Diabetes

More Facts

• Diabetes is one of the oldest diseases known.

• The first report of diabetes was over 3000 years ago in an Egyptian manuscript

• In 1936, diabetes type 1 and diabetes type 2 were made clear and distinct so that they were two separate diseases

• In 1988 type 2 diabetes started being referred as a component of metabolic syndrome. 

• Type 2 diabetes used to be known as non-insulin dependent diabetes (Olokoba, Obateru, & Olokoba, 2012))

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