Dear sir/madam, What is type-1 and type-2 diabetics.
How can we identify that we are suffering from type-1 or type-2. Is there any symptoms to classify.

Question

In Type 1 No insulin is produced thus person has to be on Insulin Injection for control as medicines do no work Most of them will be young and have acute complaints of excess thirst, urination , appetite, weakness, cramps in legs and loss of weight. In Type  2 , Insulin may be produced but is insufficient or ineffective in certain conditions . Normally proper diet, regular exercise and Tablets  work well. Some cases Insulin injection may also be necessary. Complaints mentioned above may be present but in majority of persons there may be no symptoms. Diabetes is detected accidentally.

Subhash Divekar · Accepted Answer

In Type 1 No insulin is produced thus person has to be on Insulin Injection for control as medicines do no work Most of them will be young and have acute complaints of excess thirst, urination , appetite, weakness, cramps in legs and loss of weight. In Type  2 , Insulin may be produced but is insufficient or ineffective in certain conditions . Normally proper diet, regular exercise and Tablets  work well. Some cases Insulin injection may also be necessary. Complaints mentioned above may be present but in majority of persons there may be no symptoms. Diabetes is detected accidentally.

Vikas Gupta · Answer

features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes may be present in the same patient, making differentiation difficult. No diagnostic studies in the literature were identified that definitively demonstrate how to separate type 1 from type 2 diabetes.

A patient?s age may suggest, but does not reliably distinguish, diabetes types. A study of 569 new-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetic children and adolescents showed that older age was only weakly associated with type 2 diagnosis

Prabhakar Laxman Jathar · Answer

Mr. lybrate-user, Thanks for the query.
It is difficult to identify whether one has T1 or T2 diabetes by only symptoms. Following are the major differences in these two conditions. 1) T1 Diabetes: By and large T1 DM occurs at a much younger age including even in children & infants. In this condition there is no insulin production by the Beta cell of Islets of Langerhans in Pancreas. There are antibodies noticed against those cells. It is considered as an autoimmune diseae. These patients need Insulin for treatment and for survival. In India only 5 to 10% of total diabetic patients are suffering with T1 disease. Earlier it was called as Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus or early onset or Juvenile diabetes.
2) T2 DM: This is the commonest form seen. Over 90 to 95 % of all diabetic patients fall in this category. It occurs because of either deficient insulin production, or resistance to its action or due both. Obesity or over weight and inactivity are two major factors responsible in developing T2 DM. Plus it is a familial disease. If both parents are diabetic then 75% of children tend to get diabetes. Fortunately it is a preventable condition. If person maintains his weight near normal, exercises regularly and takes restricted and balanced diet then it can be postponed or prevented.
Most often diabetes hardly produces any symptoms, hence many people fail to notice that they have the disease. Most common symptoms are excess urination, excess hunger and excess thirst, plus unexplained loss of weight and tiredness. There are many other forms of diabetes like gestational diabetes that develops during pregnancy, and others. Thanks.

Dear sir/madam, What is type-1 and type-2 diabetics. How can we identify that we are suffering from type-1 or type-2. Is there any symptoms to classify.