Quick Survey: Should Type I and Type II Diabetes be classified as 2 separate diseases?

Different names altogether to stop people from thinking that all diabetics are the same.

Unfortunately the un-educated typically run the insurance companies and other institutions that hear the word "diabetes" and lump all diabetics in the "unhealthy" category. - ps. my husband has Type I

Yes I agree. I have type 1 diabetes and it is amazing how stupid the general public is about this condition. They assume that it is because of an unhealthy lifestyle that I am diabetic. I don't know how many times a person has responded, "but you're not fat?" after I told them I was a type 1 diabetic.

yes

There are two diffrent names type I and type II

they are classifed as 2 seperate diseases. Type 1 your body doesn't make insulin. Type 2 your body makes it but sometimes not enough of and it doesn't use it. It's common for people to think diabetics are all the same. I thought that til I found out I had type 2. Education is the key.

They ARE two separate diseases. What difference does it make what the uneducated think? I'm diabetic and it's no big deal to me if people don't know the difference. As long as my family and doctor know the difference I'm happy.

Although I don't have diabetes, it sounds like a good idea. There is a large misconception that Type I only occurs in children, when in reality there are a large number of adults that are misdiagnosed with Type II that really have Type I.

The big difference is the body's use of insulin. In Type I, the body stops production of insulin altogether, whereas the body of a Type II patient only stops absorbing the insulin, but the pancreas is still producing. Type II can be controlled with diet, and the insulin supplemented with pills. Type I requires extreme care and insulin treatment, either with a pump or injections. Because of these two big differences, I would agree with you that they really are two different things.

What leads most people think that they are similar is the need to control blood glucose levels. In both types, diabetes patients cannot have blood glucose levels as high or as low as a person without diabetes. Hypo- and hyperglycemia are more common in people with diabetes, and both are highly dangerous to all.

ok now what about gestational diabetes

Both are known under the same name-Diabetes Mellitus. Type 1 is insulin dependent DM and Type 2 non-insulin dependent DM. The symptoms are the same. I do not consider as 2 separate diseases. I will say 2 sides of the same coin. Please note that there is yet another type also i.e., Type 1.5 or Type 3.
Please see the web pages for more details on Diabetes Mellitus.

actually there is three kinds of diabetes, type I, type II and the pregnancy diabetes...

They shoud not be separated because its the same disease, but people need to be educated further to get an explanation of the disease and what are the symptoms.

well they are different categories, that type 1 is insulin dependent, the only treatmeant is insulin injectio, while type 2 is non-insulin dependent meaning that body is making insulin but it does not work propeply because of increased resistance, but it could be transfere to type one when the insulin secreting cell is exhausted and damaged, and sometimes u cant defentiate easily between the two types, so its basicly an insulin disorder but in deffirent mechanism

,Diabetic mullitus is one disease,despite type l or type ll.Because they all has same problems;higher blood glucose(hyperglycemia) and tissue can't utilized sugar normally.Because these problems;the internal envirment;blood and body fuild will accumulate of toxic products and change the blood ph(more acid) and developed danger situation;acidosis and end up to become diabetic coma,also the blood vessels and nerve system get damage and show up in clinical pictures;diabetic heart disea,diabetic kidney disease,diabetic neuropathy,diabetic retinopathy etc.For the etiology( what reasons) of high sugar in blood and why the tissue can't use the sugar well then insulin came up,insulin is hormone product from pancreas to control of blood sugar level.
Relate to insulin there come up two type;one is insulin dependent(type l) another is non-insulin dependent (type ll).For type l is be live that due to damage the insulin producting cell by self make antibodies(autoimmune),insulin is short or lacking and type ll is be live is due to mixture of insulin deficiency and insulin resistance(lost its effect)obesity,or insulin receptor abnormalitiesmany time type l or type ll overlap eachother;so call non-insulin dependent diabetic need insulin.did you hear people say this is type l diabetic kidney disease? or this is type ll diabetic heart disease?no.Ask the experience endrocremiologist,they will tell you.For classify of disease,insurance people should know best,because they dependend on the codeing system and type l or type ll are belong one codeing number.this coding system are creat and approve by health care community.
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they are two seperate diseases. i think they should have different names that would help the people who are uneducated about diabetes. gestational diabetes has a different name why doesnt type I and type II have different names? why dont they just call gestational diabetes type III? what the heck lets just put one more line on there to get 3 lines..make the words a bit more similar. i think someone should come up with 2 different medical words that look nothing alike....the words that are so long that you can hardly pronounce them...or some people call type I and type II insulin dependent and insulin independent...what the heck?! the letters i and n are seperating the two

Yes

Questions give us a chance to educate people.

I have had people ask about my daughter when she was a toddler " She doesn't have to take the needle does she ?"
Take the needle LOL. If I had a dollar for every person who asked that.......

YES. I agree with you 100%.
I am a type 1 and so sick of all the uneducated people out there that think I did this to myself or just need some good herb tea!
The type 1 and type 2 is too close of the same name there should be a completely different name

Yes they should. Type 1 is where the body's pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin. Type 2 is where the pancreas produces enough insulin but it cannot enter into the receptor cells to do its job. Type 2 is usually caused from being overweight and the insulin isn't able to reach the cells. EXAMPLE: It would be like trying to put your car key into your front door. IT CAN'T ENTER PROPERLY.