A 15-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with symptoms of hyperglycemia. Following diagnostic testing, a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus is made. What classification will be used to describe a 15-year-old with diabetes who requires daily insulin injections?

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Josiah Chan

21 May, 07:18

A 15-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with symptoms of hyperglycemia. Following diagnostic testing, a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus is made. What classification will be used to describe a 15-year-old with diabetes who requires daily insulin injections?

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Cherish Zamora · Answer 1

Type 1 diabetes

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The destruction of Beta-cell is the hallmark of type 1 diabetes. Non-insulin dependent diabetes is an example or synonymous with type 2 diabetes. This involved the impairment of insulin or resistance of insulin secretion but are not responsible for beta cell destruction. Pre-diabetes is the normal glucose metabolism but the previous history of hypoglycemia is the result of illness or pregnancy. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic illness that affects the way your body glucose an important fuel for the body. With type 2 diabetes, your body either to resist the insulin or doesn't produce enough insulin for the body that a body required. It is also known as adult-onset diabetes. There is no cure for diabetes 2 but losing weight, eat well and exercise can manage diabetes. if someone feels that only food and exercise are enough to manage diabetes then you have to take the insulin-producing medicine to manage diabetes.