Quiz: Do You Know the Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?

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James Ramsay
WNYC News | Mar 6, 2018

Say a 25-year-old patient walks into their doctor's office underweight, thirsty, and needing to urinate constantly. Is it safe to assume that this patient, like the vast majority of diabetics, is type 2? Take our quiz to test your knowledge about the difference between these two distinct variations of the disease.

 

Continue learning about the differences between type 1 and type 2, and how misdiagnoses occur, by reading more in our Sugarland series.

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