There are three main types of diabetes: type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the body attacks the insulin-producing cells, resulting in little to no insulin production. It usually develops in children and young adults and requires daily insulin injections. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90% of diabetes cases and involves insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. It typically develops after age 40 but can occur earlier and is often associated with obesity. Gestational diabetes develops in about one in 25 pregnancies worldwide and involves high blood glucose levels during pregnancy.

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For Diabetes Fight

2. Diabetes is the condition that results from lack
of insulin in a person's blood, or their body has a
problem using the insulin it produces (Insulin
resistance).
There are other kinds of diabetes, like diabetes
insipidus. However, when people say "diabetes",
they usually mean diabetes mellitus. People with
diabetes mellitus are called "diabetics".
What is diabetes?

3. There are many types of diabetes, but between them
the most likely to describe are 3
Types of diabetes

4. Diabetes is sometimes called insulin-dependent,
immune-mediated or juvenile-onset diabetes. It is
caused by an auto-immune reaction where the body’s
defence system attacks the insulin-producing cells.
The reason why this occurs is not fully understood.
People with type 1 diabetes produce very little or no
insulin.
Type 1 diabetes

5. The disease can affect people of any age, but usually occurs
in children or young adults. People with this form of
diabetes need injections of insulin every day in order to
control the levels of glucose in their blood. If people with
type 1 diabetes do not have access to insulin, they will die.

6. Diabetes also refers to non-insulin dependent this
type of diabetes diabetes accounts for at least 90% of
all cases of diabetes. It is characterized by insulin
resistance and relative insulin deficiency, either of
which may be present at the time that diabetes
becomes clinically manifest. The diagnosis of type 2
diabetes usually occurs after the age of 40 but can
occur earlier, especially in populations with high
diabetes frequency
Type 2 diabetes

7. Type 2 diabetes can remain undetected for many years and
the diagnosis is often made from associated complications
or incidentally through an abnormal blood or urine glucose
test. It is often, but not always, associated with obesity,
which itself can cause insulin resistance and lead to elevated
blood glucose levels.

8. Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a form of diabetes
consisting of high blood glucose levels during
pregnancy. It develops in one in 25 pregnancies
worldwide and is associated with complications in the
period immediately before and after birth.
Gestational diabetes (GDM)