Types of Diabetes: Lack of insulin leads to Type 1 diabetes

• Type–1 Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
• Type-2 Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
• Gestational Diabetes
• Secondary Diabetes
• Malnutrition Related Diabetes.

 
Type-1 or Insulin-Dependent Diabetes

When pancreas produces little or no insulin it gives rise to Type-1 Insulin-Dependent Diabetes. It is most serious form of diabetes. In this case insulin remains in the blood and so insulin injections need to be taken to regulate sugar metabolism.

It usually develops in the first twenty years of life. When beta cells of the pancreas (that make insulin) are suddenly destroyed, Type-1 diabetes develops. In type-1 diabetes the immune system that protects our body instead attacks the pancreas and destroy beta cells. As a result production of insulin is affected and diabetes develops due to the build up of sugar.

 
Type-2 or Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes 

It is the most common form of diabetes known as maturity onset diabetes and rarely develops before forty years of age. The symptoms are mild and so the condition remains undetected for many years. Usually a urine test or blood test reveals the presence of diabetes. Patient will have normal levels of insulin in the blood. But the body cells refuse to accept insulin and so sugar accumulates in the blood. Usually overweight people develop Type-2 diabetes.

People with Type-2 Diabetes can control the disease and even reverse it. A combination of appropriate diet, adequate exercise, and weight control are highly beneficial. And people who are unable to control the disease eventually become dependent on insulin.