11-04-2016, 01:15 AM
(11-03-2016, 10:08 AM)michaelsean Wrote: So I assume he has the juvenile one, but maybe it's called something else now? There's nothing you can do about that one but treat it right? It's not like when maybe an obese person gets diabetes, and they can get rid of it through diet and exercise.
If you treat this diabetes correctly, are there any long term issues with it?
You are correct, it is often referred to as juvenile diabetes. It is usually referred to as type I diabetes (type II being the other you referred to.) It can be complicated, such as my sister and father are both type I, but neither developed the disease until they were in their early 20's. To put it simply type I diabetics bodies do not produce enough insulin. Where as type II diabetics bodies do not regulate the insulin their bodies do produce.
Even if you do treat type I diabetes correctly through glucose monitoring and proper insulin injections you can still end up having complications down the road. Control it tightly enough and you can have good health for a very long time. If you are lax about it things can go south pretty fast. Constant monitoring and control is key.
