Type 1 Diabetes Research Paper

Diabetes Mellitus is an illness in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is reduced, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine. The is no identified cause for diabetes mellitus. There are three types of diabetes mellitus. Type one is called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), the second type is called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and the third type is called gestational diabetes. Type one diabetes can happen at whatever age, but its commencement is usually around the age of 20. Some of the primary signs seen in type one diabetes are polydipsia, which is when the individual to be very thirsty and causes them to consume

From having learned this my mom developed gestational diabetes while she was pregnant with me, and I was a bigger weight baby than my two other sisters when I was born, so now knowing this I now know that I can develop type two diabetes. The most severely affected system is the vascular system. Resistance to infection, skin infections, urinary tract infections, and tuberculosis are all commonly seen in patients with uncontrolled diabetes. Acanthosis nigricans is a skin disorder that can be associated with type two diabetes, it affects the neck and hands, it is characterized by a hyperpigmented, velvety-textured plaques that appear equally dispersed in folds and creases of the body. Patient who have diabetes have increased colonization of oral mucosa by candida albicans and an increased prevalence of oral candidiasis. Another oral complication is xerostomia which occurs more when the diabetes is uncontrolled. Patients with diabetes have a higher risk for developing dental caries and oral candidiasis if the oral tissue is dehydrated. Other factors that can be linked with diabetes mellitus is excessive periodontal bone loss, tooth mobility, and early tooth loss. When a patient has periodontal disease, it impairs the control of diabetes. Deliberate

Some questions to ask an individual with diabetes to avoid from having a hypoglycemia emergency are when was the last time they ate, what time did they take their medicine or insulin shot, when they took their last glucose reading and what was the result of that reading. Because patients with uncontrolled diabetes have poor wound healing they may need antibiotic premedication before treatments that will involve root planning, extractions, or if they are getting implants. Short appointment or longer appointments with breaks are easier for patients with diabetes to tolerate. With the patients that I have treated in the clinic have all been type two diabetics, and they are dependent on medications to help regulate their insulin production, these patients do bleed a lot and many have been diagnosed with periodontal disease, due to their inability to maintain a good balance of their glucose levels. Out of clinic I have had people that are close to me who have uncontrolled diabetes, I have seen some lose their eye site, and I have seen a few have either one or both legs amputated due to their blood being poisoned from infections, because they are unable to fight it off due to their uncontrolled diabetes. These situations are very saddening but, having learned more about this disease has