Diabetes Types

Diabetes Information – American Diabetes Association

According to the American Diabetes Association:

Type 1 diabetes
Results from the body’s failure to produce insulin, the hormone that “unlocks” the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them. It is estimated that 5-10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes
Results from insulin resistance (a condition in which the body fails to properly use insulin), combined with relative insulin deficiency. Most Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.

And it is a good thing to make sure how you are differentiating the two.

According to the IC9 codes, Type 1 is insulin dependent and Type 2 is non-insulin dependent. However, there are “insulin resistant” Type 2, who are insulin dependent.

I am one.