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What are the different types of Diabetes?
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What are the different types of Diabetes?

Sister Parminder Rihal, Diabetes Specialist Nurse talks about different types of diabetes.

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Generally, there are three types of diabetes. So, type 1 diabetes, type 2, and there is a diabetes in pregnancy. But now we are also seeing patients, if they have pancreatic insufficiency, also get diabetes due to alcohol or if their pancreas get damaged if body's not producing insulin then also they get diabetes and generally if their pancreas is damaged we treat them as a type 1.

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