What is Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes?

What is Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes?

In Type 1 diabetes, your pancreas doesn’t make any insulin. In Type 2, your pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin, and the insulin it is making doesn’t always work as it should. Both types are forms of diabetes mellitus, meaning they lead to hyperglycemia (high blood sugar).

Does glycogen cause diabetes?

Other types of glycogen storage disease result from mutations in glycolytic enzymes, such as phosphofructokinase (GSD7, in muscle) and aldolase A (GSD12, in muscle and red blood cells). The isoforms involved are cell specific and do not lead to diabetes.

Which is worse type of diabetes?

Type 1 and type 2 diabetes can have very serious side effects if they are not diagnosed or managed well. One is not better or worse than the other. Both conditions require careful and mindful management.

What happens when you have too much glycogen?

Excess amounts of glycogen (the stored form of energy that comes from carbohydrates) are deposited in the liver, causing enlargement of the liver (hepatomegaly).

How do you remove glycogen from your body?

By consuming additional carbohydrates during exercise, you can decrease the amount of glycogen needed. However, since glycogen is preferred over blood glucose as a fuel, and because the amount of exogenous carbohydrate intake is limited, you can never exercise at a high intensity and not burn any glycogen.

Is type 1 diabetes serious?

If left untreated, type-1 diabetes is a life-threatening condition. It’s essential that treatment is started early. Diabetes can’t be cured, but treatment aims to keep your blood glucose levels as normal as possible and control your symptoms, to prevent health problems developing later in life.

How do you feel when diabetes starts?

Early signs and symptoms

• Frequent urination.
• Increased thirst.
• Always feeling hungry.
• Feeling very tired.
• Blurry vision.
• Slow healing of cuts and wounds.
• Tingling, numbness, or pain in the hands or feet.
• Patches of dark skin.