Types of Diabetes!

Hello peeps, 

As most of you know I suffer from Diabetes, so following the mountainous of questions that ~I have been asked as to how I cope, I thought it best that I explained what Diabetes is, as I suffer from Type 2

Under normal circumstances, the glucose (sugar) levels in your blood rise after you eat. In response, the body produces a hormone called insulin, which converts the glucose in your bloodstream into usable energy. But if insulin isn't available, or if the body isn't using it correctly, your blood glucose will remain elevated, and that can be harmful to your body. The latter describes diabetes mellitus, a serious health condition that affects millions of people. There are actually a few variations of this disease, but all characterized by abnormally high levels of glucose in the bloodstream.

• Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune disorder, meaning your own immune system attacks and destroys the only cells in the body that manufacture insulin. Type 1 diabetes used to be called "insulin-dependent" or "juvenile-onset" diabetes. With no cure, type 1 diabetics must manage the disease for the rest of their lives.
• Type 2 Diabetes begins with insulin resistance, during which the pancreas is still manufacturing insulin, but the cells of the body are not using it properly. In response, the pancreas produces more and more insulin, wearing itself out and eventually losing its ability to produce insulin. High levels of blood glucose result, making it difficult for the body to use this glucose as fuel. Type 2 diabetes used to be called "non-insulin-dependent" or "adult-onset" diabetes, but more and more cases are being diagnosed in children. Between 90% and 95% of diabetes cases are type 2.
• Pre-Diabetes almost always occurs before a person develops full-blown type 2 diabetes. People who have higher-than-normal blood glucose levels that aren't quite high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes are considered pre-diabetic.
• Gestational Diabetes can occur during pregnancy when the body still manufactures insulin, but the cells don't use it properly. Treatment is necessary to prevent injury to the fetus.

Until da next Tyme !