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Types of Diabetes

 

There are four types of Diabetes Clinical Cases:
 
Type 1 Diabetes, commonly known as juvenile diabetes, results from beta cell destruction that usually leads to insulin deficiency.
 
Type 2 Diabetes results form a progressive insulin secretory defect, where the body is not able to recognize insulin hormone signals needed to break down sugars and carbohydrates.
 
Gestational diabetes mellitus is diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy.
 
Other types of specific diabetes can be caused by:
  • genetic defects in beta cell function or insulin action
  • pancreatic diseases
  • drug- or chemical- induced (such as in HIV/AIDs treatment or after organ transplantation)

Key Facts

  • 347 million people worldwide have diabetes* (1).
  • Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S.
  • Risk for death among people with diabetes is about twice that of people of similar age but without diabetes
  • $174 billion direct medical and indirect costs in the U.S, 2007 (2)
  • Complications and symptoms of diabetes in the U.S.
    • Heart disease and stroke
    • Hypertension
    • Blindness and eye problems
    • Kidney disease
    • Nervous system (slowed digestion of food in the stomach, impaired sensation or pain in the feet or hands, carpal tunnel syndrome)
    • Lower-limb Amputations
    • Dental disease (periodontal disease)
    • Complications of pregnancy
    • Biochemical imbalances: diabetic ketoacidosis

*Definition of diabetes used for estimates: fasting glucose >=7.0 mmol/L or on medication

 

 

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References

National Diabetes Fact Sheet 2011.

 

(1) Danaei G, Finucane MM, Lu Y, Singh GM, Cowan MJ, Paciorek CJ et al. National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2.7 million participants. Lancet, 2011, 378(9785):31–40.

 

(2) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National diabetes fact sheet: national estimates and general information on diabetes and prediabetes in the United States, 2011. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20.

 

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