Type I diabetes, also called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or IDDM, is caused by the insufficient production of insulin. It was once called juvenile diabetes or juvenile onset diabetes but it was given these names because everyone who has this type of diabetes has to be treated with insulin each and every day. This disease can occur at any age but is most commonly seen in children.

According to the American Diabetes Association "... a study in 1993 put the number at six hundred and seventy-five thousand" people who are diagnosed with Typ

The traditional way of taking insulin is by injecting it with a standard needle and syringe. The purpose of this is to allow the body enough insulin to make up for what the body no longer makes. There are two forms of insulin injections, the standard needle, and insulin pumps. The needle is a slower acting form of insulin where the insulin pump is a faster acting source of insulin. The needles can be taken at allotted times throughout the day. The insulin pumps are traditional carried on the diabetic's waist but there are efforts to make it simpler for patients by inserting the device into the body.

Now that an individual is diagnosed with diabetes, their body no longer produces insulin; therefore, insulin injections will began to play a part in their lives. The amount of insulin a person needs varies from person to person. If depends on the amount glucose after a meal. This is so because during a meal an individual supplies their body with glucose. Other factors also play a part in the amount of insulin given such as exercise and physical activity.

Physician's can assume from the symptoms that a patients has that they may have diabetes but the only true way to determine if a person has Type 1 diabetes is through a blood test. There are two tests that can be given by the physician that can determine the patient's status, either the random plasma glucose or the fasting plasma glucose.

The purpose of the immune system is to protect people from diseases by killing germs. T-lymphocytes or T cells purpose is to protect the body from germs. The B-lymphocytes or B cells formulate proteins called antibodies. Their jobs are to identify shapes of molecules on the surface of different type germs. Some B cells develop a defect and begin recognizing their own cells instead of germs. When the body begins to recognize it's own antibodies it is called autoantibodies. Three antoantibodies are common in Type 1 diabetes patients, which are, islet cells, insulin, and glutamic acid decarboxylase, a protein made by cells in the pancreas. The islet cells are so familiar that people use them to screen people for Type 1 diabetes.

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