Are there any types of diabetes?

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1. manasa.chivakula
   

   Types of Diabetes

   There are mainly three types of diabetes depending upon the insulin production by the pancreas.

   Diabetes Type I: In this condition, the body does not produce any insulin at all for the synthesis of glucose.

   Type I, diabetes is known as an autoimmune disease in which the person's body has destroyed his/her own insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.

   People with Diabetes Type I are unable to produce insulin. Most patients with Diabetes Type I, developed the condition before the age of 40. Approximately 15% of all people with diabetes have Type I condition.

   Type I, diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes or childhood diabetes. Although a large number of diabetes Type I patients become so during childhood, it can also develop after the age of 18. Developing Type I after the age of 40 is extremely rare.

   Type I, unlike Type II, is not preventable. The majority of people who develop Type I are of normal weight and are otherwise healthy during onset. Exercise and diet cannot reverse Type I condition of the person has lost his/her insulin-producing beta cells. Several research and clinical trials in this area are being attempted to find ways of preventing or slowing down the progress of Type I, but so far no fruitful results are achieved.

   Diabetes Type II: In type II diabetes, either the body doesn’t produce enough insulin, or suffers fro insulin resistance, i.e.; the insulin produced is not working properly.

   Research show’s that, majority of people with the Type II have developed this condition, because they are overweight. Type II generally appears towards the later stage in life, compared to Type I. Type II is the most common form of diabetes.

   There are several orally consumed medications that can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce glucose production by the liver, to a certain extent.

   Gestational Diabetes: Is the one in which, pregnant women develop diabetes just during pregnancy period; Gestational Diabetes usually resolves itself after the birth of the child.
    

   There is lot more information regarding types,Treatment and precautions.....

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2. Tom Reeds
   

   There are different types and forms of diabetes. But there are three main types of diabetes which are
   Type 1 Diabetes
   Type 2 Diabetes
   Gestational Diabetes.
   Type 1 Diabetes is known as Juvenile Diabetes or Insulin Independent Diabetes. The type 1 of Diabetes can occur in different stages, but is most common in children, adolescents or the young adults. Insulin is a type of hormone which is produced by special types of cells which are called beta cells, and they are produced in pancreas, in the organ located behind your stomach. Insulin is also needed to remove blood sugar into cells, here is stored for later purposes for the conversion of energy. In the type 1 diabetes these types of cells produce are responsible for producing little or no insulin.
   The type 2 diabetes is much more common than the type 1 diabetes. It constitutes most of the cases of diabetes. It usually occurs in the adulthood. The young people are now increasingly being diagnosed with this disease. In this condition pancreas fail to make enough insulin in order to keep the glucose level to normal level, because the body of a person does not respond well to the insulin.
   The third type of diabetes is high blood glucose that is developed at the time of pregnancy in a woman who is not facing the problem of diabetes. Some women have gestational diabetes and they are at higher risk than the type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the later stages of life.
    

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