The ABCs of diabetes: what's the difference between type 1 & 2 diabetes?(Disease/Disorder overview)

From: Ebony | Date: March 1, 2008 | Copyright information

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 ...

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