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Type 1 Diabetes - Coggle Diagram
Type 1 Diabetes
Treatment
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Diet
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Hypoglycemia should be treated immediately. First steps are to take juice, starchy food, or glucose tablets. If that doesn't work, or in the case of an emergency, glucagon hormones or direct glucose injections will have to be administered.
Experimental Treatments
Vaccine
Unlike most vaccines, where it helps to fight off an infection, this vaccine would instead teach the immune system to avoid attacking areas of the pancreas, hopefully allowing insulin production.
Islet Transplants
Islets, cells that create insulin, are extracted from a donor and placed into a recipients system. This could result in the recipient no longer needing insulin doses, or at least a reduced amount. It was intended to only be used on adults, and only if removing parts of the pancreas.
Automatic Insulin
An "artificial pancreas". It would monitor glucose levels and act accordingly, either pumping glucose or glucagon hormones into the system. This may be extremely beneficial even for children.
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Symptoms
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Ketoacidosis
Since the body can't rely on glucose, it resorts to burning fat as an emergency measure. However, burning this much fat causes a buildup of ketones, causing multiple symptoms
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Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia, or having too low blood sugar, can happen when someone takes too many insulin shots, eats less, or excercises too much
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At Risk Groups
Children Aged 4 - 7, or 10 - 14
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Non-Hispanic whites have a higher percentage of people with type 1 diabetes than other races, at least in America
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Causes
Unknown, only theories
May be an autoimmune disorder, where the immune system attacks the pancreas, blocking insulin production
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