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What causes diabetes 1 and 2? Juvenile and gestational diabetes are influenced by primary and secondary causes that result in the outbreak of this disease. What are the main causes of diabetes?
First of all, one needs to know that diabetes is not a contagious disease so it cannot be passed from person to person. Diabetes is a disease in which glucose levels in the blood become too high due to the defect of pancreas unable to produce enough insulin. Insulin is essential to store and use the sugar from the food consumed. When there's any kind of problem with insulin production or management in the organism glucose is unable to get to the body's cells, it is stored and builds up in the blood. It is insulin which regulates the glucose levels in the organism and makes sure that they don't get too low. If pancreas doesn't function properly and body isn't able to recognize insulin leads to high blood sugar levels.
In type 1 of diabetes pancreas cells are totally destroyed because body attacks its own cells during the autoimmune disease. Researchers believe diabetes 1 may be triggered by:
Type 1 causes
1. Genetic factors - some genes are responsible for passing the disease from generation to generation.
2. Poor diet - inappropriate nutrition which involves taking too low small of protein or fiber and an excess consumption of refined products.
3. Bacterial or viral infection - bacteria from a group called strephylococci are said to be responsible for developing diabetes.
4. Exposure to toxins.
5. Cow's milk with an unidentified element that evokes the autoimmune reaction
In type 2 diabetes insulin is produced excessively because cell receptors fail to be stimulated by insulin, in other words they are insulin resistant. An other cause of diabetes may be an insufficient amount of insulin produced or it is abnormal. It is said to have strong genetic influence which tends to run in families. Type 2 diabetes is caused by:
Type 2 causes
1. Obesity - it's easy to observe that around 90% of people who suffer from diabetes are obese or overweight. Obesity is responsible for almost 95% of diabetes in the United States.
2. Age - increased age is a risk factor which gives more probability of getting diabetes. Even though the disease may attack people at any age, it's more likely to attack people over 50. The risk of getting diabetes rises considerably over 65 years.
3. Lack of physical activity - sedentary lifestyle makes people more likely to be attacked by diabetes than those who practice sports three times a week.
4. Medicines - certain medication e.g. Clozapine (Clozaril), olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel), ziprasidone (Geodon) and risperidone (Risperdal), are said to cause diabetes.
5. Pregnancy (so called gestational diabetes) - females with multiple pregnancy and those who suffer from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome develop diabetes more often than other people. Giving birth to a baby who weighs more than 9 pounds increases the risk of getting diabetes too.
6. Illnesses that destroy pancreas such as high cholesterol level and high blood pressure.
7. High alcohol intake and high-fat diet.
If you have family history of diabetes you should ask your doctor to check whether you have this lethal disease or not. It's essential to follow appropriate diabetes diet, take special medications to manage diabetes and live with it quite normally.
There are also plenty of myths which developed through the years that make people believe that diabetes is caused by eating sweets or any kind of wrong food. Stress also isn't the cause of diabetes, however, it makes the symptoms worse.
This inability of body to regulate blood sugar levels can lead to serious or even fatal complications. The latest research show that a substance called osteocalcin, produced by bone, could be a new treatment for type 2 diabetes as it can both improve insulin sensitivity and enlarge its production. Deficiency of osteocalcin can also be the cause of type 2 diabetes, this substance controls fat too, which may explain the link between obesity and diabetes.
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mary
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