Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes is caused when the pancreas produces little to no insulin. This keeps glucose from entering the cells which can be life threatening without treatment.

Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes

• Hypoglycemia( Low blood sugar)
• Hyperglycemia( High Blood Sugar)
• Sweating, frequent urination, tingling/pain/numbness in hands or feet
• Blurred vision, hypercardia, loss of consciousness etc.

How is the Body Effected?

• The body is effected on a cellular level, because there is no Insulin being produced to allow glucose into the body's cells. In turn, the whole body would begin to malfunction due to this.

Treatment

• Type one diabetes is most commonly treated by administering insulin every day as needed. However, special diets and exercise are also used to treat this disease.

History

• Diabetes was first recorded in English, in the form diabete, in a medical text written around 1425. However, treatment for this disease was not found until 1922 by Banting, Best, and their chemist colleague Collip .