Q: What is Diabetes?
A: World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition of Diabetes Mellitus is of random plasma sugar (glucose) of 11.1mmol/l or more and/or fasting glucose of 7.0mmol/l or more on two occasions in a person without symptoms. There is also diabetes insipidus which is a pituitary gland disorder and has nothing to do with deranged sugar metabolism.
Q: What are the main types of diabetes?
A: Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes are the most common types of diabetes.
Q: What is the difference between Type1 and Type 2 Diabetes?
A: Type 1 Diabetes usually occurs before the age of 25. It is usually associated with weight loss which can be quite dramatic, and patients need insulin for life. In Type 2 Diabetes, the disease onset is usually more insidious; patients are older and tend to be overweight. In both types of diabetes diet is vitally important part of treatment, but some patients with Type 2 Diabetes can get away on diet alone.
Q: What are the symptoms of diabetes?
A: The most common symptoms are thirst, passing large volumes of urine, propensity towards infections such as thrush, skin infections, for example boils etc. Patients with Type 1 Diabetes can also lose weight. However, not every person with these symptoms has diabetes….
Q: Can a person have Diabetes without having any symptoms?
A: Yes, although this is more likely to happen in a patient with Type 2 Diabetes.
Q: Are there any other types of diabetes mellitus?
A: Yes, quite a few…There is for example MODY, which stands for Maturity Diabetes Of the Young. There are six subtypes of MODY….; LADA which is LAtent Diabetes in Adults; Flatbush Diabetes, Diabetes one and a half, Diabetes of Pregnancy or Gestational Diabetes, Double Diabetes, Secondary Diabetes and so on.
A: World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition of Diabetes Mellitus is of random plasma sugar (glucose) of 11.1mmol/l or more and/or fasting glucose of 7.0mmol/l or more on two occasions in a person without symptoms. There is also diabetes insipidus which is a pituitary gland disorder and has nothing to do with deranged sugar metabolism.
Q: What are the main types of diabetes?
A: Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes are the most common types of diabetes.
Q: What is the difference between Type1 and Type 2 Diabetes?
A: Type 1 Diabetes usually occurs before the age of 25. It is usually associated with weight loss which can be quite dramatic, and patients need insulin for life. In Type 2 Diabetes, the disease onset is usually more insidious; patients are older and tend to be overweight. In both types of diabetes diet is vitally important part of treatment, but some patients with Type 2 Diabetes can get away on diet alone.
Q: What are the symptoms of diabetes?
A: The most common symptoms are thirst, passing large volumes of urine, propensity towards infections such as thrush, skin infections, for example boils etc. Patients with Type 1 Diabetes can also lose weight. However, not every person with these symptoms has diabetes….
Q: Can a person have Diabetes without having any symptoms?
A: Yes, although this is more likely to happen in a patient with Type 2 Diabetes.
Q: Are there any other types of diabetes mellitus?
A: Yes, quite a few…There is for example MODY, which stands for Maturity Diabetes Of the Young. There are six subtypes of MODY….; LADA which is LAtent Diabetes in Adults; Flatbush Diabetes, Diabetes one and a half, Diabetes of Pregnancy or Gestational Diabetes, Double Diabetes, Secondary Diabetes and so on.