ADULT DIABETES

Adult Diabetes

Adult Diabetes

Introduction

Adult Diabetes is a chronic disease that is characterized by impaired insulin mechanisms of interaction with cells, the receptor cells, lose sensitivity to it, or a violation of the pancreas, which leads to the fact that iron ceases to synthesize insulin in the appropriate quantity. Type II diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Approximately 85-90% of diabetics have the second type. Unlike the first diabetes, the second type is characterized by slow progression of the disease. Sometimes it may take several months or even years before diagnosis. Diabetes is often detected by chance, exploring for quite other reasons (Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group, 2000). Diseased condition of the second type diabetes can significantly improve with diet and regular exercise. You can even cancel sugar-reducing drugs, provided that the patient can lose weight and maintain a healthy body weight. Incorrectly called insulin dependent adult diabetes type II. Since, in some cases, the patient is prescribed insulin therapy to normalize blood sugar, when sugar-reducing drugs do not help (Clouse and Lustman, 2001).

Adult Diabetes mellitus results in elevated blood sugar levels. The elevated blood sugar damages blood vessels and nerves in the long run. This can lead to various organ problems. Type 2 adult diabetes may lead to; heart attacks, strokes, kidney failures, retinal damages, erectile dysfunction and many others. The term "late effects" is misleading because many diabetes-related diseases can occur at a very early stage of diabetes. In the past, adult diabetes is often referred to as "Old Sugar" (Engelgau and Narayan, 2001).

The Symptoms and Causes of Adult Diabetes

The cause of adult diabetes is a genetic predisposition, burdened with excess body weight. Disease develops in people older than 35-40 years, but there are exceptions, and the next diabetes can cause ailment in young people. Sometimes this diabetes called 'diabetic obese ", at the expense of extra weight, and even" elderly diabetes "because it commonly develops in older people. Type II diabetes may also be hereditary (Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group, 2002).

Sometimes, symptoms similar to hypoglycemia occur at a slightly higher level of sugar (eg, 3.5-4 mmol / L) - a condition generally regarded as a mild hypoglycemia expressed (or "boundary" blood sugar), also taking into account a possible error of the meter. In very rare cases, symptoms of hypoglycemia may be at a higher level of sugar - for example, when a sharp decrease from 30 to ...