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The ABCs of diabetes: what's the difference between type 1 & 2 diabetes?
Ebony, March, 2008
Type 1 diabetes was previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or Juvenile-onset diabetes. Type 1 diabetes develops when the body's immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells, the only cells in the body that make the hormone insulin that regulates blood glucose. To survive, people with type 1 diabetes must have insulin delivered by injection or a pump. This form of diabetes usually strikes children and young adults, although the disease can occur at any age. Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 percent to 10 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes, Risk factors for type 1 diabetes may be autoimmune, genetic or environmental. Siblings of people with type 1 diabetes and children of parents with type t diabetes are at greater risk for type 1 diabetes. There is no known way to prevent type I diabetes. Several clinical trials of methods to prevent type 1 diabetes are currently in progress or are being planned. Warning signs of type 1 diabetes include frequent urination, unusual thirst, extreme hunger, unusual weight loss, extreme fatigue and/or irritability.
Type 2 diabetes is referred to as either non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or adult-onset diabetes, Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90 percent to 95 percent of all diagnosad cam of diabetes. It usually begins as insulin resistance, a disorder in which the cells do not use insulin properly. As the need for insulin rises, the pancreas gradually loses its ability to produce it. Type 2 diabetes la associated with older age, obesity, family history of diabetes, history of gestational diabates, impaired glucose matabolism, physical inactivity and race/athnicity, African-Americans are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetes and its complications, Clinically based reports and regional studies suggest that type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents is being diagnosed more frequently, particularly in African-Americans, Although people with type 2 diabetes often have no symptoms, when warning signs are apparent, they Include frequent infections, blurred vision, cuts/bruises that are slow to heal, tingling/numbnees In the hands/feet and recurring skin, gum or bladder infections,
Source: American Diabetes Association
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