What is the cause of type 2 Diabetes?
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Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. \n\nUsually occurs gradually. Most people with type 2 diabetes are overweight at the time of diagnosis. However, the disease can also develop in lean people, especially the elderly.\n\nGenetics play a large role in type 2 diabetes and family history is a risk factor. However, low activity level, poor diet, and excess body weight (especially around the waist) significantly increase your risk for type 2 diabetes.\n\nOther risk factors include:\n\n- Race/ethnicity (African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native Americans all have high rates of diabetes) \n- Age greater than 45 years \n- Previously identified impaired glucose tolerance by your doctor \n- High blood pressure \n- HDL cholesterol of less than 35 or triglyceride level of greater than 250 \n- History of gestational diabetes
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It is when u have diabetes mellitus.
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Type I (juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes): The reason for type I diabetes is due to pancreas unability to produce insulin. This type of diabetes is uncommon but severe in nature. It usually starts in childhood or adolescence and is a result of a genetic problem. \n\nType II (Type 2) (non insulin dependent diabetes or adult onset diabetes): Type II (Type 2) diabetes is a result of body tissues becoming resistant to insulin. It generally happens to people above 40 years of age and is usually hereditary.
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There is a consistent link between obesity (lack of exercise and unhealthy diets) and type 2 diabetes. Looking around you , the noticeable increase of obese people has a natural following of an increase of diabetics. Exercise and a healthy diet are the best preventatives. Modest eating, rather than overindulging. Check out the Harvard link.
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You just said the answer.\n\nIt is caused by too much diet
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Alternative Names:\n\nNoninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Diabetes - type 2\n\n\nCauses, incidence, and risk factors:\n\nDiabetes is caused by a problem in the way your body makes or uses insulin. Insulin is needed to move glucose (blood sugar) into cells, where it is used for energy.\n\nIf glucose does not get into the cells, the body cannot use it for energy. Too much glucose will then remain in the blood, causing the symptoms of diabetes.\n\nThere are several types of diabetes. This article focuses on Type 2, which is usually accompanied by obesity and insulin resistance. \n\nInsulin resistance means that insulin produced by your pancreas cannot get inside fat and muscle cells to produce energy. Since the cells are not getting the insulin they need, the pancreas produces more and more. Over time, abnormally high levels of sugar build up in the blood. This is called hyperglycemia. Many people with insulin resistance have hyperglycemia and high blood insulin levels at the same time. People who are overweight have a higher risk of insulin resistance, because fat interferes with the body's ability to use insulin.\n\nType 2 diabetes usually occurs gradually. Most people with the disease are overweight at the time of diagnosis. However, Type 2 diabetes can also develop in those who are thin, especially the elderly.\n\nFamily history and genetics play a large role in type 2 diabetes. Low activity level, poor diet, and excess body weight (especially around the waist) significantly increase your risk for type 2 diabetes.\n\nOther risk factors include:\n\nRace/ethnicity (African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native Americans all have high rates of diabetes)\nAge greater than 45 years\nPreviously identified impaired glucose tolerance by your doctor\nHigh blood pressure\nHDL cholesterol of less than 35mg/dL or triglyceride level of greater than 250mg/dL\nHistory of gestational diabetes
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In some cases, obesity. Some cases it's just inherited. Depends on the type of Diabetes.
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Type 1 diabetes is genetic and you take insulin until you die. Nothing really helps it. Type 2 is very different and almost always caused by people getting fat and having not enough muscle. If that is what you have, then on below site the last paragraph under "exercise" explains the benefit of you having it.\n\nThe rest of the site covers many foods that are good for it and why and includes a quote from American Diabetes Assoc. Note-- if you have type 2 diabetes and are slim and fit then completely ignore this advice and site. If you become slim and fit the need for it will be gone and it will disappear.
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I'm with the guy who thinks it's diabetes. Have your blood sugar tested asap. If you find out that you are, there's plenty you can do to help yourself....\nhttp://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/Type_II_Diabetes.html
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Whoa... I can see there is a lot of misunderstanding about diabetes.  The thing you need to know is that there are two types of diabetes.\n\nType 1 Diabetes presents more commonly during early childhood or early puberty but can occur at any age.  Type 1 specifically refers to diabetes resulting from the destruction of insulin-secreting cells in your pancreas.  All Type 1 diabetics require insulin because their body no longer makes it.\n\nType 2 Diabetes presents more commonly in adulthood but can occur at any age and is being seen in younger and younger patients.  Type 2 specifically refers to diabetes resulting from your body's becoming more resistant (or less sensitive) to the insulin that your pancreas produces.  Most patients can be treated with oral medications that improve your body's sensitivity to your endogenous insulin or stimulate more insulin release from your pancreas.  Type 2 diabetics have high levels of insulin circulating unlike Type 1 diabetics.  Some Type 2 diabetics may go on to need insulin if their oral medications are not adequately controlling their sugars; most will be on a combination of insulin and oral meds.\n\nBoth Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are multifactorial.  There are both genetic and environmental factors that lead to the disease.  Therefore, just because one identical twin has diabetes (either kind) does not necessarily mean that the other will get it as well!\n\nPopulation studies have shown that for Type 1 diabetes...\nIf your mom has Type 1 DM - your risk is 1 in 17\nIf your mom has Type 1 DM and had you before age 25 - your risk 1 in 25\nIf your mom has Type 1 DM and had you after age 25 - your risk 1 in 100\nIf your mom got Type 1 DM before she was 11 - the above risk doubles\nIf both your parents have Type 1 DM - your risk is 1 in 5\n\nFor Type 2 diabetes...\nIf you have one parent who had Type 2 DM before 50 - your risk is 1 in 7\nIf you have one parent who had Type 2 DM after 50 - your risk is 1 in 13\nIf you have two parents with Type 2 DM - your risk is 1 in 2\nIf you have an identical twin with Type 2 DM - your risk is 3 in 4\n\nThis information is all available from the American Diabetes Association.  As you can see, Type 2 diabetes actually has a higher inherited risk than Type 1!  There are things that you can do to minimize your chances of developing Type 2 DM, though, even though you are at risk.  That includes regular exercise, maintenance of a healthy weight, and reducing fat and calorie intake.  There are also some medications that can reduce your risk of developing Type 2 DM; you should talk to your doctor about whether these would be appropriate for you.  Above all, don't worry!  You are expressing concern about your health which is the FIRST STEP!  If you are motivated to take the appropriate steps towards maintaining your health, the odds of preventing diabetes are in your favor!!  Good luck!\n\nEDIT:\nTo justwannaknow - I think what you say is misleading.  The AMA's recommendation in 2002 was for people to take a daily multivitamin.  There is still no recommendation for physicians to advise patients to take herbal supplements and other nutritional supplements like "Glycoscience".\n\nTo hmt42play - Islet cell transplants are not being recommended for patients with Type 2 diabetes!!!  As you diabetes educator, you should be aware of this!  Type 2 diabetics generally have functioning islet cells and DO produce insulin.  The problem is with insulin resistance so giving them more islet cells would not resolve the underlying problem.  Islet cell transplants are currently only being used in unstable Type 1 diabetics.  Please do not give this poor woman the idea that islet cell transplantation is a cure for Type 2 diabetes!
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The first method that is always tried is diet and exercise.  Type 2 diabetes occurs becuase of insulin resistance in the body, meaning there is too much fat.  By decreasing fat stores through diet and exercise, you decrease the insulin resistance in your body.  However, if this fails, there are many different medications out (and many in development) that can be prescribed by your doctor.  However, it is important to realize that diet and exercise are still an important part of the treatment of type 2 diabetes.  It is very important to keep doctors appointments when you have type 2 diabetes because changes may be made to your medications and this needs to be monitored carefully.
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All I know is that it has something to do with blood sugar and glucose.\n\nTry this site for more info:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes\n\nHope this helps! Good Luck!\n\n♥Kimmy♥
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you can't get rid of type 2 diabetes but following a good diet and looking after yourself properly you can control it. and having really well controled type 2 you may not need to take ur BSL's as much maybe once a day maybe once a week maybe hardly ever, and some people don't even need medication for it, wen really well controlled you may not even have the feelings of diabetes at all, just need to see a doc to keep an eye out
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You don't get infected by it.  Two types of diabetes, one type is hereditary and the other, adult onset diabetes, is usually due to obesity, poor diet, lack of excersise and other health problems.
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With diabetes the cells are unable to burn enough glucose for energy (because glucose cannot get into the cells).  The alternative to burning glucose for energy is to burn fatty acids for energy through beta oxidation.\n\nThe 'excessive' beta oxidation of fatty acids leads to a buildup of acetyl CoA.  Excess acetyl CoA is converted into ketones.  Excessive levels of ketones causes 'keto acidosis'.\n\nHope you find this helpful.
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Anyone can get Diabetes.  People who have a family history of diabetes just have a higher risk of also developing the disease later in life than someone without family history.  Also, having a healthy diet in early life decreases chance of getting the disease.  My father is a diabetic and recently developed DKA (Diabetic ketoacidosis) which is very serious (usually results in coma or death), and can happen just by a Diabetic getting a cold.  I believe it is very important to read on DKA and on being a healthy diabetic.  It is a very serious disease and some people do not notice until it is serious or too late.
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well,there is NO co-relation between D.M & dehydration,here is the causes of NIDDM:\n*Genetic factors,usually polygenic,form disease background in a prevailing number of patients.Environmental factors like obesity,lack of exercise and sedentary lifestyle sometimes lead to insulin resistance.Insulin resistance means that body cells do not respond appropriately when insulin is present.\n*Other important contributing factors:\n-increased hepatic glucose production (eg, from protein degradation).\n-decreased insulin-mediated glucose transport in muscle and adipose tissues (receptor and post-receptor defects).\n-impaired beta-cell function - loss of early phase of insulin release in response to hyperglycemic stimuli.