If you know someone with type 2 (juvenile) diabetes, how old were they when they found out?

i think type 2 is adult onset and can occur at almost any age . . from 15 to 60

actually is type 1 diabetes type 2 is adult onset I found out twhen I was 10

Yeah I used to know someone w/ diabetes, she told she found out around 6 or 7. And in 8th grade I remember she had to take insulin and had a monitor of some kind. Oh yeah I forgot she doesn't have it because she's obese, she is actually very thin. I think it was passed down.

Juvenile diabetes is actually Type 1. I have it, and I found out when I was 9 years old. My coworker's son was diagnosed at 5. I have read recently that there are actually children being diagnosed with Type 2 nowadays. This is due to the childhood obesity problem we are experiencing in the US. True juvenile diabetes, Type 1, has nothing to do with obesity. The pancreas stops producing insulin for some reason. That's why everyone with Type 1 has to take insulin injections.

type 2 is adult

Type 1 diabetes is juvenile diabetes. Type 1 is a condition of inadequate insulin production, and appears to be due to an autoimmune destruction of insulin producing cells in the pancreas. Many people have an initial event of diabetic ketoacidosis (they get sick and find out it's because of diabetes) as teenagers. Then there is a "honeymoon" period where they can get by without insulin. Later they need insulin, because they don't make any of their own anymore. This would typically play out by the early 20's. Some are earlier, few are later.

Type 2 diabetes is far more common. This is typically "adult onset" but a growing number of young people are being diagnosed. Type 2 diabetes is because of insulin insensitivity. Type 1 diabetics don't make any or don't make enough insulin, type 2's make enough, but their bodies don't use it correctly. Type 2 diabetes is almost always associated with overweight and obesity. Many type 2's can be managed with oral medications and diet modification which is why it's been called "non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus" in the past (NIDDM). Many people who have type 2 diabetes don't find out about it till it has already done terrible damage to eyes, kidneys, peripheral blood vessels or nerves. Type 2's don't typically have a DKA event like type 1's. Many are middle aged when they not only find out that they're diabetic, but also that they are half blind and going into kidney failure.

The treatment for type 2 diabetes is weight loss, diet control, oral medications and sometimes insulin. The treatment for type 1 diabetes is insulin.

Type 1 diabetics are candidates for pancreas transplants or even islet cell transplants which is an emerging technology.

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type 1 is juvenile diabetes, type 2 is adult onset. My son was diagnosed a little over a year ago with type 1 at the age of 7.

Type 1 is usually called juvenile; I was diagnosed at 17, which is kinda old for type 1.

I've seen people in their 20's up to their 50's diagnosed with type 2 (adult onset).

The distinction between juvenile and adult onset is being blurred because more adults are being diagnosed with type 1 and more children are being diagnosed with type 2. Currently the standard is to refer to it as simply Insulin dependent or Non insulin dependent.