Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Cartoon
Make a commitment to manage your diabetes.
Diabetes mellitus type 1 cartoon. Some known risk factors for type 1 diabetes include. Anyone with a parent or sibling with type 1 diabetes has a slightly increased risk of developing the. Careful management of type 1 diabetes can reduce your risk of serious even life threatening complications. Take your medications as recommended.
Type 1 is the most common form of diabetes in people who are under age 30 but it can occur at any age. Type 1 diabetes t1d previously known as juvenile diabetes is a form of diabetes in which very little or no insulin is produced by the pancreas. Learn all you can about type 1 diabetes. Type 2 also raises your risk.
In type 1 diabetes there s no insulin to let glucose into the cells so sugar builds up in your bloodstream. The classic symptoms are frequent urination increased thirst increased hunger and weight loss. Currently no one knows how to prevent type 1 diabetes but it can be managed by following your doctor s recommendations for living a healthy lifestyle managing your blood sugar getting regular health checkups and getting diabetes self. Living with type 1 diabetes a day in the life of tom duration.
Type 2 diabetes is often milder than type 1. In type 2 diabetes adult onset diabetes the pancreas makes insulin but it either doesn t produce enough or the insulin doesn t work properly. In type 2 diabetes the pancreas isn t under attack. This can cause life threatening complications.
Start studying rn nursing care of children type 1 diabetes mellitus. In type 1 diabetes your immune system destroys cells in your pancreas that make insulin. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. But it can still cause major health complications especially in the tiny blood vessels in your kidneys nerves and eyes.
Diabetes explained for children ask dr smarty duration. It usually makes enough insulin. Make healthy eating and physical activity part of your daily routine. Type 1 diabetes is less common than type 2 approximately 5 10 of people with diabetes have type 1.
Nine out of 10 people with. Before treatment this results in high blood sugar levels in the body.