Main cause of Diabetes – Why do people get Type 1 Diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes as it appears during the childhood or adolescence.

There is no common reason that each individual develops diabetes. The causes of diabetes depend on each individual and type. Type 1 diabetes is caused by a lack of insulin due to the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. That’s why it is also called insulin-dependent diabetes sometimes.

The Main cause of Type 1 Diabetes

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The main cause of Type 1 diabetes is considered to be the genes and environmental factors, such as viruses, that might trigger the disease.

What happens to a person with type 1 diabetes?

Immune system – our body’s system for fighting infection, mistakenly attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.

Currently, there is no prevention available for the disease, but researchers are working the prevention to stop further loss of beta cells.