Diabetes is a metabolic disease, which is a problem in the body's ability to regulate sugar, leading to an increase in glucose content in the body. This disease can be roughly divided into two categories: 1 type diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Although both types of diabetes belong to the category of diabetes, their causes and ages are different. Now let's look at their causes.
1 type diabetes mellitus
1 type diabetes is also called "insulin-dependent diabetes" or "juvenile diabetes". This type of diabetes is younger and requires more insulin for treatment. 1 type diabetes is mostly more acute, and symptoms such as eating more urine and losing weight are more obvious.
Cause of disease:
At present, the causes of 1 type diabetes are different and complicated, which may be related to the following reasons:
1. Genetic causes
If there are 1 diabetics in our family, the risk of diabetes in this family is greater than that in the general population.
2. Virus infection
The occurrence of 1 type diabetes may also be related to the immune system disorder caused by certain virus infection or eating certain foods, and then induce 1 type diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Type 2 diabetes, also known as "non-insulin-dependent diabetes" or "adult diabetes", is the most common type of diabetes. Although this type of diabetes is labeled as "adult type", it affects all ages, including children, but the most common type is middle-aged and elderly people. The situation of eating more and urinating more in type 2 diabetes is not obvious, which often makes many people ignore the arrival of the disease, and most of them find themselves with diabetes only after they have complications.
Cause of disease:
The etiology of type 2 diabetes is very complicated, and most of them are the result of the interaction of heredity and environment. The reasons may be related to the following factors:
1. Genetic causes
Like 1 diabetes, the incidence of type 2 diabetes is mostly related to family. If someone in the family has type 2 diabetes, then the chances of the family getting sick are higher than the average person.
2. Personal life reasons
Factors related to personal life reasons, such as personal living habits, living environment, lifestyle and so on.
For example, eat more and exercise less, and often eat foods with high fat and sugar; There are diseases such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia; The blood sugar content of pregnant women is too high during pregnancy; Long-term depression, or patients with depression; Obese people.
Methods of lowering blood sugar
1. Diet management
Diabetic patients should pay more attention to diet, strictly abide by the doctor and nurse's meal plan according to the specific situation, and achieve the purpose of lowering blood sugar through diet control.
2. Take drugs to treat diabetes.
Oral drugs include gliptin, biguanide hypoglycemic agents, α -glucosidase inhibitors, insulin secretagogue and other drugs; Drugs to be injected include insulin and so on. What medicine to take or inject depends on the patient's blood sugar and the doctor's advice. This is also the most important point in the treatment of diabetes.
3. Diabetes education
For patients, it is very important to receive good diabetes education to reduce the complications of diabetes and prolong their lives.