Type 1 Diabetes Research Paper

Diabetes
People have known about Diabetes for thousands of years, but how did society actually get to a point of understanding what Diabetes really is. One of the earliest ways of diagnosing Diabetes was to physically taste the urine of someone and determine if it tasted sweet, if it did, then diabetes was diagnosed. After many years had gone by, doctors and physicians finally realized that the diet of a person can affect whether one has Diabetes or not. Then, in 1889, the treatment of insulin came along. This was a breakthrough moment for all people who had the disease. Diabetes is so harmful that it can surprisingly hurt any part of the body because the disease occurs within the vessels and nerves of the body. It affects someone by contributing …show more content…
There are two different types of Diabetes that have been discovered. “Type 1 diabetes occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks and kills the beta cells of the pancreas. No, or very little, insulin is released into the body. As a result, sugar builds up in the blood instead of being used as energy. About five to ten percent of people with diabetes have type 1 diabetes.” (http://www.diabetes.ca/about-diabetes/types-of-diabetes ) “With type 2 diabetes, the more common type, your body does not make or use insulin well. Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose get into your cells to give them energy. Without insulin, too much glucose stays in your blood. Over time, high blood glucose can lead to serious problems your heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves, and gums and teeth.” (https://medlineplus.gov/diabetestype2.html#summary) Both types of Diabetes are extremely hard to deal with and harmful to the …show more content…
However, genetics can play a role in the likeliness of someone getting Diabetes. “29.1 million people in the United States have diabetes, but 8.1 million may be undiagnosed and unaware of their condition.” (https://www.healthline.com/health/type-2-diabetes/statistics#1) That is an outrageous number of people being sick with diabetes. Older age people have a severely higher risk of getting Diabetes opposed to someone of a younger age. Although, there is no specific age targeted by Diabetes. There is not a certain ethnic group affected, it is able to harm people of all sorts.
Signs and symptoms of Diabetes include: hunger, fatigue, urinating more often than usual, thirsty, dry mouth, and itchy skin. These are only some of the signs and symptoms are developing the disease. After patients realize they have the signs and symptoms that pertain to diabetes doctors will run a test. The test most use requires a patient to drink a sugary drink and for the next few hours that doctor will watch the levels of the blood sugar which will determine if that patient has Diabetes or not. After someone has been diagnosed, they begin treatment.

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