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Prediabetes
When your blood sugar level is higher than normal but not high enough for your doctor to diagnose diabetes, you have prediabetes.
Prediabetes can result in reduced glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. With a state of insulin resistance in our bodies that, if ignored, can advance to Type 2 diabetes, it can be considered as a precursor to diabetes.
Type - 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes, formerly known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic disease. In this state, the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone that the body uses to take sugar (glucose) into cells to produce energy.
Different factors, such as genetics and some viruses, may cause type 1 diabetes. While type 1 diabetes typically appears in childhood or adolescence, it can also strike adults.
Type - 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes among all types.
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease in which sugar or glucose levels build up in the blood. Normally, the hormone insulin helps move glucose from the blood into the cells to be used as energy.
However, in type 2 diabetes, the body’s cells cannot respond well to insulin. In the later stages of the disease, the body also fails to produce enough insulin.Uncontrolled type 2 diabetes can lead to chronic hyperglycemia, causing multiple symptoms and potentially serious complications.
Pregnancy Induced Diabetes
Gestational diabetes (GD) is a type of diabetes that develops when blood sugar levels become too high during pregnancy. GD usually occurs in the second trimester, 24-28 weeks. Having GD does not mean that you had diabetes before pregnancy.
This condition occurs due to pregnancy. People with type 1 and type 2 diabetes each have unique challenges when it comes to pregnancy.