early symptoms of diabetes

An estimated 16 million people in the United States are known to have diabetes, of which 1.4 million have type 1 diabetes and approximately 14.5 million have type 2 diabetes. The remainder, numbered only in the thousands, comprise a third group that was designated as "other specific types" by the American Diabetes Association (Table 27-3). These other types include disorders for which causes are known. Among these are the rare monogenic defects of either B cell function or of insulin action, primary diseases of the exocrine pancreas, endocrinopathies, and drug-induced diabetes. (current MD&T 2005)