How does adult onset Type I diabetes work? Is it “burnout” of the body’s ability to make insulin? Why isn’t it noticed sooner? Does good lifestyle prevent symptom development?
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If we knew what caused this we could save a lot of people from a lot of suffering but we don’t, and that’s the ELI5 answer.
Something causes the body’s immune system to start attacking its own cells. Could be stress, could be a recent infection of another pathogen, could be something else. If it starts attacking beta cells in the pankreas, you get type I diabetes. I got hypothyroidism, which is a condition very similar to diabetes except the thyroid is involved instead of the pankreas.
Eating well, exercising etc etc is always good advice for all aspects of your body but nothing will make you immune towards these kinds of things.
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