What is Type-5 diabetes? Know about the malnutrition-induced condition

While blood sugar cases are significantly soaring worldwide a lesserknown malnutritionrelated form of diabetes designated as Type5 diabetes is gaining global attention after decadesNearly 75 years after being first recorded the condition that previously remained undefined was designated as Type 5 diabetes at the recently held International Diabetes Federationrsquos IDF World Diabetes Congress in Bangkok ThailandThe condition occurring often in young and thin adults was first reported in Jamaica in 1955 and then defined as Jtype diabetesIn the 1960s the condition was reported in undernourished populations across India Pakistan and parts of subSaharan AfricaWhile in 1985 the World Health Organization WHO recognised the condition as a distinct form of diabetes it removed the designation in 1999 as there were no proper followup studies and supporting evidenceWhat is Type5 diabetesIt is a malnutritionrelated diabetes typically affecting lean and malnourished teenagers and young adults in low and middleincome countriesType 5 diabetes is estimated to affect 20to25 million people worldwide mainly in Asia and AfricaEarlier findings had suggested that malnutritionrelated diabetes stemmed from insulin resistanceHowever insulin injections as in Type 1 diabetes patients will not benefit these patients In some cases it can cause dangerously low blood sugarIt is because people with this form of diabetes have a profound defect in the capacity to secrete insulin which wasnt recognised before This finding has revolutionised how we think about this condition and how we should treat it said Meredith Hawkins professor of Medicine at the Global Diabetes Institute at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York USIn a 2022 study published in the journal Diabetes Care Hawkins and her colleagues at Christian Medical College in Vellore demonstrated that malnutritionrelated diabetes is fundamentally different from Type2 diabetes typically caused by obesity and Type 1 diabetes an autoimmune diseaseHowever the expert noted that doctors are still unsure how to treat these patients who often dont live for more than a year after diagnosisTo better understand the condition and develop treatments the IDF has constituted a working groupWhat will the working group doAccording to Hawkins the condition has ldquohistorically been vastly underdiagnosed and poorly understoodShe said that malnutritionrelated diabetes is more common than tuberculosis and nearly as common as HIVAIDSThe lack of an official name has hindered efforts to diagnose patients or find effective therapies Hawkins saidThe working group has been tasked to develop formal diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for type 5 diabetes over the next two yearsIt will define diagnostic criteria and develop guidelines for the management of the disease It will also establish a global registry to facilitate research collaborations and develop education modules to train healthcare professionals worldwideThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params