When you say diabetes, most people think of type 2 diabetes and type 1 diabetes. However, there are other forms of diabetes that are not as well known.
Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes happens during pregnancy. Most of the time, it goes away after the baby is born. Women who have gestational diabetes have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
Monogenic Diabetes
Sometimes diabetes is caused by a defect in a single gene. These types of diabetes are called monogenetic diabetes.
The two main forms of monogenic diabetes are:
- Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) which may first occur in children or adolescents, but may not be detected until adulthood
- Neonatal diabetes which occurs in newborns and infants
Some monogenic forms of diabetes can be treated with oral diabetes medications, while other forms require insulin injections.
Updated 2/17/19
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