what is the differance between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
what is the differance between type one and type two diabetes. nick jonas has type 1 and on tv they always talk about type two. is one worse than 2 ? or are they both about the same?
what is the differance between type one and type two diabetes. nick jonas has type 1 and on tv they always talk about type two. is one worse than 2 ? or are they both about the same?
Type 1 – you have to take insulin injections regularly and carefully monitor your blood sugar and diet.
Type 2 – you control your blood sugar levels through medication (you’re body is still making insulin – just not using it effectively). You still have to monitor your blood sugar and diet.
Can I just add to what prophet1102 said.
Type 1
Type 1 diabetes develops if the body is unable to produce any insulin. This type of diabetes usually appears before the age of 40.
Type 1 diabetes is the least common of the two main types and accounts for between 5 – 15% of all people with diabetes.
Type 2
Type 2 diabetes develops when the body can still make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is produced does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).
In most cases this is linked with being overweight.
This type of diabetes usually appears in people over the age of 40, though in South Asian and African-Caribbean people often appears after the age of 25.
However, recently, more children are being diagnosed with the condition, some as young as seven.
Type 2 diabetes is the most common of the two main types and accounts for between 85 – 95% of all people with diabetes.
There are currently over 2.3 million people with diabetes in the UK and there are more than half a million people with diabetes who have the condition and don’t know it.
Type one starts in childhood, like you are born with it. Type 2 is created by being overweight, a product of bad diet and a sedintary lifestyle.
Type one is worse..
Especially if its not treated properly.