Type 1 diabetes

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes (also called "insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" or "juvenile diabetes") is the severe insulin-requiring form of diabetes. It usually affects teens and young under-30 adults, but can affect infants or children. Type 1 diabetes is far less common than Type 2 diabetes, which typically affects older over-40 patients (though younger overweight patients with Type 2 diabetes are now more common).

Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes are usually quite severe, and rapidly arise over weeks or months. Common symptoms include thirst, excessive urination, hunger, weight loss, irritability and various other symptoms.

Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes

• Excessive thirst
• Excessive urination
• Excessive hunger
• Tiredness
• Losing weight

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Medical Textbooks Online about Type 1 diabetes

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Diagnostic Tests for Type 1 diabetes

• Physical examination
• Urine sugar test
• Blood glucose tests
  • Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)
  • Random plasma glucose

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes?

• Misdiagnosis of Type 1 diabetes
• Failure to diagnose Type 1 diabetes
• Underlying causes of Type 1 diabetes (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Type 1 diabetes

Misdiagnosis and Type 1 diabetes

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Causes of Type 1 diabetes

• Haemochromatosis
• Polyendochrine syndromes - some rare syndromes cause multiple autoimmune diseases in various body glands
• Chronic pancreatitis - pancreas damage that can mimic diabetes.
• Cystic fibrosis
• Addison's disease

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Prognosis for Type 1 diabetes

Prognosis for Type 1 diabetes: Good in the short-term, possibility of severe complications later in life.

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Reseach about Type 1 diabetes

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Clinical Trials for Type 1 diabetes

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Type 1 diabetes include:

• Family Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Children - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Improving Metabolic Assessments in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Trials - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Natural History Study of the Development of Type 1 Diabetes - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Telemetric Glucose Data Acquisition During Initiation of Insulin Pump Therapy - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• A Study of Two Versus Three Daily Injections in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Twice Daily versus Three Times Daily Insulin Injections

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Statistics for Type 1 diabetes

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Article Excerpts about Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is usually first diagnosed in children, teenagers, or young adults. In this form of diabetes, the beta cells of the pancreas no longer make insulin because the body's immune system has attacked and destroyed them. Treatment for type 1 diabetes includes taking insulin shots or using an insulin pump, making wise food choices, exercising regularly, taking aspirin daily, and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol. (Source: excerpt from Am I at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: NIDDK)

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Definitions of Type 1 diabetes:

Diabetes mellitus characterized by insulin deficiency, sudden onset, severe hyperglycemia, rapid progression to ketoacidosis, and death unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease - (Source - WordNet 2.1)