Diabetes Mellitus pose a problem when the patients’ pancreas is not functioning properly or do not function at all to produce the insulin hormone. This will cause the patient to experience high blood glucose level.
Type 1 diabetes is a situation when pancreas does not produce insulin anymore because the cells responsible to produce them are destroyed. This usually happens when the immune system is destroying the body cell. This is known as autoimmune reaction.
There is no clear explanation why this situation occurs but there are several theories about this situation and it includes:
* Bacteria and virus infection
* Exposed to food-borne toxins
* The exposure to cow’s milk as a very young infant
Type 1 diabetes is ultimately developed after the individual’s pancreas system does not produce any insulin anymore.
Diabetes is generally caused by the following situation:
Inherited traits – It is strongly believed that diabetes can be inherited when one of the parents has diabetes. There is 2 to 3% chance that the child will suffer diabetes when his father or mother has it.
Age – Diabetes can happen to anyone regardless of their age but 80% of diabetes occurs to people who are above 50 years old. This means people who are older will have higher chance to develop diabetes.
Poor diet – people who came from poor family and couldn’t afford proper nutrition, fiber and protein intake tend to develop diabetes.
Induced by drugs – Olanzapine (Zyprexa), Quetiapine (Seroquel), Clozapine (Clozaril), ziprasidone (Geodon) and risperidone (Risperdal) tend to be associated with this disease.
Obesity – An overweight person who has at least 30% body fat and BMI 35+ will have higher insulin resistance.
Lifestyle – People who exercise at least thrice a week will have lower risk to get diabetes compared to those who lead sedentary lifestyle.
Stress – Those who experience emotional disturbance are more likely to get diabetes.
Infection – Certain strephylococci are known to cause infection in pancreas area.
Hypertension – People with high systolic pressure will usually end up with diabetes.
Gender – Women with multiple pregnancy or diagnosed with (PCOS) Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome has higher risk of getting diabetes.
Cholesterol level – People with high cholesterol and triglyceride level in their blood are known to have higher risk to get diabetes.