Other Types of Diabetes
A number of other types of diabetes exist. They make up a very small percentage of the overall number of diabetes.
Other types of diabetes, include those caused by:
Other types of diabetes, include those caused by:
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Genetic defects of the beta cell—the part of the pancreas that makes insulin—such as maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) or neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM).
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Genetic defects in insulin action, resulting in the body's inability to control blood glucose levels, as seen in leprechaunism and the Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome.
- Diseases of the pancreas or conditions that damage the pancreas, such as pancreatitis and cystic fibrosis.
- Excess amounts of certain hormones resulting from some medical conditions—such as cortisol in Cushing's syndrome—that work against the action of insulin.
- Medications that reduce insulin action, such as glucocorticoids, or chemicals that destroy beta cells.
- Infections, such as congenital rubella and cytomegalovirus.
- Rare immune-mediated disorders, such as stiff-man syndrome, an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system.
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Genetic syndromes associated with diabetes, such as Down syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome.
- Injury to the head or after brain surgery, such as Diabetes Insipidus.
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