Contents:
- Medical Video: Type 1 Diabetes | Nucleus Health
- Distinguishing type 1 and 2 diabetes
- 1. The patient's body weight in general
- 2. Symptoms and signs
- 3. Development of the disease
- Then, which type of diabetes is more dangerous?
Medical Video: Type 1 Diabetes | Nucleus Health
There are several types of diabetes, including type 1 and type 2. There is also a type of diabetes during pregnancy, known as gestational diabetes. Well, you might often hear that diabetes 1 is caused by hereditary factors while type 2 diabetes is caused by an unhealthy lifestyle.
Usually glucose (sugar) levels in the blood are controlled by the hormone insulin produced by the pancreas. Well, diabetes itself occurs due to interference with the hormone insulin in the body. Disorders of the hormone insulin cause sugar can not be converted into energy sources needed by the body, but only accumulate in the blood. This is what is meant by high blood sugar.
Distinguishing type 1 and 2 diabetes
Actually, the main difference between these two types of diabetes lies in the condition of insulin in the body. People with type 1 diabetes may not have insulin at all. This is because the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells which are responsible for producing insulin.
In type 2 diabetes, you still produce the hormone insulin (but maybe a small amount). Unfortunately, your body cannot use insulin to process sugar effectively. This condition is referred to as insulin resistance. This type of diabetes attacks the community more.
Apart from these main differences, there are several things that indicate the difference between the two types of diabetes.
1. The patient's body weight in general
In type 1 diabetes, body mass index orbody mass index (the standard used to measure whether your weight and height are quite proportional) is usually considered ideal. Whereas atearly Type 2 diabetes cases, usually patients are overweight or even obese.
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2. Symptoms and signs
There are several symptoms that are the same or different in both types of diabetes. The same symptoms are continued thirst, frequent urination, and fatigue easily.
Whereas there are several other symptoms that are not shown by type 1 diabetes, which are blurred vision, infection of the skin, dry and itchy skin, wounds that heal for a long time, body parts like numb feet
3. Development of the disease
The second type of diabetes occurs slowly and gradually. Therefore, there are usually no symptoms that are felt in the early days of type 2 diabetes.
Whereas in the first type of diabetes, the occurrence is rapid and the symptoms can be directly severe (acute), for example ketoacidosis. Although ketoacidosis can also occur in type 2 diabetes.
Then, which type of diabetes is more dangerous?
This question is actually difficult to find the answer because it cannot be compared, both of them have their own characteristics. In addition, the body of each person varies so that the response to diabetes treatment is also different for the patients.
Not to mention the patient's lifestyle greatly determines the success rate of diabetes treatment. If after being diagnosed the patient does not maintain his diet, rarely exercise, sleep deprivation, smoking, and does not routinely check blood sugar, diabetes that had not been too severe can become more serious.
Type 1 does require insulin for a lifetime rather than type 2. However, type 2 can also require insulin (although not everyone) in large numbers because of insulin resistance.
Type 2 can be experienced for years without being diagnosed from the beginning until diabetes is found along with the complications of the disease. Now, who can make this type of diabetes so dangerous, namely its complications. Diabetes can lead to other dangerous diseases such as stroke, hypertension, and kidney failure.
While people with type 1 diabetes can be diagnosed quickly, even as a child. However, this is because usually the symptoms that appear can be severe immediately. In fact, according to the report inDiabetes in the UK 2010: Key Statistics on Diabetesin the UK, the life expectancy of patients with type 1 diabetes can be reduced by up to 20 years. While the life expectancy of patients with type 2 diabetes may decrease by 10 years.
However, once again this figure is uncertain. Not that people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes will die faster than those who have type 2 diabetes. By living a healthy lifestyle and following a doctor's advice, you can still control your diabetes.
