It is estimated that over 180 million people have diabetes across the world, a disease which affects blood sugar levels in the body. Whatever country you are from, diabetes-symptom.co.uk is a site for people to locate information about type 1 and type 2 diabetes, diabetes symptoms and the treatment available.
Diabetes-symptom.co.uk encourages diabetics and non-diabetics alike to tell us about experiences they have had with the disease, offering their ideas and personal knowledge. The symptoms of diabetes can build very fast, in some child cases as soon as a week or even days. However, in adults over the age of 40 the symptoms tend to appear very slowly. Type 1 diabetes, a condition known as ketoacidosis is the most common found. Type 1 diabetes occurs when acid compounds form in the blood. Type 1 diabetes can result in serious complications if it remains untreated.
Each year on the 14th November we celebrate World Diabetes Day, now a globally-celebrated event to spread awareness about diabetes. The November 14th date was chosen to remember the birthday of Frederick Banting the man who co-discovered (with Charles Best) insulin in 1922. World Diabetes Day consists of hundreds of campaigns, activities, screenings, lecture, meetings and more, World Diabetes Day is becoming more and more effective in spreading the message and awareness about diabetes to the world.
Often referred to as juvenile diabetes, there are far fewer cases of type 1 diabetes. The disease destroys beta cells and requires a person to have regular insulin injections in order to stay alive. Type 1 diabetes is not always diagnosed at childhood, known as insulin-dependent diabetes the cause of type 1 diabetes are different than those of Type 2 though the exact way both diseases develop are unknown. Because of this is possible for type 1 diabetics to be mis-diagnosed as being type 2. Type 2 diabetes, also called Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 is a common metabolic disorder which affects over two million people in the UK. Once called adult-onset diabetes type 2 is now also found in young adults and children. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to meet the body's needs or the insulin is not metabolised effectively.