What is juvenile diabetes?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz answered:Juvenile diabetes is another name for type 1 diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes make very little or no insulin. Watch the video to learn more about type 1 diabetes.
Juvenile diabetes is another name for type 1 diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes make very little or no insulin. Watch the video to learn more about type 1 diabetes. More -
Eliot LeBow, LCSW answered:Juvenile diabetes also called Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder that destroys the Beta cells that are found in the islets of Langerhans within the pancreas.
With juvenile diabetes antibodies that are produced in white blood cells are hard wired to attack beta cells as though they were a pathogen and destroy the beta cells needed to produce insulin.
Therefore juvenile diabetics are required to inject insulin multiple times daily or use an insulin pump to continuously release insulin into subcutaneous fat.
Insulin is necessary for the human body to remove excess glucose from the blood stream. This process maintains healthy functioning of all systems in the human body.
Juvenile diabetes also called Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder that destroys the Beta cells that are found in the islets of Langerhans within the pancreas. With juvenile diabetes antibodies that are produced in white blood cells are hard... More
