Upon battling with the prevalence of diabetes, others are disoriented about the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Just to give a brief perspective between the two, the only margin between these are the involvement of insulin. Insulin is needed by the body to serve as a transport system for blood sugar into the cells, where it is stored for deposits of source of energy. So to give emphasis more in type 2 diabetes, the body does not respond correctly to insulin, or its resistance to insulin is high. As a result, because insulin transports glucose for energy storage, our body will be deprived of the appropriate supply of glucose.

It is said that in type 1 diabetes, the symptoms are often dramatic and come on very suddenly. But likewise, the symptoms of the second type are often subtle and may be attributed to aging obesity. Because type 1 diabetes has a dysfunctional beta-cells which produces glucose, it is derived out of factors like familial and can be recognized in childhood or early adolescence, often in association with an illness or injury. But with type 2, it might be induced out of nutritional imbalance and might be later recognize or might go on for many years without knowing it.

So the symptoms listed of the second type is categorized by advancement of the disease.

1. No early symptoms-having this condition, the person is still unaware of acquiring diabetes

2. Early mild symptoms-include skin infections/diseases like: rashes, athletes foot, candida, thrush, dry itchy skin, poor skin healing, ulcerations, flaking; foot tingling and numbness; peripheral neuropathy; paresthesias; urinary tract infection; poor healing, sexual problems: erectile failure, unusual vaginal dryness, premature menopause, absent periods; poor healing; weight loss or gain; drowsiness; and malaise.

3. Later more extreme symptoms-when blood sugar gets higher, these symptoms occur and can also be manifested in type 1. Excessive thirst, urination and hunger; dehydration; bed wetting for children; weight loss; severe blurred vision;muscle cramps and aches; headaches; irritability; malaise; acne;sexual problems: erectile failure, unusual menstrual periods, and unusual vaginal dryness; persistent fungal skin infections: athletes foot, tinea, and candida.

In diabetes type 2 it is considered as adult-onset diabetes or formerly called non-insulin-dependent. Complication and multiple-factorial metabolic changes very often which leads to damage and function impairment of many organs. This leads to substantially increased mortality and morbidity, but the two types of diabetes have quite different origins and treatment in spite similarity on their complications.

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