How can I find out whether I have diabetes type 1 or type2 or other ?

[Avinash_B]

The home page asks you to mention your type of diabetes. Obviously there is some significance. May be the advice I may seek from other members will depend upon my type ?

[badrirag]

Dear Friend,

There are mainly 3 types of Diabetes.

Type 1 or Insulin Dependent where the patient can survive only with regular injection of insulin as his/her pancreas has lost the ability to secrete insulin. This normally happens in children and is also known as juvenile diabetes. Depending on your age, you can either rule yourself in or out on this. The incidence of Type 1 in India is not high.

Type 2 or Adult onset diabetes is more common in India. While this form of diabetes was common in those over 40 years of age, the current scenario is that people get this even in their early twenties because of the lifestyle. Early detection of this could mean that control can be through proper diet and exercise without any medication. Oral tablets is the next stage followed by insulin.

If you are a pregnant woman, you can experience what is known as 'Gestational Diabetes' which lasts during the course of the pregnancy.

Perhaps you can find out what type your diabetes is.

With best wishes

Badri

[badrirag]

Mrs Reshma,

Thank you for sharing this.But as you can see, the question was specifically about type 1 or 2 and I had answered the same. I am surprised that people have reversed type 2 when type 2 does not fall into any of the type. Wondering what they reversed?

I am not a doctor but you are right that these are the allopathic version of diabetes. In fact, you should be taking of madhumeha if you are an ayurvedic and not diabetes.

cheers

Badri