when people are diagnosed with diabetes.....?

Question

how can doctors tell if you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes? or do they look at your age too? i know type 1 usually develops when your younger and type 2 usually when your older

i know all the differences between type 1 and type 2. i also have type 1 and when i was diagnosed all the doctor did was show me a number...which was my blood sugar level

Answer 1

Like all things in medicine it is usually clear cut - if you're sugar is sky high and you are acutely ill, and you fit the profile, you are almost certainly type 1. If your sugars creep up over years, and you feel fine, and you fit the profile, you're almost certainly type 2. Then there's the in betweeners. Blood tests can determine how much insulin the body still produces. (Early in type 1, the body may still produce insulin. This is the "honeymoon period.") Usually, though, it's pretty clear

Answer 2

Type 1 diabetics make no insulin at all. Type 2 diabetics still make insulin, but their bodies can not use it correctly. That is a basic, simple explanation of it. The test doctors do to diagnose diabetes can tell the difference between T1 or T2.

Answer 3

Your age has no bearing on whether you are type 1 or type2. There are risk factors where diabetes can develop at a later age or you can be born with type1 or 2. When they are testing you they determine that based on whether your pancreas is producing insulin or not. If it is not, you are type 1, insulin dependant, if it is producing insulin but it is not getting through your body, then you are type 2, usually pill and diet controlled.

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Answer 5

they look at your symptoms and if it runs in your family! That is a huge thing in my family cause my dad and mom had diabetes. My sister has type 2. She is 44 and just found out maybe 1 year ago.

Answer 6

If your body still produces insulin, you cannot be Type I.

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