What is the cause of diabetes?

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Diabetes is a very distressing disease, many delicious can not eat, good drink can not drink, to the normal life of patients brought great trouble, but also seriously endanger the physical and mental health of patients. So, what causes diabetes? I'd like to share my views with you.

What is the cause of diabetes?

Autoimmune system defect: because a variety of autoimmune antibodies can be found in the blood of patients with type 1 diabetes, such as glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GAD antibody), islet cell antibody (ICA antibody), etc. These abnormal autoantibodies can damage the insulin secreting B cells of human pancreatic islets, making them unable to normally secrete insulin.

Genetic factors: studies have shown that genetic defects are the basis of type 1 diabetes, which is manifested in the HLA antigen abnormality of the sixth pair of human chromosomes. Scientists' research suggests that type I diabetes has the characteristics of familial onset - if your parents have diabetes, then you are more likely to suffer from it than people without such a family history.

Virus infection may be the cause: many scientists suspect that the virus can also cause type I diabetes. This is because patients with type I diabetes often get virus infection in a period of time before the onset, and the "epidemic" of type I diabetes often appears after the virus epidemic. Viruses, such as those that cause mumps and rubella, and the coxsackievirus family that causes polio, can all play a role in type I diabetes.

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Eating high calorie food and less exercise can also cause diabetes. Some people think it is also caused by obesity. Obesity, like type 2 diabetes, is more common among Asian American and Latin American businessmen whose diet and activity habits have been "westernized.".