How is diabetes cuased?

Question

make it nice an d simple please not to complicated

Answer 1

There are two types.

Type 1.
Pancreas can not produce insulin. Insulin is responsible for telling the cell to pull the circulating blood sugar into the cell. So without it...postprandial hyperglycemia (high blood sugar after a meal) which causes a whole array of nightmares...some acutely and some gradually. Horrible disease if not controlled well.

Type 2
The insulin either is not telling the cell to bring in the sugar properly or the receptors on the cells have become desensitized!

Answer 2

There are two types of diabetes. The first type is thought to be realted to an autoimmune reaction, typically occurs in childhood, during puberty and into early 20's (although you can develop it at any age). The pancreas stops producting insulin.This is type 1 and requires insulin injections

The most common type is type 2. This is related to obesity and lifestyle. You are especially suceptible if you have abdominal obesity (beer belly, look pregnant but aren't). Basically it is related to insulin sensitivity. When you eat simple carbs (like white bread, sugary foods) you get a surge of sugar in your blood stream. Your pancreas trys to clear the sugar and produces insulin. Over time your cells get fed up, the insulin doesnt work as well and you end up with high blood sugars. Eventually your pancreas gets tired, fewer cells produce the insulin.

Treatment for type 2 increases sensitvity to insulin, some types also get you to produce more insulin.

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Answer 3

The body produces the hormone insulin in spurts instead of at a steady pace - not enough or too much - it goes up too high or dangerously low and is not regulated by the normal bodily function that should occur. Childhood diabetics usually are not producing musch insulin at all

There can be a lot of factors: obesity, genetics (inherited traits), race has a lot to do with diabetes because Native Americans, Hispanics and African Americans have a much higher incidence of diabetes than other races.

Type I is generally found in children and Type II is normally in adults but as in the case of the writer Anne Rice, Type I can also come along at an advance age.

Answer 4

Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism -- the way our bodies breakdown digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down by the digestive juices into a simple sugar called glucose. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body.

After digestion, the glucose passes into our bloodstream where it is available for body cells to use for growth and energy. For the glucose to get into the cells, insulin must be present. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, a large gland behind the stomach.

In people with diabetes, however, the pancreas either produces little or no insulin, or the body cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. As a result, sugar (glucose) builds up in the blood, overflows into the urine, and passes out of the body. Thus, the body loses its main source of energy even though the blood contains large amounts of glucose

Answer 5

Diabetes is caused by either the pancreas failing to produce insulin, or by the body building a resistance to insulin or both.

Type I diabetes is typically a disease of the pancreas and usually happens in childhood.

Type II diabetes is typically a disease where the body builds a resistance to insulin.

They believe that Type I is actually caused by a virus triggering an auto-immune response where the bodies own immune system destroys the pancreas.

Type II is caused by a combination of genetics with a lifetime of high carbohydrate foods.

Answer 6

there are a number of factors that may help to make a person unable to use insulin or produce insulin
being overweight is certainly a factor
also the disease is hereditry so if its in the family it can be paseedc on to subsequent generations it is also linked to certain kinds of thyroid disease and rheumatoid arthritis
it is also said that a shock can bring on the disease of sometimes after a viral throat infection can trigger the disease
of course there is a form of diabeetes that can occur during pregnancy called gestational diabetes this sometimes clears after the baby is born

Answer 7

In order to understand a potential cure for diabetes, it is necessary to look briefly at the cause. In insulin-dependent diabetes, the diabetic's body fails to make insulin, a hormone essential to the metabolism of glucose. Glucose enters the blood stream from the food that we eat and, in the presence of insulin, is taken up and "burned" by cells that require this essential fuel. In the absence of insulin, however, glucose accumulates in the blood causing the condition known as high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), while the cells starve for fuel. Without taking insulin injections, the diabetic will slowly starve to death despite abnormally high blood sugar levels.

Why does a diabetic's body fail to produce insulin? Within the pancreas, the Islets of Langerhans produce insulin in response to blood glucose. These islets are tiny insulin factories that sense the level of glucose in the blood stream, and produce insulin in precise proportion to that level. Therefore, following a meal, blood sugar levels will rise significantly, and the islets will release a large amount of insulin. This insulin will cause body cells to take up the sugar, causing blood sugar to quickly return to its normal range. Once blood sugar is in the normal range, the islets will reduce the output of insulin to an idling state. In this way, the islets adjust their production of insulin on a minute-by-minute basis, always producing just enough insulin to deal with the amount of blood sugar presently in the blood stream.

In insulin-dependent diabetes, the islets are destroyed by the person's own immune system, which mistakenly identifies these essential cells as foreign invaders. This self-destructive mechanism is the basis of many so-called autoimmune diseases. Once the islets are killed, the ability to produce insulin is lost, and the overt symptoms and consequences of diabetes begin.

Answer 8

It's when your body doesn't make insulin anymore. If you have Type 1, it doesn't any insulin at all, which means that you need to take insulin injections several times a day, and test your blood sugar. If you have type 2, it makes insulin, but not enough, most of the time your doctor will prescribe an oral medication to control your blood sugar.
You should really talk to your doctor, he/she would best know what to do, if you/or someone you know, have diabetes. You should be tested too.

Answer 9

2 types of diabetes type 1-ie,childhood diabetes, type 2 adult onset diabetes usu due to older age or lifestyle. Causes not known for 100%, genetics, drinking high sugar type drinks eating fried food frequently etc, overweight, stress, so diet plays a big part.

Answer 10

My son got it aged 4. He is now 6. Basically, your pancreas reduces insulin so when you eat food, the insulin breaks down the sugar which stops you becoming hyperactive. In diabetes, your pancreas no longer produces insulin hence injections daily to reduce your sugar levels.