Diabetes: the simple facts

Type I diabetes is a condition that mainly affects children and adolescents and requires the sufferer to check their blood sugar levels regularly and inject insulin (a hormone normally produced by the pancreas). It is caused by an autoimmune reaction after an illness, or is idiopathic (unknown). Symptoms of type I diabetes are acute and include fatigue, lethargy, weight loss, increased thirst, polyuria (having to urinate a lot), blurring of vision, susceptibility to infections, and coma. Type II diabetes (also known as adult-onset diabetes) has slower onset with more damage being done to the body as it is a progressive illness of insulin insensitivity due to lifestyle factors, such as obesity and lack of exercise. Treatment for type II diabetes begins with dietary modifications and implementation of exercise programmes, or medication in the form of hypoglycaemic pills or insulin. Complications of uncontrolled diabetes include peripheral neuropathy (causing loss of sensation), blindness, kidney failure, and heart disease. Adolescents are less likely to be compliant with treatment as they encounter peer group pressure and growing issues.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Gilroy Dispatch

Related Disease Topics:

• Type I diabetes
• Type II diabetes
• Diabetes
• Adult-onset diabetes
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Blindness
• Kidney failure
• Heart disease
• Obesity
• Autoimmune reaction

Related Symptom Topics:

• Loss of sensation
• Fatigue
• Lethargy
• Weight loss
• Increased thirst
• Polyuria
• Urinate a lot
• Blurring of vision
• Susceptibility to infections
• Coma

Article Source Details

About: Diabetes: the simple facts

Date: 28 June 2005

Source: Gilroy Dispatch

Author: Melania Zaharopoulos

URL: http://www.gilroydispatch.com/lifestyles/contentview.asp?c=162459

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• Cause of fatigue
• Cause of lethargy
• Cause of weight loss
• Cause of increased thirst
• Cause of polyuria
• Cause of urinate a lot
• Cause of blurring of vision
• Cause of susceptibility to infections
• Cause of coma
• Cause of adult-onset diabetes
• Cause of peripheral neuropathy
• Cause of blindness
• Cause of kidney failure
• Cause of heart disease
• Cause of obesity
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• Cause of insulin resistance
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• Risk and lethargy
• Risk and weight loss
• Risk and increased thirst
• Risk and polyuria
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• Risk and blurring of vision
• Risk and susceptibility to infections
• Risk and coma
• Risk and adult-onset diabetes
• Risk and peripheral neuropathy
• Risk and blindness
• Risk and kidney failure
• Risk and heart disease
• Risk and obesity
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• Risk and insulin resistance
• Risk and diabetic complications
• Risk and insulin
• Risk and low exercise
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• Diet
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• Diagnosis and loss of sensation
• Cause of fatigue
• Cause of lethargy
• Diagnosis and weight loss
• Diagnosis and increased thirst
• Diagnosis and polyuria
• Diagnosis and urinary frequency
• Diagnosis and urinate a lot
• Diagnosis and blurring of vision
• Diagnosis and susceptibility to infections
• Diagnosis and coma
• Diagnosis and adult-onset diabetes
• Diagnosis and peripheral neuropathy
• Diagnosis and blindness
• Diagnosis and insulin insensitivity
• Diagnosis and insulin resistance
• Diagnosis and diabetic complications

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