Tuesday 02/Sep/2025 – 07:07 AM
Type 1 diabetes is a self -immune disease, which occurs when the immune system attacks the pancreas cells responsible for insulin production.
Unlike type 2 diabetes, it cannot be prevented, while the direct cause of this immune imbalance remains unclear.
Can viruses stimulate diabetes?
According to Getsurrey, recent studies indicate that some common viruses may play a role in stimulating this reaction within the body.
The increasing evidence indicates that four viruses are in particular to be an auxiliary environmental factor on the appearance of the disease or accelerate its development.
Intestinal viruses
Research followed children with a family history with type 1 diabetes and found that a long -term infection with an intestinal viral infection was associated with an increase in the risk of disease. Signs of these viruses were also monitored in a pancreas samples of new injured or who have not yet had symptoms.
Rota virus
It is considered one of the most common viruses among children, as most of them are at least once before the age of five. An American study that included more than 1.4 million children showed that vaccination against this virus reduced the risk of type 1 diabetes by 33% compared to the non -inactive.
Corona virus
During the Kofid-19 pandemic, doctors noticed an increase in type 1 diabetes rates among children. Early research indicated that the virus may cause direct damage to the pancreas, but the results are still mixed and need to be verified.
Epstein Barr virus
It is one of the common herpes viruses, and is usually associated with glandular fever. Although most people get it with the age of adulthood, some studies have shown that it may cause excessive activity in the immune system that leads to attacking insulin -producing cells. However, there is no conclusive evidence yet that proves its direct association with type 1 diabetes.
