{"id":3714,"date":"2023-03-13T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T03:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3714"},"modified":"2025-03-26T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:52:24","slug":"types-of-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/types-of-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What is Diabetes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Diabetes is a <strong>chronic disease<\/strong> that <strong>occurs when the pancreas can no longer make insulin<\/strong>, or the <strong>body cannot make good use of the insulin<\/strong> <strong>it produces.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Insulin<\/strong> is a hormone that <strong>regulates blood glucose<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Not being able to produce or use insulin effectively <strong>leads to raised glucose levels<\/strong> in the blood, <strong>known as hyperglycaemia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Over the long-term high glucose levels are <strong>associated with damage to the body<\/strong> and <strong>failure of various organs<\/strong> and tissues.<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes is a major <strong>cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks<\/strong>, stroke, and lower limb amputation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Types of Diabetes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type 1 diabetes:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a condition in which your <strong>immune system destroys insulin-making cells<\/strong> in your pancreas. These are <strong>called beta cells<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>When you have type 1 diabetes, <strong>your body produces very little or no insulin.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>requires daily administration of insulin<\/strong> to maintain blood glucose levels under control.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>usually diagnosed in children and young people<\/strong>, so it used to be called <strong>juvenile diabetes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms<\/strong> include <strong>excessive excretion of urine<\/strong> (polyuria), <strong>thirst<\/strong> (polydipsia), <strong>constant hunger<\/strong>, <strong>weight loss<\/strong>, vision changes, and fatigue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type 2 diabetes:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It results from the <strong>body\u2019s ineffective use of insulin that it produces.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>More than <strong>95% of people<\/strong> with diabetes <strong>have type 2 diabetes<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This type of diabetes is largely the <strong>result of excess body weight<\/strong> and <strong>physical inactivity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms may be similar to those<\/strong> of type 1 diabetes <strong>but are often less marked<\/strong>. As a result, the disease may be diagnosed several years after onset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gestational diabetes (GDM):<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a type of diabetes that <strong>consists of high blood glucose during pregnancy<\/strong> and is associated with <strong>complications for both mother and child.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>GDM <strong>usually disappears after pregnancy<\/strong>, but women affected, and their children are at <strong>increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is Glucose?<\/h3>\n<p>Glucose is the main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body&#8217;s cells. Glucose comes from the foods we eat or the body can make it from other substances. Glucose is carried to the cells through the bloodstream. Several hormones, including insulin, control glucose levels in the blood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/health.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/industry\/study-discovers-insulin-deficiency-associated-with-type-1-diabetes-leads-to-smaller-pancreas\/98580408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Study discovers insulin deficiency associated with Type 1 diabetes leads to smaller pancreas<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas can no longer make insulin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}