Type 3 Diabetes

We know what the conditions type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are. The former one occurs when the body produces little or no insulin, which could make sugar enter cells to produce energy, and the latter is when the body develops a resistance to the effects of insulin, or the body does not produce it at all. Symptoms which are common to both these conditions include increased thirst, increased hunger, frequent urination, unintended weight loss, fatigue, and blurred vision. Now these conditions have their own set of specific causes, symptoms and treatments. However, type 3 diabetes, is an undefined term. Sometimes, this condition is also known as 'hybrid diabetes' or 'double diabetes'. It is something that scientists have come up with recently. Also, scientists discovered that the hormone insulin, is not only produced in the pancreas, but in the brain also. And this is the reason the condition is also referred to as 'brain diabetes'.

What is Type 3 Diabetes?

Double Diabetes
As mentioned before, type 3 diabetes may refer to 'double diabetes' or to what is known as 'brain diabetes'. Now if we consider the first part, it would signify that the sufferer may be experiencing the symptoms of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes thus, the name 'hybrid'. For example, a person who already has type 1 diabetes, gains weights, and somehow develops type 2 diabetes. So what happens is, as the type 2 condition is insulin resistant, so the insulin which is administered to treat the type 1 diabetes, becomes ineffective.

Alzheimer's Type 3 Diabetes
Now when type 2 diabetes is used to refer to the condition of 'brain diabetes', it stresses importance on the study of the brain producing insulin, apart from the pancreas. In order to keep the brain cells alive and functioning, the brain produces insulin. However, if this process ceases, then the cells begin to deteriorate. With the brain cells dead, even the brain receptors stop functioning. This is the reason scientists have also coined the term 'Alzheimer's type 3 diabetes'. However, this theory is not fully proved, but those who tout it, claim that diabetics are more vulnerable to develop Alzheimer's disease.

Unstable Blood Sugar
There is another condition known as unstable blood sugar level that could be related to type 3 diabetes. Very few people are aware of what is known as electropollution. This is nothing but the emission of electromagnetic energy by devices which are run on electricity. Now according to proponents of this theory, this pollution causes the blood sugar levels to rise, eventually leading to this condition we are discussing there. This condition may affect people who are already diabetic and even those who are not.

Type 3 diabetes is a new discovery, unlike the type 1 and type 2. And as it is still debated, there are no specific signs which can related to this condition. And so there are no diagnoses, nor any specific treatment which can be availed publicly. And whatever treatment may be followed, would depend on how the condition is defined. More study and research is required to fully understand the nature of this condition, and scientists are working to do so.