Hundreds of millions of people in the world is diagnosed to have diabetes but the diabetes causes of most of it are similar. The accepted knowledge today is that diabetes has three major classifications. The cause of the condition is the basis in the three type classification. You could actually find out if you are in risk of becoming diabetic by tracing the types of diabetes in your family. Here are the three types of diabetes:

Type 1

This type of diabetes wasn't always called type 1 diabetes and some of its earlier names are juvenile diabetes and insulin-dependent diabetes. People who learned that they have this type of diabetes aren't really the obese body type as most people picture people with diabetes. Many are even healthy looking with good to impressive BMI's upon onset of the condition.

The reason behind this type of diabetes is the loss of the pancreatic cells that produce insulin. These beta cells are responsible in producing the insulin which is a major participant in regulating glucose in the body. The damage is irreversible so this type of diabetes needs shots as long as the patient lives. This type of diabetes occurs mostly in children but they are also found in adults and is approximately only 10% of all diabetes cases.

What is Type 2 diabetes?

The body's irresponsiveness to insulin is the cause of type 2 diabetes. A lifestyle that allows a constantly high blood sugar level is believed to a part of the reason why type 2 diabetes occurs. Insulin shots are useless in this case but there are medications that can reverse the insulin resistance of cells if the condition is at its early stages.

Gestational Diabetes

The symptoms of diabetes in this type is just like the type 2 but this type is only found in pregnant women. It also exhibits insulin resistance but the resistance is gone at the end of pregnancy. Doctors need to keep track of the pregnant woman because the diabetes can be dangerous to her and the baby.