The causes of diabetes are many. Type 1 diabetes is believed to be an autoimmune illness. When the cells in the pancreas of the body are attacked, the functioning of the pancreas which is primarily to secrete insulin is hindered. There are chances that type 1 diabetes maybe be genetic in nature even though the genetic causes for type 2 diabetes is more definite. Environmental factors too, such as viral infections that cannot be avoided may also cause one to suffer from type 1 diabetes. Racial factors also playa vital role in type 1 diabetes. People with Hispanic or European origins tend to suffer type 1 diabetes more than others. Those with Asian descent rarely suffer from this kind of diabetes. Also men have a slightly higher probability of suffering type 1 diabetes than women do.

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There are several factors that serve as risk factors for diabetes. Some of these are genetic while others cannot be understood, where they come from.

Obesity –
The chief risk factor for diabetes is obesity. The more weight you have, the more are the chances of your insulin being resisted. Fat interferes with the body’s capability to use the insulin that is being released by the pancreas effectively.

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There are some symptoms that are associated with only type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes while there a bunch of symptoms which are associated with both in general. We will guide you through them one at a time.

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When you have an excess of glucose in your blood stream which would also imply that you have extra blood sugar in your blood stream, you can be definite that you suffer from diabetes. Sugar in your blood is an essential as it serves as the source of energy for your body but again too much of it is not very healthy. Glucose does not only come from the food you eat but is also produced by your liver and muscles while the blood helps to carry all the glucose to the various cells in the body. Insulin is also another chemical produced by the pancreas that helps to moderate the levels of glucose in your body by helping the glucose to get absorbed by the cells. So if your insulin fails to work efficiently, the glucose would stay back in your blood and cause your level of glucose to rise causing either pre diabetes or diabetes.

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Diabetes is understood to take place when the endocrine system of your body fails to maintain the level of blood sugar at the optimum level for the purpose of good health. Recently diabetes has become a very common problem. 10 to 12% of urban population and 4 to 6% of rural population of India are diabetic while the numbers in the United States is much greater. Due to diabetes there are a number of other health problems that arise as well. When the pancreas which is the producer of insulin in the body fails to produce enough insulin, the blood sugar levels in the body increase. There are two kinds of diabetes. Diabetes mellitus occurs when the blood sugar level begins to rise and diabetes insipidus occurs when there are problems in water reabsorbtion. Both of these can be caused by a number of factors, some of which are known and others which we are still unaware of.

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