- T2D (Type 2 Diabetes) is a form of diabetes that requires no insulin injections because it is still produced by the pancreas.
- Well, this form of diabetes usually develops sometime after the age of diabetes, yet may or may not appear earlier. It has actually begun to appear more frequently in children.
- Right. Well, in this form of diabetes, the pancreas still produces insulin, but the body does not produce enough or is not able to use it. A treatment can be diet control, exercise, self-monitoring of blood glucose and, in some cases, oral drugs or insulin. It is not permanent like T1D (Type 1 Diabetes) is.
2. What is Gestational Diabetes?
- This form of diabetes occurs in 2 to 10 percent of women during pregnancy and is when this percentage of women gain hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). Even though this particular form usually disappears after the birth, those 2 to 10 percent are at a risk of developing T2D (Type 2 Diabetes) later in life.
3. What is LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults)?
- LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults) is T1D (Type 1 Diabetes) but different than T1D. It is T1D diagnosed in adults over the age of 30. It is sometimes referred to as Type 1.5 Diabetes.
- LADA is often misdiagnosed as T2D (Type 2 Diabetes) because of the age of the diagnosed, but victims of LADA are not insulin resistant (meaning LADA victims requires insulin) like T2D victims.
- LADA is catergorized by age, increase in insulin necessity, positive antibodies, low C-peptide, lack of T2D in family history, and insulin resistance medications being ineffective.
- Treatment for LADA and T1D are the same.
4. What is Monogenic Diabetes?
- Monogenic Diabetes is the result of mutations in a single gene and is sometimes mistaken for T1D (Type 1 Diabetes).
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