The difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes

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Diabetes is a very difficult disease, and can be divided into type 1 and type 2, both are diabetes, what is the difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes? Let's introduce the difference between the two.

The difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes

Difference 1: the age difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes: most of type 1 diabetes is under 40 years old, most of teenagers and children under 20 years old are type 1 diabetes, with very few exceptions; most of type 2 diabetes are middle-aged and elderly people over 40 years old, and few people over 50 years old are suffering from type 1 diabetes. In short, the younger the age, the more likely it is to be type 1 diabetes; the older the age, the more likely it is to be type 2 diabetes.

Difference 2: the difference of weight at the onset of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes: most people who are obviously overweight or obese at the onset of diabetes are type 2 diabetes, and the more obvious the obesity is, the more likely they are to suffer from type 2 diabetes; the weight of patients with type 1 diabetes is normal or low before onset. No matter type 1 or type 2 diabetes, after the onset of weight can be reduced in varying degrees, and type 1 diabetes often has obvious weight loss.

Difference 3: the difference of clinical symptoms between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes: type 1 diabetes has obvious clinical symptoms, such as polydipsia, polyuria, polydipsia, etc., namely "three polydipsia", while type 2 diabetes often has no typical "three polydipsia" symptoms. A large number of patients with type 2 diabetes are often difficult to determine the onset time due to the lack of obvious clinical symptoms. Some only know that they have diabetes after checking their blood sugar. Patients with type 1 diabetes often can point out their onset time precisely because of their prominent clinical symptoms.

matters needing attention

It can be seen from the above that there are many differences between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, but no matter what kind of diabetes, we should actively treat it. During the treatment, we should control our diet, not eat some foods with high sugar content, and pay more attention to rest.