The insulin that produces cells of the pancreas when destroyed is called Type 1 Diabetes. This term was once referred to Juvenile diabetes as it struck people less than twenty years of age. The hormone that will allow glucose to the enter the body cells is the beta cells of the pancreas this produces little or no insulin. The glucose is then used as fuel.

It is believed that Type 1 Diabetes is inherited. Type 1 Diabetes can strike people younger than thirty and can happen quickly and severely.

When a person’s body has inadequate insulin this causes glucose to build up in the blood stream instead of in the cells. When this happens the body is unable to use this glucose for energy, even though there are high levels in the bloodstream, this will cause the patient to become even hungrier.

This also causes the patient to urinate more often than normal, which will cause extreme thirst. In a matter of only five to ten years after being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes the beta cells that produce insulin are completely destroyed, this makes people with Type 1 Diabetes insulin dependent.

There is no known cause for type 1 diabetes, but it does account for 3% of all the new cases each year. Type 1 diabetes is more common in children than adults and there is an estimated 1 new care per every 7,000 children.