Type 1 Diabetes In Adults 2019

Type 1 Diabetes In Adults

Dr Mitra Niafar

Department of Endocrinology

Tabriz University of Medical sciences

Agenda

• Introduction
• Prevalence
• Misdiagnosis
• Differential Diagnosing Diabetes In Adults–
  Type 1, LADA, or Type 2?
• Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Older Adults
• The term diabetes mellitus describes several diseases of abnormal carbohydrate metabolism that are characterized by hyperglycemia.
• It is associated with a relative or absolute impairment in insulin secretion, along with varying degrees of peripheral resistance to the action of insulin.
• Type 1 diabetes is a disease in which autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β-cells leads to insulin deficiency.
• Controlling blood glucose with an acceptable range is a major goal of therapy.