Causes and Types

Types of Diabetes Mellitus

Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes, often referred to as juvenile onset diabetes or childhood diabetes, accounts for roughly 5% to 10% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes is characterized as the inability for hormone producing pancreatic cells to produce any insulin. The hormone insulin is used to regulate levels of glucose in the blood stream; glucose is a form of energy used by cells throughout the body. However, with the absence of insulin in the blood stream, cells are unable to convert the glucose into energy. Despite that the majority of diagnosed cases of type 1 diabetes occur in children, it can develop at any time during adulthood.

Senior Diabetes

You must play an active role in managing your senior diabetes, from decisions you make about diet and exercise through your daily glucose monitoring to help your doctor better understand your health. The diagnosis of senior diabetes may be more common than you knew, but each unique situation will call for unique measures to help each senior understand how to live the richest, most rewarding life.

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Diabetes Causes

American Diabetics

There are 18.2 million people with diabetes in the United States. That means that 6.3 percent of all Americans are diabetic. Even more shocking is the fact some 5.2 million people (nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease.

Diabetes and Insulin

People with diabetes suffer from a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, the hormone used to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy. People with diabetes do not naturally produce enough insulin in their pancreas. This results in high blood glucose, which, over time, can result in serious health problems.

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