Diabetes

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There are five types of diabetes; types 1-5:

Type 1 Diabetes - is also known as insulin-dependent diabetes melitus and is caused due to the immune system destroying pancratic beta cells and so preventing them producing insulin.

Type 2 Diabetes - is also known as non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and is caused due to insulin no longer triggering its signalling cascade.

Type 3 Diabetes - other specific types of diabetes

Type 4 Diabetes - gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)

Type 5 Diabetes - impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG)



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  1. ↑ http://www.who.int/topics/diabetes_mellitus/en/ 2010
  2. ↑ [Functional and biochemical characteristics of 2 types of diabetes mellitus] Ter Arkh. 1984;56(10):86-8. Danilishina VS, Kushnir VL.
  3. ↑ http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/nsf/pages/diabetes.aspx 03/06/2008
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