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2. Type 1 diabetes - Wikipedia

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   Type 1 diabetes ( T1D ), formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is an autoimmune disease that originates when cells that make insulin (beta cells) are destroyed by the immune system. [5] Insulin is a hormone required for the cells to use blood sugar for energy and it helps regulate glucose levels in the bloodstream. [6] Before treatment this results in high blood sugar levels in the body. [7 ...

3. Brittle Diabetes: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment - WebMD

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   Brittle diabetes is diabetes that’s hard to control, leading to many swings between high and low glucose. Learn about its symptoms, treatment, and how to deal with it.

4. Type 1 Diabetes: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments & Diagnosis

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   Type 1 diabetes happens when your immune system destroys cells in your pancreas that make insulin. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and complications of type 1 diabetes.

5. Diabetes - Wikipedia

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   Many drugs impair insulin secretion and some toxins damage pancreatic beta cells, whereas others increase insulin resistance (especially glucocorticoids which can provoke "steroid diabetes"). The ICD-10 (1992) diagnostic entity, malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus (ICD-10 code E12), was deprecated by the World Health Organization (WHO) when ...

6. What You Need to Know About Type 1.5 Diabetes - Healthline

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   Type 1.5 diabetes has characteristics of both type 1 and type 2, and it’s often misdiagnosed. It’s an autoimmune condition with genetic factors that’s generally treated with insulin. We’ll ...

7. Diabetes Diagnosis: Tests Used to Detect Diabetes - WebMD

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   The following tests are used for the diagnosis of diabetes: A fasting plasma glucose test measures your blood glucose after you have gone at least 8 hours without eating. This test is used to ...

8. Pregestational Diabetes: Class C Diabetes and More - Healthline

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   The class of diabetes that you have tells your doctor about the severity of your condition. For example, your diabetes is class C if you developed it between the ages of 10 and 19. Your diabetes ...

9. Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: What You Should Know

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   The International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10) codes for proliferative retinopathy vary based on whether the person has type 1 or type 2 diabetes, as well as whether the ...