Autoimmune Diseases: A Serious Health Concern For All 20-Somethings

Type One Diabetes

Type one diabetes is an autoimmune disease that attacks the cells in the pancreas that make insulin, leaving them unable to metabolize glucose properly. People with type one diabetes require lifelong injections of insulin and blood testing to ensure they receive the proper amount. Although the disease usually occurs during childhood, there has been a fivefold increase in the past forty years with a twenty-three percent spike in the last decade alone, leaving four hundred & fifty thousand young people affected.