WHO (Word Health Organization) classification of diabetes mellitus:
Diabetes mellitus type I: B-cell destruction (of pancreas), whichleads to absolute insulin deficiency.
Type II diabetes mellitus: insulin deficiency and insulin resistance,progressive
Diabetes mellitus type III: all other forms, such as diabetesmellitus by:
1 genetic impairment of insulin action
2 genetic damage to the B-cells
3 Diseases of the exocrine pancreas
4 Diseases of the endocrine pancreas
5 Diabetes by drugs or chemicals
6 infections
7 Rare forms of immunological causes of diabetes
8 genetic syndromes that sometimes occur with diabetes.
