Types of Diabetes and Their Treatment Considerations

Types of Diabetes and their Treatment Considerations
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Types of Diabetes and their Treatment Considerations
Diabetes is a persistent metabolic sickness characterized by elevated blood sugar amounts resulting from the body's failure to release or properly utilize insulin. There are different categories of diabetes, such as type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a disorder where the white blood cells fight and kill cells producing insulin in the pancreas, causing insufficient insulin production (Norris et al., 2020). Type 1 diabetes typically starts at a younger age or adolescence but can attack at any age, requiring lifelong insulin therapy for blood sugar regulation.
Type 2 diabetes is the most frequent type, identified by insulin resistance or inadequate insulin production, causing higher blood sugar levels. Type 2 diabetes is mostly related to obesity, inactivity, and unhealthy eating habits. Initially, lifestyle changes such as weight loss, exercise, and dietary adjustments are recommended for managing type 2 diabetes. In some cases, oral medications or insulin injections may be used to achieve blood sugar control.
Gestational diabetes happens during pregnancy, affecting women without prior history of diabetes. In this case, hormonal changes cause insulin resistance and high blood sugar levels and usually occur after child delivery but raise the dangers of type 2 diabetes later (McIntyre et al., 2019). Managing gestational diabetes involves monitoring blood sugar levels, dietary adjustments, and sometimes the use of insulin. Finally, juvenile diabetes is type 1 diabetes in infants or young adults and is often regarded as similar to type 1 diabetes, highlighting its early signs and symptoms. Lifelong insulin therapy and careful blood sugar monitoring are significant in managing type 1 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is more frequent than other types of diabetes and is linked to lifestyle aspects such as obesity, little or no physical activity, and poor dietary selections. In type 2 diabetes, the body either fails to release sufficient insulin or fights its effects, causing excessive glucose accumulation in the bloodstream, causing high blood sugar levels (Galicia-Garcia et al., 2020). One popularly used drug to control type 2 diabetes is metformin. Metformin is categorized under the class of medications called biguanides and is effective in minimizing the release of glucose in the liver and boosting insulin acuity in the body. It is usually taken orally in the form of tablets. Proper preparation and administration of metformin involve taking it with meals to reduce gastrointestinal side effects such as nausea and diarrhoea (Foretz et al., 2019...