What is the difference between Type II diabetes and juvenile or Type I diabetes?

Answer 1

Type I Diabetes is an inherited problem. Type I sufferers find out, usually quite young, that they cannot manufacture enough insulin for their body's needs. They need injected insulin supplements for the rest of their lives.

Type II diabetes usually appears later in life. There is some genetic tendency, but it is brought on most often by poor choices in eating and exercise. It's linked to obesity. Sufferers become resistant to their body's insulin, and require more and more of it to function. At first the shortfall can be addressed with oral medications that either lower blood glucose, reduce insulin resistance, or stimulate more pancreatic insulin output.

Since lack of insulin causes high blood glucose, which in turn can damage the pancreas, type-II diabetes often deteriorates over time. Eventually these sufferers may require injected insulin supplements and may suffer the same side-effects as Type-I sufferers.

The term "Insulin-dependent" diabetes refers to either of the two types, if the sufferers need insulin injections. Some people confuse "Type-I" with "Insulin-dependent", so you may sometimes see the two used interchangeably, but that isn't correct.

Answer 2

juvenile diabetes is an auto-immune disease where your immune system (for an unknown reason) labeled the cells that make insulin as bad and attacked them. insulin is a hormone produced by cells in your pancreas that breaks down carbohydrates that you eat and turns them into usable energy for your body. there is no cure, once you are diagnosed you have it for the rest of your life. treatment includes multiple daily injections of insulin.

adult onset diabetes does not involve the immune system at all. it happens when a) you are too overweight and your pancreas cant make enough insulin for the mass of your body or b) you are old/genetically predisposed for your body to kinda forget how to use insulin properly. it can often be cured through diet/exercise, and managed with pills.