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What’s the Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?

By October 23, 2024October 28th, 2024eNewsletter, Featured News, November 2024 Newsletter

While many people have heard of diabetes, there may be much confusion around the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. To help you understand the main differences, here are a few of the most distinguishing aspects of each type.

Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong autoimmune disorder that is often diagnosed in young people but can develop at any age. Researchers aren’t sure how to prevent it or what triggers it, but type 1 diabetes requires the administration of insulin, typically through an injection or a wearable insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring system.

Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot use insulin properly. While researchers are still looking for an exact cause, genetics play a part in risk factors. There is no cure, but it can be controlled through lifestyle and medical interventions. It is most commonly diagnosed in adults, and although the incidence of type 2 diabetes in children is relatively low, it has nearly doubled in the United States since 2003.

Diabetes has become the world’s fastest-growing chronic disease, prompting the CDC to declare it a global epidemic.

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