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JDRF (Juvenile diabetes Research Foundation) |
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by ellamia  (October 2007) (rank 51st) |
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Id like to tell you a little bit about JDRF (Juvenile diabetes Research Foundation). They have the walk comming up in the next week or so. We do this every year. My husband Shannon Barratt has Juvenile Diabetes.
WHAT IS TYPE 1 DIABETES
Everyone gets this confused
no its not because your fat or what you have eaten this is a chronic disease that destroys the body's ability to produce insulin - a hormone needed to convert food into energy. This is a serious disease and everyday he has to inject himself with insulin 4 times a day. There is a 1 in 12 chance of my husband passing this onto the girls. I am hoping there will be a cure soon. There have been cases of people loosing body parts and all sorts
Insulin will help you stay stabilised but even with this type 1 diabetes can cause long-term health problems like heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and nerve damage. Type 1 diabetes isn’t the same as type 2 diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes is obesity related usually and isn’t insulin based but if not looked after it can be insulin based.
Type 1 Diabetes starts in childhood or early adults, although I recently met someone with type one diabetes diagnosed at 40 years old. This disease can start as early as a infant at 8 weeks of age and can have up to 6 insulin injections a day for the rest of their life just to stay alive.
WHAT CAUSES THIS DISEASE
Your immune system turns on itself by mistake and destroys the beta cells in the pancreas and removes the ability to produce insulin. We need insulin to allow to body to process sugar to make energy.
THE SYMTOMS
This can occur in days or weeks depending on the individual. This can include extreme thirst, needing to use the toilet for urinating and sudden weight loss. These are the most common there are others. If this is untreated and not seen to by a doctor you can go into a coma.
Most people diagnosed with this disease there is no family link unlike the Type 2 diabetes which is family related.
HOW TO HELP
JDRF is trying to find a cure to help these people with Diabetes please donate and help find a cure. You can donate on the site to sponsor. Here is the link to sponsor a participant
walk.jdrf.org.au/search.asp
Here is a link to sponsor Shannon
walk.jdrf.org.au/teamParticipant.asp
Here is a link to Donate to JDRF
www.jdrf.org.au/support/donate.html
Thank you for Reading.
