can u plz list me the types of diabeties a human is aaffected with?!
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Type 1, type 2, gestational
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type 1
type 2 (gestational can lead to type 2)
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes occurs most often in children and teenagers. The exact causes are unknown, but it is thought that heredity (genetic predisposition) and viral infection may be contributing factors. The symptoms most often include excessive thirst, excessive urination, hunger, and fatigue. Individuals with Type 1 diabetes are dependent upon insulin injections for survival. At the present time, there is no cure for this form of diabetes although researchers make significant advances every year. In the future, pancreatic transplantation or other forms of therapy may be possible.
Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (also referred to as adult-onset diabetes) is most frequently seen in people over the age of 40, but has increased significantly over the past several years in the younger population.
Type 2 diabetes is a familial disorder and is seen more often in obese individuals. The symptoms are mild fatigue and an increase in thirst and urination. Because the symptoms can be mild, many people have this form of diabetes and do not realize it. Fifty percent of heart attack and stroke patients suffer from this form of diabetes. Treatment includes diet, exercise, weight loss and blood sugar monitoring. If these therapies are not effective, the use of medication (either pills or insulin) is necessary.
Pregestational Diabetes
Pregestational refers to diabetes (Type 1 or 2) that is preexisting when a woman becomes pregnant. Very few women with diabetes receive preconception counseling and with poor glucose control in early pregnancy, their infants are at risk for miscarriage or for developing congenital abnormalities (malformations).
Gestational Diabetes [GDM]
The reported prevalence of gestational diabetes (diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy) in the United States ranges from 1 to 14% (average 2-5%). It is usually diagnosed with a blood test at around 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy but can develop earlier, especially in women who are predisposed to developing diabetes.
The risk factors for gestational diabetes include:
Obesity
A family history of diabetes
A prior history of glucose intolerance
A previous child weighing more than 9 pounds at birth (macrosomia)
A previous stillbirth or child born with birth defects
A history of frequent miscarriages
Maternal age (>25 years old)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Certain ethnic groups are also at increased risk. These include African and Native Americans as well as women from the Pacific Islands or of Hispanic ethnicity. Despite these identified risk factors, 50% of women diagnosed with GDM have no known risk factors.
We do not know the causes of GDM but we have some clues. The placenta develops in the uterus (womb) and supplies nourishment to the baby. The mother's glucose feeds the baby by way of the placenta and the umbilical cord. The placenta makes hormones that raise a pregnant woman's blood glucose by blocking the normal action of insulin (converting glucose to energy) in the body during pregnancy. Insulin production increases by about 50% by the end of pregnancy and some women cannot make enough insulin to cover this increased need which results in GDM.
Most women are able to lower blood glucose levels by exercising and following a special diet. About 15% require treatment with insulin in addition to their diet. Once the pregnancy is over, this demand for more insulin is gone and 98% of mothers will return to normal.
Patients should be screened with a fasting blood sugar at 6 weeks after delivery to ensure that it has resolved and should be tested every year for diabetes. Approximately, 60% of women who develop GDM (especially if they required insulin to control glucose levels) will develop overt Type 2 diabetes 5-15 years after their pregnancy. There is also a 50-90% chance that GDM will recur with subsequent pregnancies.
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http://www.mfm-evms.org/dm2diabetestypes.html go to this website it has a lot of information :)
Type 1 diabetis is the type that one is born with. In other words, the gene responsible for creating insulin is either absent or non functioning.
Type 2 is acquired. Your body still makes insulin, but it has become sensitized to sugar (no longer recognizes it). Therefor your body cannot process or metabolize it.
type one- typically thought of as an autoimmune disorder where the body attacks the beta islet cells of the pancreas that secrete insulin. you NEED insulin injections to live
type two- very highly genetic. often in people who are obese. the pancreas either doesn't put out enough insulin, or the body's cells don't respond to the insulin. treatment is with diet and different medicines to get the body to react the right way.
gestational- genetic and obese relationships. same as type two. in about half of the women who get this type, they will later develop type 2.
maturity onset- purely genetic. seems to be more like type two than type one. treated the same way as two.
also, type one is definitely not something you're born with. it develops usually between 8 and 12. many scietists are starting to think that the body will get a virus, and afterward, start thinking that the beta cells are virus, so they kill them. not genetic. at all.
Unfortunately it is not as simple as Type 1 and Type 2. It is not black and white its more SHADES OF GREY. Type 1 is generally seen as Autoimmune.(Where the body destroys the beta cells that produce insulin very quickly). Type 2 is seen as a combination of the beta cells slowly failing and the body becoming more insulin resistant.
I think very soon that they will eliminate the definitions of type 1 and type 2 and just call it diabetes.
I won't even discuss gestational, type 1.5, LADA. and so on.
Basically diabetes is abnormally high blood glucose and needs to be managed by the patient and their physician, diabetes educator, and team.
Instead of giving you another long drawn out description of the same let me give you a web site that will answer any and all of your questions about diabetes.
I hope you like it as much as I.
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http://www.medicinenet.com/diabetes_mellitus/article.htm
Megan and Britt both have great info.
Over and above the fund of information above, there is a recent third classification of diabetes. It is either called type 1.5 or LADA which expands to latent autoimmune diabetes of the adult. Since it is neither classically type 1 since symptoms start later than in type 1 nor type 2 since it a latent autoimmune disorder, it has been classified funnily enough 1.5. But it is more and more called LADA by the endocrinologists. The treatment starts like in type 2 and probably shifts to insulin in a short time.
I just noticed that george C has touched upon this type.
..and don't forget about diabetes insipidus, usually from prolonged lithium use.
1)Type 1--generally called insulin dependent-childhood onset-victims classically having frequent urination,morbid thirst,and a lot of appetite.The victims are underweight. 2)Type 2-generally called adult onset,non insulin dependent.The victims are over weight,and do not have frequent urination etc.In fact maximum number come to know of it only after a chance examination of blood. 3)Pregnancy/gestational diabetes--some women become diabetic(have high blood glucose)and lose it after child birth. 4)Impaired glucose tolerance--Borderline patients who may develop full fledged diabetes in future-their blood glucose is neither perfectly normal nor high. 5)Secondary diabetes--caused by other diseases of pancreas,abnormalities in other endocrine glands like Thyroid,Pituitary etc.,drug induced (Iatrogenic)occuring in those who take Antiasthmatic medicines,and chronic alcoholics.
type 1 and 2
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