Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
Health Encyclopedia: Type 1 Diabetes Treatment To Prevent Major Complications
- Type 1 Diabetes Treatment to Prevent Major Complications
- Highlights
- Type 1 Diabetes: Introduction
- Causes
- Type 1 Diabetes: Risk Factors
- Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms
- Life-Threatening Complications
Treatment
Insulin is essential for strict control of blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes. Tight blood glucose control is the best way to prevent major complications in type 1 diabetes including those that affect the kidneys, eyes, nerve pathways, and blood vessels. Intensive insulin treatment in early diabetes may even help preserve any residual insulin secretion for at least 2 years.
There are, however, some significant problems with intensive insulin therapy:
- There is a higher risk for low bl...
Expert & Community Posts
Innovative Research and Type 1 Diabetes: “Of Mice and Men”
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert...I told you my vision for a potential treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. I proposed that a... Read more »
Type 1 and Athletes: Broncos QB Jay Cutler Diagnosed
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Research and Type 1 Diabetes: Breaking News
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert...my attention by the mother of one of my teens with type 1 diabetes. One of the coolest aspects... Read more »
Why We Walk
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It's not JUST diabetes!
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Health Guide
Type 1 Diabetes: Prevention
...condition, such screening tests are expensive and provide little value.Although insulin is the mainstay of type 1 diabetes treatment, research is ongoing to develop other approaches that might, in... Read more »Diabetes Travel Letter for Pumpers
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Medications
...medication should not be used to treat people with type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
...medication should not be used to treat people with type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
...medication should not be used to treat people with type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
...This medication should not be used in patients with Type 1 diabetes or for the treatment of... Read more »
Related News
Hope for Type 1 Diabetes Patients
December 03, 2008Researchers identified a new source of insulin-producing cells. Results of a new study show cells in the pancreas that produce insulin -- called beta... Read summary »
Diabetes Treatment Shows Promise
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Environmental Triggers for Type 1 Diabetes
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Predicting Type 1 Diabetes Better
March 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers have uncovered a fourth antibody that can better predict who is at risk for type 1 diabetes. Type-1 diabetes is an... Read summary »
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