Type 2 diabetes. It can harm your body, change you and your family's lives, and it can kill you. Consider this a lesson for the day. And take this information to the heart.
How do you know the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes? The difference is that type 1 is when your body does NOT produce insulin. Unlike type 1, type 2 is able to produce insulin, but there's a catch. It either isn't enough for the body, or the body is not able to recognize it. Problems then occur with the glucose level and the blood stream, which in turn result in major complications.
When there is build up of glucose in the cells, a few problems may occur:
- Dehydration
- Damage to the body
- Hyperosmolar nonketotic diabetic coma
(number 3's information can be located on several websites, one being WebMd) Here is the link:
Anyone can get type 2 diabetes, but there usually has to be something there to trigger the disease. Most more than none will develope it because of:
*Obesity
*Old age
*Genetics
*High cholesterol
*And female gestational diabetes
Here are some symptoms of type 2 diabetes, though they may vary between people, they are still very common among type 2 diabetes patients:Some of the major complications that come with obtaining type 2 can include:
Thanks to WebMd.com, this information can be spread and read by many people around the world. Here is a link to WebMd's expansive research on type 2 diabetes that can help people cope with the illness:
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/45/1667_50910.htm#8
And this is another website that is dedicated to helping cope with type 2 diabetes:http://www.whittier.org/pages/what_type2.html
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