances of having
diabetes later-on in life.
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