Type 5 Diabetes
1Jain Hospital and Research Centre, Kanpur, India
Submitted: 22 May 2025; Accepted: 27 May 2025; Published: 30 May 2025
Corresponding Author: Dr1Jain Hospital and Research Centre, Kanpur, India. Email: [email protected]
Type 5 diabetes has just been recognized as a distinct form of diabetes by the International Diabetes Federation. Despite the name, there are more than a dozen different types of diabetes. The classification isn’t quite as tidy as the numbering suggests.
Here’s a clear guide to the different types, including some that you may not have heard of, along with information about what causes them and how they are treated [1].