Some other common diseases may bother patients with type 1 diabetes. A patient for example, felt sluggish and tired but checking on her blood sugar, it is at a safe and normal range so her family thought she was just fine. Later did they realize that a problem was lurking which caused the fatigue. Medical tests then showed that the patient got problems in her thyroid.
Albeit diabetes health care team who surrounds the type 1 diabetic monitor the patient for other problems that may complicate from diabetes, the immediate family of the patient should know and be watchful of the patient always and report to the doctors immediately whatever they see as abnormal so that proper treatment shall be applied quickly.
Autoimmune disorders
Type 1 diabetes is one of the common diseases caused by an autoimmune disorder. An autoimmune disorder is a body condition wherein its immune system does not recognize a body part and attacks it as if it is a foreign invader. With type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys that insulin-producing part or cell of the pancreas resulting to insulin deficiency, high blood sugar and diabetes.
Type 1 diabetics are also at risk of other diseases caused by this autoimmune disorder, not necessarily caused by diabetes. Doctors are not sure of the exact cause of an autoimmune disorder except for reasons of genetic factors or heredity.
Other autoimmune diseases
Patients with type 1 diabetes might also develop problems such as thyroid, celiac, Addison’s and associated endocrinopathies. These can already be present before, on or after the person is diagnosed with diabetes.
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