Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease. Your own immune cells attack your insulin-producing beta cells in your pancreas, leading you to lose the ability to produce insulin to absorb glucose from the blood. You will lose weight, be frequently thirsty, and have to pee frequently. T1D seems to have a genetic factor which you can be tested for.
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a lifestyle disease where you become less sensitive to the insulin that your body produces. It can be prevented by maintaining healthy diet, exercise, and weight, and it can usually be detected early as prediabetes. There may be a genetic factor predisposing you to T2D, but I don't know if there are tests for it.
You need to know which disease your family had to know which answer it is. They are two totally different diseases that just happen to both be related to insulin.
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease. Your own immune cells attack your insulin-producing beta cells in your pancreas, leading you to lose the ability to produce insulin to absorb glucose from the blood. You will lose weight, be frequently thirsty, and have to pee frequently. T1D seems to have a genetic factor which you can be tested for.
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a lifestyle disease where you become less sensitive to the insulin that your body produces. It can be prevented by maintaining healthy diet, exercise, and weight, and it can usually be detected early as prediabetes. There may be a genetic factor predisposing you to T2D, but I don't know if there are tests for it.
You need to know which disease your family had to know which answer it is. They are two totally different diseases that just happen to both be related to insulin.