Diabetes: Causes & Risks
Wolfram Syndrome
05/28/08, HealthwiseMetabolic Syndrome
06/16/08, HealthwiseMetabolic syndrome is a group of health problems that include too much fat around the waist, elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and low HDL cholesterol.
Retinal Detachment - Cause
09/14/07, HealthwiseRetinal detachment most often results when the vitreous gel, the thick fluid that fills the center of the eye, shrinks and separates from the retina. This is called posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). PVD is most common in people
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Type 1 Diabetes - What Increases Your Risk
09/17/08, HealthwiseRisk factors for type 1 diabetes include:
Type 2 Diabetes in Children - Cause
07/28/08, HealthwiseThe exact cause of type 2 diabetes is not known. But experts believe the disease develops in children the same way it does in adults: the body does not produce enough of the hormone insulin, or it cannot correctly use the insulin
Type 2 Diabetes in Children - What Increases Your Risk
07/28/08, HealthwiseThe major risk factors for type 2 diabetes in children include:
Type 1 Diabetes: Children Living With the Disease - Cause
12/03/08, HealthwiseType 1 diabetes develops when your child's pancreas stops producing enough insulin. Insulin lets blood sugar—also called glucose—enter the body's cells, where it is used for energy. Without insulin, the amount of sugar in the blood ri
Type 1 Diabetes: Recently Diagnosed - Cause
09/24/08, HealthwiseType 1 diabetes develops because the body's defense system (immune system) tells the body to destroy the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin. It's not known what causes this immune response. Some people inherit the risk for t
Type 1 Diabetes: Recently Diagnosed - What Increases Your Risk
09/24/08, HealthwiseRisk factors for developing type 1 diabetes include:
Type 1 Diabetes - Cause
09/17/08, HealthwiseType 1 diabetes develops because the body's immune system destroys the beta cells which are in the islet tissue in the pancreas. These beta cells produce insulin. So people with type 1 diabetes cannot make their own insulin.
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You may find that soon after you are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes your blood sugar levels return to normal. You are in what is called the "honeymoon period." But you will need to take insulin again.
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