DIABETES FIVE TYPES

Five types of  diabetes include three serious and two milder forms

Serious :

 1. Young insulin deficient patients.
2. Auto immune diabetes : Original type 1 diabetes.
3. Insulin resistance : cells are unable to use insulin effectively . They are having higher risk of kidney disease.  Leif Groop ( Endocrinologist at Lund University : Sweden ) said " This group has the most to gain from the new diagnostics as they are the ones who are currently most incorrectly treated".

Milder :  40% of the patients, having a form of diabetes related to advanced age

Currently diabetes are diagnosed  in two categories as Type 1 & Type 2

Type 1:
Diagnosed in childhood . Here in 10 % of the cases the gland pancreas do not produce insulin . Insulin is the hormone which regulates blood sugar

Type 2:
Usually find in adults. Here the gland pancreas  produce insulin but in less quantities. It is not sufficient to regulate the sugar level  which is accumulated due to high carbohydrate consumption

Type 2 diabetes is highly variable

Here 'PRECISION MEDICINE' has the role. Here difference between individuals in managing the disease is taken into consideration

Leif Groop said ' This is the first step towards personalized treatment of diabetes . The new classification is a " paradigm shift" in how the disease is viewed.

As per International Diabetes Foundation 420 million people around the world suffer from diabetes and is expected to reach 629 million by 2045.


Reported by medical journal 'The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology'