Type
2 Diabetes
Non-Insulin dependent diabetes
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Type 2 Diabetes: Non-insulin dependent diabetes
Type 2 diabetes - Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) or formerly called adult-onset diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. People can develop type 2 diabetes at any age, even during childhood. This form of diabetes usually begins with insulin resistance, a condition in which fat, muscle, and liver cells do not use insulin properly. At first, the pancreas keeps up with the added demand by producing more insulin. In time, however, it loses the ability to secrete enough insulin in response to meals. Being overweight and inactive increases the chances of developing type 2 diabetes. Without adequate production or utilization of insulin, the body cannot move blood sugar into the cells. It is a chronic disease that has no known cure.
Treatment includes using diabetes medicines, making wise food choices, being physically active, taking aspirin daily, and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol.
Risk Factors
A major advance for people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes:
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Family Health History - This disease is more common in some family, but it is avoidable. Even though with a family history of diabetes have an increase susceptibility of developing diabetes, taking active and positive steps to address others risk factor may prevent its onset.
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Obese or Overweight - Being overweight or obese is the major risk factor of diabetes. People at high risk, who already had early signs of impaired glucose tolerance, significantly reduced their risk by losing only 5-7 percent of their body weight and performing moderate physical activity for 30 minutes/day.
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Sedentary or Inactive lifestyle - Exercise helps in reducing the risk of developing diabetes.
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Carrying fat around the waist and stomach - On a weight to weight basis, fat deposited around tummy increase a person risk of developing type 2 diabetes, far more than fat deposited in other parts of the body.
Symptoms
The following are the most common symptoms of type 2 diabetes. However,
each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
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frequent infections that are not easily healed
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high levels of sugar in the blood when tested
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high levels of sugar in the urine when tested
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unusual thirst
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frequent urination
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extreme hunger but loss of weight
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blurred vision
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nausea and vomiting
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extreme weakness and fatigue
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irritability and mood changes
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dry, itchy skin
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tingling or loss of feeling in the hands or feet
Complication
Without effective intervention to limit this strain can cause
significant, severe complications such as heart disease, kidney disease,
blindness and loss of limbs through amputation.
Treatment
Even though there is no cure for diabetes, proper treatment and
glucose control enable people with type 2 diabetes to live normal, productive
lives. Treatment differs at various stages of the condition. In its early
stages, many people with type 2 diabetes can control their blood glucose levels
by losing weight, eating properly and exercising. Many may subsequently need
oral medication, and some people with type 2 diabetes may eventually need
insulin shots to control their diabetes and avoid the disease's serious
complications.
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