Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus ( Iddm ) - 1107 Words

According to the National Diabetes Report of 2014, there are 29.1 million of the United States has Diabetes. Not to mention, 8.1 million of those people with diabetes don’t even know that they have it! Diabetes is a condition where your body doesn’t produce enough insulin, which helps aid in turning sugar, or glucose, from food into energy. Because of the lack of insulin, the sugar builds up in the blood and can cause various health issues. Someone can get or have one of many form of the disease. The most common being Type I and II diabetes. Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) or Type I diabetes can occur at any age but is most commonly diagnosed in children. It develops when the pancreas becomes autoimmune and attacks its†¦show more content†¦In order to know if you or a loved one has Type I diabetes, one of the tests that can be done is a blood test. This is going to check the level of glucose in the blood. The normal Blood Glucose range for the average person is 70 to 110, but some people may have higher or lower ranges that may not prompt any signs or symptoms. Some people’s bodies can tolerate it better. The treatment for Type I diabetes depends on whether the blood sugar is high or low. If it’s high then injecting insulin would treat it and bring that level down. If it’s low, its best to eat fruit, hard candy, fruit juice, while being careful not to increase it more than you should. A person with this type will always be insulin dependent. You also need to keep a health y diet and exercise not only for the Diabetes but it’s good to have a healthy lifestyle. Moving on to Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) or Type II Diabetes , this form develops usually later on as an adult, however, there has been an increase in teens developing Type II diabetes due to the lack of exercise and poor eating habits which turns into a higher body weight. In this type of Diabetes, the problem is that the pancreas does still produce insulin but not enough for the body’s needs. The signs and symptoms of Type II are pretty much the same as Type I. There is increased urination, thirst, hunger, weight loss, blurred vision and so on. The differences, between