Why does type 1 diabetes rear its ugly face is really not known. Known as” juvenile diabetes” or “insulin-dependent diabetes” has been a chronic condition in juveniles and/or youths for decades. Although type 1 diabetes can appear at any age, there are 2 more common occurrences’. In children between 4 and 7 years old, and the second is in children between 10 and 14 years old. Type 1 can show up in adults, although it is not as common. Medical science believes, some well-known risk factors for type 1 diabetes can come from the: Family history, Genetics, Geography and Age, as well as exposure to certain viruses in the environment may trigger the disease. In most youth/juveniles with type 1 diabetes, the body's own immune system which normally fights harmful bacteria and viruses, mistakenly destroys the insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas so there's no insulin to let glucose into the cells, so sugar builds up in the bloodstream, where it can cause …show more content…
Type 1 diabetes is believed to have no cure, but it can be managed. People with diabetes can expect to live longer, much healthier lives now, than they have in the past. Now that medical science has made tremendous advances with finding the signs and symptoms for type 1 diabetes, it can be diagnosed a lot faster. The symptoms that you can have can be, wanting to drink a lot, having to pee more than normal, frequent bedwetting in children who didn't wet the bed before, always wanting to eat, unplanned weight loss, mood swings and irritable moods. You can show signs of fatigue and weakness, vision can be blurry and females tend to have possible frequent vaginal yeast infection. Not only is there just type 1, there is also type 2 diabetes. Type 2 is more familiar in the older generation. In type 2 diabetes, the islet cells are still working, but the body becomes resilient to