The annual health costs caused by diabetes and its complications account for around 6-12% of all health-care expenditure.
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Gestational Diabetes
Other types:
LADA (
MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of youth)
Secondary Diabetes Mellitus
Was previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes.
Was previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes develops when the body’s immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells, the only cells in the body that make the hormone insulin that regulates blood glucose.
This form of diabetes usually strikes children and young adults, although disease onset can occur at any age.
