Type 1 diabetes is a metabolic disorder that is also known by the name juvenile diabetes or insulin ...more »
Broader types of Type 1 diabetes:
Prevalance of Type 1 diabetes: 1-in-800 (NIAID)
Prevalance Rate of Type 1 diabetes: approx 1 in 800 or 0.12% or 340,000 people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Type 1 diabetes: about 30,000 annual cases in the USA; about 40 per 10,0000 children
Incidence Rate of Type 1 diabetes: approx 1 in 9,066 or 0.01% or 30,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Type 1 diabetes:
1 out of 800 people in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Understanding Autoimmune Disease: NIAID)
Patient Profile for Type 1 diabetes: Typically teenagers, but can range from infants to 30's (or perhaps later in life).
Profile for Type 1 diabetes: Type 1 diabetes develops most often in children and young adults, but the disorder can appear at any age. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes Overview: NIDDK) ... Type 1 diabetes occurs equally among males and females, but is more common in whites than in nonwhites. Data from the World Health Organization's Multinational Project for Childhood Diabetes indicate that type 1 diabetes is rare in most African, American Indian, and Asian populations. However, some northern European countries, including Finland and Sweden, have high rates of type 1 diabetes. The reasons for these differences are not known. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes Overview: NIDDK) ... Type 1 diabetes mellitus is usually diagnosed before the age of 30 and may be diagnosed as early as the first month of life. (Source: excerpt from Understanding Autoimmune Disease: NIAID)
Gender Profile for Type 1 diabetes: Women 2:1 (NWHIC); other sources say males and females equally.
Prognosis of Type 1 diabetes: Good in the short-term, possibility of severe complications later in life.
Complications of Type 1 diabetes:
see complications of Type 1 diabetes
Prognosis of Type 1 diabetes: Diabetes is relatively easy to control with proper
medical attention, and acute complications are increasingly rare.
However, long-term complications such as disorders of the eye,
kidney, circulatory system, and nerve fibers are common. If left
untreated, diabetes can result in death. (Source: excerpt from Endocrine Diseases: NWHIC)
Causes of Type 1 diabetes: see causes of Type 1 diabetes
Cause of Type 1 diabetes: Autoimmune attack against the pancreas's insulin-producing cells.
Causes of Type 1 diabetes:
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease results
when the body's system for fighting infection (the immune system) turns
against a part of the body. In diabetes, the immune system attacks the
insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas and destroys them. The
pancreas then produces little or no insulin. Someone with type 1 diabetes
needs to take insulin daily to live.
(Source: excerpt from Diabetes Overview: NIDDK)
Risk factors for Type 1 diabetes:
see
risk factors for Type 1 diabetes
Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes: see symptoms of Type 1 diabetes
Complications of Type 1 diabetes: see complications of Type 1 diabetes
Contagion of autoimmunity:
generally not; see details in contagion of autoimmune diseases.
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Type 1 diabetes
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Type 1 diabetes.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Type 1 diabetes.
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Type 1 diabetes: Internist, Family Practice Physician, Endocrinologist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Type 1 diabetes.
Treatments for Type 1 diabetes:
see treatments for Type 1 diabetes
Alternative treatments for Type 1 diabetes:
see alternative treatments for Type 1 diabetes
Prevention of Type 1 diabetes:
see prevention of Type 1 diabetes
Research for Type 1 diabetes:
see research for Type 1 diabetes
Costs of Type 1 diabetes: DCCT researchers estimate that intensive
management doubles the cost of managing diabetes because of increased
visits to a health care professional and the need for more frequent blood
testing at home. However, this cost is offset by the reduction in medical
expenses related to long-term complications and by the improved quality of
life of people with diabetes. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT): NIDDK)
Cost statistics for Type 1 diabetes:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Type 1 diabetes:
Organs and body systems related to Type 1 diabetes include:
Main name of condition: Type 1 diabetes
Class of Condition for Type 1 diabetes: autoimmune
Type I diabetes, Juvenile Diabetes, Brittle Diabetes, Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, IDDM, Ketosis-prone diabetes, Type 1 diabetes mellitus, Autoimmune-mediated diabetes
IDDM, Diabetes mellitus type 1
Source - Diseases Database
Type I diabetes, IDDM, Juvenile-onset diabetes, Juvenile diabetes, Growth-onset diabetes, Ketosis-prone diabetes, Ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, Autoimmune diabetes, Type I diabetes, Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, Juvenile-onset diabetes, Growth-onset diabetes, Ketosis-prone diabetes, Ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, Autoimmune diabetes, Type I diabetes, Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, Juvenile-onset diabetes, Juvenile diabetes, Growth-onset diabetes, Ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, Autoimmune diabetes
Source - WordNet 2.1
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