DIABETES MELLITUS

SUMMARY

1. Increasing with obesity epidemic. Classification is based on pathology rather than insulin dependence.

TYPES
2. Pre-diabetes: both impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG).

3. Type 1: immune-mediated vs. idiopathic (without antibodies).

4. Type 2 DM.

5. Chemical DM: drug induced.

6. Gestational DM.

7. Others: endocrinopathy (Cushings), MODY, LADA.

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