Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by hyperglycemia due to absolute deficiency of insulin secretion.
Type 1 diabetes typically begins in childhood and is thought to be the result of autoimmune, genetic, environmental, or virus based or virus triggered origin.
It is an autoimmune disease. In autoimmunity, human body mistakenly acts against its own tissues. In Type 1 diabetes, the immune cells and proteins react against the cells that make insulin, destroying them.
However, it also may occur at any age, and can be treated by insulin injections and diet.
The study by Centers for Disease Control, there are 30,000 new cases every years in United States, almost all in children.
In order to prevent type 1 diabetes, the patients need to undergo treatments before the disease starts, the method called primary prevention.
Possible candidates for primacy prevention are people with family histories of type 1 diabetes. Doctor will analyze the patient’s DNA before the patient could receive prevention to block the disease.
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