Diabetes is a condition which comes largely in two varieties. Both have different primary treatments and different root causes. Type one is caused by an autoimmune reaction in which the body’s own immune system targets and destroys the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas, without those cells the body is unable to produce insulin and requires a regular dose to function properly and survive. Type two is caused when the body becomes more resistant to insulin, generally thanks to becoming obese or overweight, resistance makes insulin a lot less effective than it generally would be and as such constant attention to diet and regular exercise are advised as treatment.
Though both conditions are understood to the point of knowing how best to deal with the symptoms, there are still mysteries to be solved. Scientists are yet to uncover the actual cause for type one diabetes, they have their theories and have worked out at least some of the factors involved but not all of them.
There are studies currently under way which have been dedicated to finding the actual cause of both conditions so as to target this instead of the individual symptoms. The frustration for type one patients is that doctors can actually transplant beta cells now but without understanding and indeed, curing the autoimmune issue they just get killed off again and again.
So, doctors focus on the symptoms and helping both type one and type two diabetics learn how to live with and manage their conditions. Providing they keep it managed, diabetes doesn’t have to be as crippling as it first appears. It’s been shown in several recent studies that the patients who’ve had a constant medical professional, generally and consistent GP, have fared much better than those who’ve not. This means that those who’ve known their doctor well, seen the same one again and again have been much more successful at managing their diabetes than others have.
Medical professionals are now recommending this for all diabetic patients. If you’re a sufferer and you don’t have a regular doctor but you’d think you’d like one, then contact a local doctors surgery now to sign up!
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