Growing epidemic WHO target for diabetes 2024 | Types of Diabetes?

Published on November 18, 2024 by Kuldeep Lodhi

Type 1 diabetes:

In type 1 diabetes, your immune system destroys insulin-making cells (beta cells) in your pancreas. These are called beta cells.
In type 1 diabetes, human body produces very little/no insulin.
Insulin need to administer daily to maintain blood glucose levels under control.
Children and young people are the main victim of this diabetes, so it used to be called juvenile diabetes.
Symptoms: polyuria (excessive excretion of urine), polydipsia (thirst), hunger (most of the time), weight loss, vision related problems, and fatigue.

Type 2 diabetes:

Human body do not use of insulin that it produces.
More than 95% of Indian people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.
Reasons: excess body weight and physical inactivity.
Symptoms: may be similar to type 1 diabetes. As a result, this disease may be diagnosed several years after onset.