{"id":698,"date":"2019-05-25T00:37:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T06:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4nrx.md\/blog\/?p=698"},"modified":"2019-05-28T01:27:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T07:27:41","slug":"what-is-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.4nrx.md\/blog\/what-is-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"What is diabetes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Modern concepts of diabetes see it as a syndrome that combines signs and symptoms of two different diseases: type 1 diabetes<\/strong> and type 2 diabetes<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is characterized by absolute insufficiency of insulin in the body, that is, insufficient pancreatic secretion. In type 2 diabetes, the receptors that determine the presence of insulin cease to work, resulting in a violation of the interaction of insulin with the cells of the organs and tissues in the body.<\/span><\/p>\n

Types and causes of diabetes<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

To understand difference type 1 diabetes mellitus from type 2, you need to understand how carbohydrate metabolism occurs in humans. <\/span><\/p>\n

The main carbohydrate that nourishes all the tissues and organs of the body is glucose. Food that enters to the body, through complex chemical transformations, under the action of enzymes of the digestive tract is split into glucose molecules, which is absorbed into the bloodstream and enters all tissues and organs. However, in order for the tissues and organs to absorb glucose, a special hormone – insulin is needed. Excess glucose may be a stock in the special form “glycogen<\/em>” – a complex polysaccharide, which if necessary can be split again into glucose molecules, with the process of splitting can occur only in the presence of the insulin. Thus, the insulin produced by the pancreas is a necessary participant in carbohydrate metabolism. <\/span><\/p>\n

With its lack or “failure” of the interaction insulin with cells, tissues, and organs of the body occurs the following things:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n