Diabetes type 1 is caused when the level of glucose (sugar) in your blood becomes too high. This happens when your body cannot produce enough of a hormone called insulin, which controls blood glucose. It is also often linked to being overweight or inactive or having a family history of diabetes type 2. You need daily injections of insulin to keep your blood glucose levels under control.
Affected population
- Inherited by having a close relative with diabetes (such as a parent, brother or sister)
- Children
- Adults before the age of 40
Symptoms
- Feeling very thirsty with a dry mouth
- Urinating more frequently than usual, particularly at night
- Feeling very tired or drowsy
- Blurred vision
- Weight gain with loss of muscle bulk
- Persistent infections such as thrush
Extreme Symptoms
- Eye problems leading to damaged vision (retinopathy)
- Foot problems that can lead to amputation if untreated
- Heart attack and stroke due to high sugar levels
- Kidney problems (nephropathy)
- Sexual problems in men and women
- Miscarriage and stillbirth for pregnant women
Diagnosis
HbA1C Test (Insulin Resistance Levels) where the condition is determined following a mmol/mol blood test result:
- 26 to 41 Normal (Not Diabetic)
- 42 to 47 Pre Diabetic
- 48+ Diabetic
How Can We Help?
The We Can't Spell Success Without You PowePlan Helps to Prevent or Escape This Condition by aiding the following:
- The habits will decrease weight and provide the body with better nutrition that replaces a recommended traditional diet. These habits also encourage a reduction of carbohydrates in a meal by home cooking or changing your familiar food to a lower calorie and carbohydrate brand allowing you to eat normally. These habits also encourage you to keep yourself well hydrated by making sure you drink plenty of water or sugar-free drinks
- Completing the daily exercise targets over a week is suggested to maintain and increase memory function, along with relieving anxiety and/or depression that is achieved when more active
- Maintain healthier eating and increased exercise, with the 17 easy lifestyle habits provides a quick escape from the diabetes type 1 condition along with reduced weight during a short period of time
