Why do children suffer from diabetes?

Juvenile diabetes or diabetes that troubles children is the result of an autoimmune disorder which can be due to environmental trigger or a virus, which hampers the function of beta cell. Once the beta cells are destroyed the body is unable to produce insulin. It is also believed that Type 1 diabetes results from an infectious or toxic cause in children who are genetically pre-disposed. A child with diabetic brothers and sisters is more prone to develop juvenile diabetes than the child from a totally unaffected family.

Pancreas produces the exact amount of insulin, to breakdown the sugar produced in the body. The juvenile diabetic lack the production of insulin so, sugar builds up high in the blood, overflows into the urine and passes from the body unused.