Diabetes Information

About People Types & Causes Insulins Medications Complications

Types of Diabetes

What Type Do You Have?

Really Know Your Diabetes Type? You May Be Surprised

Type 1

Learn all about Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that begins in childhood, in adolescence or as an adult.

Type 1.5

"aka Slow Onset Type 1 and LADA" Discover whyType 1.5 is one of several names now applied to those who are diagnosed as an adult with a form of diabetes similar to Type 1, but who do not immediately require insulin for treatment.

Type 2

Learn all about Type 2 diabetes, a metabolic disorder in which the body has trouble using insulin to control the blood sugar combined with a gradual loss of insulin-producing cells.

Pre-Diabetes

Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) is diagnosed when the blood glucose level that is higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as diabetes.

Syndrome X

Syndrome X or "metabolic syndrome" is a new term to describe a collection of conditions associated with Insulin Resistance. This metabolic defect causes Type 2 diabetes, most cases of high blood pressure, and much of the cardiovascular disease in westernized countries.

Polycystic Ovary Disease

Polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, is a metabolic disorder that affects the female reproductive system and is closedly associated with insulin resistance.

Gestational Diabetes

Links to the best web sources with information on Gestational Diabetes

Hemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis is an inherited disease that causes excessive amounts of iron to accumulate in the body and can cause diabetes.

Cystic Fibrosis

Over 40% of the individuals with CF who are over the age of 30 develop Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes (CFRD).

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