Diabetes Types Of Diabetes: There are many varieties of Diabetes, most notable being insulin-dependent or Type 1 Diabetes and non-insulin dependent or Type 2 Diabetes.  Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes cause blood sugar levels to become higher than normal. However, they cause it in different ways. Type 1 diabetes (formerly called insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes) results when the pancreas loses its ability to make the hormone insulin. In type 1 diabetes the persons own immune system attacks and destroy the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. Once those cells are destroyed, they won't ever make insulin again. Although no one knows for certain why this happens, scientists think it has something to do with genes. But just getting the genes for diabetes isn't usually enough. A person probably would then have to be exposed to something else - like a virus to get type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes can't be prevented, and there is no practical way to predict who will get it. Once a person has type 1 diabetes, it does not go away and requires life long treatment. Type 1 Diabetes is an immunological disease, albeit with a genetic background.Type 2 Diabetes is a genetic disease, precipitated by environmental factors.Type 1 Diabetes occurs mainly in children.The insulin deficiency is severe in this form of Diabetes and patients will perish in a few days time if they do not use insulin.This type of Diabetes is caused by viral infection in a susceptible child.A certain genetic background confers the susceptibility.
Type 2 Diabetes is primarily a hereditary disease, which is precipitated by environmental factors like dietary discretion and lack of exercise. Type 2 diabetes (formerly called non-insulin-dependent diabetes or adult-onset diabetes) is different from type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes result from the body's inability to respond to insulin normally. Unlike people with with type 1 diabetes , most people with type 2 diabetes can still produce insulin, but not enough to meet their body's needs. ********************************************* Juvenile Diabetes | 
