Differences between Diabetes Type 1 and 2: In a Nutshell (Nursing)

00:00 So let's wrap up this video series.

00:03 Diabetes is a chronic illness.

00:05 So please underline that word chronic.

00:08 It's something that's going to be ongoing in a battle for the rest of this patient's life.

00:13 So it includes impaired glucose metabolism, hyperglycemia, and increased risk for vascular complications.

00:20 Those include eye damage, renal failure, MI or heart attack, and CVA which is a cerebral vascular accident or stroke.

00:30 Type 1 diabetic patients make up about 5% to 10% and type 2 diabetic patients make up 90% to 95% of the overall population of diabetic clients in the US.

00:42 Type 1 diabetic clients require insulin as treatment to control their blood sugar.

00:48 Type 2 diabetic clients initially may not require insulin as a treatment to control their blood sugar.

00:53 But as the disease progresses, that may progress to the point that there also will require insulin as treatment.

01:01 Thank you for watching our video series today.