ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Type 1 diabetes was once called insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes. It usually develops in children, teens, and young adults, but it can happen at any age. Type 1 diabetes is less common than type 2-about 5-10% of people with diabetes have type 1.

Detailed explanation-2: -Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition. In this condition, the pancreas makes little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone the body uses to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The necessity for treatment with insulin is why type 1 is classified as insulin-dependent. In type 2, some insulin is released but the locks on the cells are damaged.

Detailed explanation-4: -Type 2 diabetes occurs more commonly in adults. In fact, it used to be called adult-onset diabetes. But the increasing number of children with obesity has led to more cases of type 2 diabetes in younger people.

Detailed explanation-5: -Type 2 diabetes is also called type 2 diabetes mellitus and adult-onset diabetes. That’s because it used to start almost always in middle-and late-adulthood.