Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Virtually anything from the stress of a long checkout line to the first signs of menopause can trigger hormone imbalances, which reveal themselves through mood swings, fatigue, migraines, memory problems, and a lackluster sex drive.
Imbalances of the hormone insulin--produced by the pancreas to control blood sugar levels--are at the root of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. For type 1s, insulin levels are low because antibodies destroy the cells that produce it, while for type 2s, cells produce insulin but the body fails to use it properly, so it isn't able to help keep blood sugar in check.
And through insulin and other blood sugar-related hormones such as glucagon, which raises blood sugar levels and works with insulin to keep them stable, and GLP-1 and amylin, which work in tandem to boost insulin production, are the most common hormones associated with diabetes, the complexity of the disease means it impacts many other hormones, as well.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014...mbalances-go-far-beyond-insulin-in-diabetes-/
Imbalances of the hormone insulin--produced by the pancreas to control blood sugar levels--are at the root of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. For type 1s, insulin levels are low because antibodies destroy the cells that produce it, while for type 2s, cells produce insulin but the body fails to use it properly, so it isn't able to help keep blood sugar in check.
And through insulin and other blood sugar-related hormones such as glucagon, which raises blood sugar levels and works with insulin to keep them stable, and GLP-1 and amylin, which work in tandem to boost insulin production, are the most common hormones associated with diabetes, the complexity of the disease means it impacts many other hormones, as well.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014...mbalances-go-far-beyond-insulin-in-diabetes-/