Q. Explain about Malnutrition Related Diabetes Mellitus?
This type of diabetes has been categorized as a separate entity. 'if is 'Men seen commonly in developing countries, 1ndia being one of them. It occurs in the young mostly between the ages of 15-30 years. People look thin, lean and malnourished. The reason for this type of diabetes is that the pancreas does not produce enough insulin (necrotic tissues on the pancreas) and hence these individuals require insulin. Very often hormonal disorders may occur. It has also been seen that when insulin is discontinued, the complications are lesser than type 1 diabetes.