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!