Type 2 Diabetes | Explained
- 3 years ago
What Causes Type 2 Diabetes?
Insulin is a hormone made by your pancreas that regulates blood glucose into the cells in your body to be used as energy. If you've got type 2 diabetes, cells don’t respond normally to insulin; this is often called insulin resistance. Your pancreas continues to make more insulin for these malfunctioning cells. When your pancreas can’t continue and your blood glucose rises, this sets the stage for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes. High levels of blood glucose is not good for the body and may cause other serious health problems, like heart condition, vision loss, and renal disorder.
Symptoms and Risk Factors
The development of Type 2 diabetes symptoms in many case takes place over several years with no noticeable symptoms. Because symptoms are often hard to identify, it’s important to understand the danger factors and contact your doctor to have your blood glucose tested.
Diagnosis for Type 2 Diabetes
A simple biopsy will allow you to know if you've got diabetes. So visit you doctor to have your blood tested for Type 2 diabetes.
Managing Diabetes
Diabetes is managed mostly by you, with support from your doctor, family, and other important people in your life. Diabetes can be managed with healthy eating and being active, or your doctor may prescribe insulin, other injectable medications, or oral diabetes medicines to assist manage your blood glucose and avoid complications.
You have to check your blood glucose regularly. And managing your blood glucose levels, assist in preventing or delaying diabetes-related complications.
Stress can make managing diabetes harder, including managing your blood glucose levels. So, lifestyle habits are really important and you came practice the following to improve health:
• Making healthy food choices
• Being physically active,
• Getting enough sleep
• Relaxation exercises
• Controlling your blood pressure
• Controlling your cholesterol
Also:
• Test your blood glucose and keep a record of the results.
• Recognize the signs of high or low blood glucose and what to try to to about it.
• When need arises, give yourself insulin by syringe, pen, or pump.
• Keep an eye on your feet, skin, and eyes to catch problems early.
• Have in stock diabetes supplies.
More information at https://www.cdc.gov and https://www.who.int
PubHealth with Kasilye is providing health promotion videos aimed at creating sensitization and awareness on common health problems. Information in the videos is for education and health promotion purposes only. Please always consult a doctor concerning your personal health.
Insulin is a hormone made by your pancreas that regulates blood glucose into the cells in your body to be used as energy. If you've got type 2 diabetes, cells don’t respond normally to insulin; this is often called insulin resistance. Your pancreas continues to make more insulin for these malfunctioning cells. When your pancreas can’t continue and your blood glucose rises, this sets the stage for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes. High levels of blood glucose is not good for the body and may cause other serious health problems, like heart condition, vision loss, and renal disorder.
Symptoms and Risk Factors
The development of Type 2 diabetes symptoms in many case takes place over several years with no noticeable symptoms. Because symptoms are often hard to identify, it’s important to understand the danger factors and contact your doctor to have your blood glucose tested.
Diagnosis for Type 2 Diabetes
A simple biopsy will allow you to know if you've got diabetes. So visit you doctor to have your blood tested for Type 2 diabetes.
Managing Diabetes
Diabetes is managed mostly by you, with support from your doctor, family, and other important people in your life. Diabetes can be managed with healthy eating and being active, or your doctor may prescribe insulin, other injectable medications, or oral diabetes medicines to assist manage your blood glucose and avoid complications.
You have to check your blood glucose regularly. And managing your blood glucose levels, assist in preventing or delaying diabetes-related complications.
Stress can make managing diabetes harder, including managing your blood glucose levels. So, lifestyle habits are really important and you came practice the following to improve health:
• Making healthy food choices
• Being physically active,
• Getting enough sleep
• Relaxation exercises
• Controlling your blood pressure
• Controlling your cholesterol
Also:
• Test your blood glucose and keep a record of the results.
• Recognize the signs of high or low blood glucose and what to try to to about it.
• When need arises, give yourself insulin by syringe, pen, or pump.
• Keep an eye on your feet, skin, and eyes to catch problems early.
• Have in stock diabetes supplies.
More information at https://www.cdc.gov and https://www.who.int
PubHealth with Kasilye is providing health promotion videos aimed at creating sensitization and awareness on common health problems. Information in the videos is for education and health promotion purposes only. Please always consult a doctor concerning your personal health.