It may seem strange that such a chronic disease can be caught very easily - just by being in contact with someone with a common cold, but this is looking more and more likely. Researchers have identified a number of viruses that are thought to be responsible for 90% of cases of this disease; they are nearly all the same as those that cause the common cold.
For the other 10% it can be as a result of the autoimmune destruction of beta cells.
So what are the details here?
If an individual's genetic makeup is such that they have a variation in their chromosomes they may be prone to an autoimmune disease. If their immune system believes that insulin is actually attacking the body, rather than being the essential hormone that it is, the immune system will destroy it, resulting in type 1 diabetes.
Even if people could demonstrate that they had abnormalities in their DNA which could lead to type 1 diabetes, it doesn't mean that it will. It is quite possible to have variaqtions on your DNA and yet not contract type 1 diabetes.
Given the research on viruses and the common cold example above, environment plays a significant role in whether or not type 1 diabetes is contracted.
It is believed that one or several viruses have the capacity to attack the pancreas, the gland that produces insulin. In turn that virus is then attacked by body's immune system. Now if the virus contains a substance that occurs naturally in the pancreas, the immune system's antibodies that fight the virus will then also affect this substance in the pancreas, with the same consequences as if the virus had attacked the pancreas directly.
There are many other areas under research at this time that are suspected of causing type 1 diabetes, but nothing is yet proven.
The article author has been diagnosed with diabetes for over 3 years now, and is well acquainted with the difficulties to poses.
For the other 10% it can be as a result of the autoimmune destruction of beta cells.
So what are the details here?
If an individual's genetic makeup is such that they have a variation in their chromosomes they may be prone to an autoimmune disease. If their immune system believes that insulin is actually attacking the body, rather than being the essential hormone that it is, the immune system will destroy it, resulting in type 1 diabetes.
Even if people could demonstrate that they had abnormalities in their DNA which could lead to type 1 diabetes, it doesn't mean that it will. It is quite possible to have variaqtions on your DNA and yet not contract type 1 diabetes.
Given the research on viruses and the common cold example above, environment plays a significant role in whether or not type 1 diabetes is contracted.
It is believed that one or several viruses have the capacity to attack the pancreas, the gland that produces insulin. In turn that virus is then attacked by body's immune system. Now if the virus contains a substance that occurs naturally in the pancreas, the immune system's antibodies that fight the virus will then also affect this substance in the pancreas, with the same consequences as if the virus had attacked the pancreas directly.
There are many other areas under research at this time that are suspected of causing type 1 diabetes, but nothing is yet proven.
The article author has been diagnosed with diabetes for over 3 years now, and is well acquainted with the difficulties to poses.
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To fight the hypertension that Toby has as a diabetic, he likes to lose himself outdoors, walking and camping. Visit his latest website concerning suitable tents for camping and find hints and tips for suitable tents for camping.
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