Although there are three main types of diabetes, many people do not know that a many types of diabetes exist. The three main diabetes types are:

Type 1 diabetes – According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is a type of condition in which the body’s immune system, which normally fights infection, turns against the body itself. In type 1 diabetes a person’s immune system attacks and destroys the beta cells in the pancreas which produce insulin. With little or no insulin being produced, a type 1 diabetic must inject insulin medically to survive. Although, this is not the most common of the diabetes types, diabetes type 1 is one of the most serious.

Type 1 diabetes used to be referred to as juvenile diabetes because it most often occurs in children and adolescents. However, it can be …