Signs Of Childhood Diabetes
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Introduction
The two major forms of diabetes are type 1, previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes, and type 2, previously called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or maturity-onset diabetes. [For more details, see In-Depth Report #9: Diabetes - type 1 and Report #60: Diabetes - type 2.]
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Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes share one central feature: elevated blood sugar (glucose) levels due to absolute or relative insufficiencies of in...
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Expert & Community Posts
Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert...maternal glycemia related to the risk of obesity in childhood was just published in Diabetes... Read more »
Types of Diabetes: are there more than two?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...was called insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM) or childhood-onset diabetes. T1DM also includes a... Read more »
Diabetes in children in the US
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...authors describe the study's objective as "to describe childhood diabetes [in children and... Read more »
Type one-and-a-half diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...children or teenagers, previously called IDDM or childhood-onset diabetes) (type 2 is... Read more »
Thinking About Genes
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...cells was turned down, the disease wouldn't show in childhood, but only after many years of slow... Read more »
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Type 2 Diabetes
...time.Type 1 DiabetesIn type 1 diabetes, the disease process is more severe and onset is usually in childhood:Beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are gradually destroyed. Eventually... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes: diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes
...DiabetesIn type 1 diabetes, the disease process is more severe than with type 2, and onset is usually in childhood:Beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are gradually destroyed.... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes: Risk Factors
...ChildrenType 1 can occur at any age but usually appears between infancy and the late 30s, most typically in childhood or adolescence. Boys and girls are equally vulnerable. Studies report the... Read more »Diabetes in Children: Myths and Facts
Myth: Children with diabetes should not eat anything with sugar in it.Fact: This was true years ago, before carb counting was invented. But times have changed, and it’s not sugar we’re worried... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Risk Factors
...third of all new diabetes cases in children were type 2. This increase parallels the rising epidemic in childhood obesity that has occurred both in the U.S. and worldwide, notably Europe and... Read more »Images
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Predicting Type 1 Diabetes Better
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