For decades the disease has been considered to be two different forms - type one, an autoimmune disease in which people stop producing insulin, and type two, in which the body becomes resistant to insulin.

The researchers, led by experts at Lund University, said the findings should prompt a ‘paradigm shift’ in the way people treat diabetes. They found type two diabetes should actually be categorised as four different diseases, Mild Age-Related Diabetes, Severe Autoimmune Diabetes,

 

1. Severe Autoimmune Diabetes

 Type  1 diabetes happens when the body launches an assault on the pancreas, stopping it from producing insulin.

Which until now has been known as ‘type one’ diabetes - is an autoimmune disease in which people stop producing insulin. Usually strikes in childhood but can emerge in adults. Requires insulin injections for life.

2. Severe Insulin-Deficient Diabetes

young people often misdiagnosed as having type one, but whose immune systems are fine. Actually a variant of type two diabetes, but often of a healthy weight. High blood sugar, low insulin production and moderate insulin resistance.

3. Severe Insulin-Resistant Diabetes

 is predominantly linked to obesity and severe insulin resistance.



http://medfort.com.ng/five-new-types-of-diabetes/

A killer disease that is spread at an alarming rate in most African countries