Type 1.5 Diabetes is a combined form of diabetes type 1 and type 2. To comprehend this disorder, one must understand the structure of both diseases. Type 1 is an autoimmune condition in which the damaged pancreatic cells produce minimal, if any, insulin, and most type 2 diabetics require the regular use of insulin to function.

Type 2 diabetes, on the other hand, is when the body cannot use the insulin it produces and these diabetics do not need to take insulin, at least in the beginning stages of the disease. Individuals can be treated with oral medicines and healthy diets in the beginning stages of the disease.

When people with a type 2 diabetes start to show autoimmune deficiencies in their pancreas like a type 1 diabetic, they soon receive a type 1.5 diabetes diagnosis. Some scientists call the condition type 1.5 as it comingles type 1 and 2, …