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Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body is unable to produce sufficient insulin for the process of conversion of energy. The type 1 diabetes occurs for about 10 percent of the total diabetes. The type 1 diabetes is usually recognized in childhood or in adolescence. This diabetes can also occur in older age if the pancreas is destroyed. The people who are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes should take insulin in the form of injection daily in order to effectively convert the blood sugar in to energy or else this may cause high blood pressure.

What Causes Type 1 Diabetes?

Causes for type 1 diabetes

It is a known fact that the type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. The body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the pancreatic cells that produce the hormone named insulin. The type 1 diabetes occurs in a family but does not run through generations i.e. it is not genetically transmitted disease. Certain factors including the environmental factors also can contribute to the developing the type 1 diabetes in a patient. Certain viral infections can also contribute to the developing of this type of diabetes. The type 1 diabetes is most common in the northern European and in non-Hispanic people. This is then followed by the African Americans and is extremely rare in the Asian decent people. Medical studies and survey suggest that the type 1 diabetes is more common in men than in women.

What are the symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes?

Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes

The symptoms for the type 1 diabetes are most often dramatic and arise very suddenly. The type 1 diabetes is most often recognized in the childhood days and in early adulthood. It occurs due to various factors such as viral infections and extra stress that a boy undergoes in his childhood days. Symptoms of type 1 diabetes may include nausea and vomiting, often unexplained dehydration and often disturbing levels of potassium in the blood.

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