Useful Information Regarding Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes type II, is frequently called the non-insulin diabetes, it is the usual form of diabetes, which affects ninety to ninety five percent of the twenty one million individuals with the disease.

People with diabetes type II produce insulin unlike individuals with diabetes type I; however, their pancreas are not creating sufficient insulin or body can not make use of enough insulin (insulin resistance). When insulin is not enough or if insulin was not used, the glucose can not enter the body cells. When glucose assembles into the blood and do not go inside the cells, the body cells can not be able to work properly.

The following are some problems linked with the increase of glucose into the blood:

- Dehydration - the elevation of blood sugar level may cause the increase in the amount of urine. When kidneys loses blood sugar by means of urine, big amount of fluids are also lost, which cause dehydration.

- The Diabetic Coma or Hyperosmolar nonketotic diabetic coma- As the person with diabetes type II turns out to be dried up severely and not capable to drink sufficient fluids to rehydrate or makes up for lost fluids, they probably will develop these serious complications.

- Damage created to the body -the elevated sugar levels into the blood can harm nerves and tiny blood vessels from the kidneys, eyes and heart that subject a person to hardening of the big arteries (atherosclerosis) which may cause stroke and heart attack.

Diabetes type 2 in children:

Plenty of children are diagnosed with diabetes type II. Anyone may get this disease, however, those who are at the uppermost risk are those persons who are overweight, and women who had suffered diabetes in pregnancy, individuals having family member who had suffered from diabetes type II as well as the people who experienced metabolic syndrome ( bunch of health problems which includes elevated cholesterol, elevated triglycerides, low good cholesterol or HDL and high bad cholesterol or LDL and elevated blood pressure.

Older persons are more prone to the development of the disease because aging can make the body lesser tolerant of the sugars. And in addition, that person that is smoking, with inactive lifestyles and those who has certain dietary pattern also has higher risk to develop the type 2 diabetes.