Diabetes Type 1 is a form of diabetes in which the beta cells do not produce insulin anymore. Because of this, the glucose (sugar) that enters your blood via food is not absorbed into your body's cells, which then causes your blood sugar level to rise. If you have too high blood sugar levels, you have to pee a lot and you are thirsty. Meanwhile, your body's cells do not get glucose (fuel) and they have a shortage of energy. That energy must be provided in a different way. Other sources of energy are used, and in that process waste materials are released. This leads to symptoms such as loss of weight, fatigue, drowsiness and a diabetic coma. This type of diabetes can occur at all ages, but it usually occurs at a young age. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease.
You will get diabetes Type 2 if your body is no longer sensitive to insulin and your beta cells produce less insulin than necessary. Because of this, your body's cells will find it more difficult to absorb glucose, and your blood sugar level rises. That means that you must pee a lot and you are often thirsty, just like with diabetes Type 1. But, even if though it is more difficult, there is still enough glucose to enter the body cells so there is no lack of energy. No other sources of energy are used, so symptoms such as weight loss or diabetic coma hardly occur.
Diabetes Type 2 also occurs at all ages, but especially in the elderly and in overweight people who exercise too little. Because an increasing number of children are overweight, this form of diabetes is now becoming more common at a younger age.