Type 2 Diabetes Research Paper
Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Type II Diabetes
Type II diabetes is a severe form of diabetes caused by inadequate production of insulin and resulting in anomalous metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Diabetes usually appears in children and slowly progresses by the increase of sugar levels in the blood stream and urine. Facts show that 90%-95% of people with diabetes have type II diabetes (ADA, 2006). This is usually caused by lack of nutrition or inactivity. Type II diabetes is usually found in adults because children start out with Type I. To lead up to the diagnosis of having type II diabetes, some things need to be occurring within the body. The body is going through insulin resistance, which is when the body …show more content…
The body will also be going through hyperglycemia, which means that there are abnormally high levels of sugar in the blood, leading up to the point where glucose cannot be taken into the muscle by insulin. Some symptoms of diabetes are increased thirst, decrease in energy, fatigue, slow healing wounds, blurred, vision, and frequent urination(ADA, 2006). The body feels weak because the glucose in the blood is not being transported to cells for energy use. In order to discover whether one has diabetes he or she must go through a test. Some of the most common tests for diagnosis are the FPG (fasting plasma glucose) test, Random plasma glucose test, IGTT (intravenous glucose tolerance) test, and OGTT (oral glucose tolerance) test(Meyer, 2004). Getting checked for diabetes is a positive thing because it determines how quickly glucose is cleared from the blood and measures the body’s ability to handle glucose. It is …show more content…
First of all, individuals with a family history of diabetes have the highest chance of also inheriting diabetes(Cheng, 2007). Pregnancy in women also increases the chance of having type II diabetes, which can create complications in the pregnancies. A complication would be Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), which is diagnosed during pregnancy. After the child is born, most mothers are tested for type II diabetes. African Americans and Hispanics have an increased risk of having diabetes because they are the two ethnicities with the highest chance(Cheng, 2007). Anyone overweight or obese has a critical risk of diabetes due to all the glucose not being used as energy in the body. People with low HDL cholesterol levels should also be tested. After reaching the age of 45, people should be tested every 3 years for diabetes because the body becomes less active(Standards of medical care,
Type II diabetes is a severe form of diabetes caused by inadequate production of insulin and resulting in anomalous metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Diabetes usually appears in children and slowly progresses by the increase of sugar levels in the blood stream and urine. Facts show that 90%-95% of people with diabetes have type II diabetes (ADA, 2006). This is usually caused by lack of nutrition or inactivity. Type II diabetes is usually found in adults because children start out with Type I. To lead up to the diagnosis of having type II diabetes, some things need to be occurring within the body. The body is going through insulin resistance, which is when the body …show more content…
The body will also be going through hyperglycemia, which means that there are abnormally high levels of sugar in the blood, leading up to the point where glucose cannot be taken into the muscle by insulin. Some symptoms of diabetes are increased thirst, decrease in energy, fatigue, slow healing wounds, blurred, vision, and frequent urination(ADA, 2006). The body feels weak because the glucose in the blood is not being transported to cells for energy use. In order to discover whether one has diabetes he or she must go through a test. Some of the most common tests for diagnosis are the FPG (fasting plasma glucose) test, Random plasma glucose test, IGTT (intravenous glucose tolerance) test, and OGTT (oral glucose tolerance) test(Meyer, 2004). Getting checked for diabetes is a positive thing because it determines how quickly glucose is cleared from the blood and measures the body’s ability to handle glucose. It is …show more content…
First of all, individuals with a family history of diabetes have the highest chance of also inheriting diabetes(Cheng, 2007). Pregnancy in women also increases the chance of having type II diabetes, which can create complications in the pregnancies. A complication would be Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), which is diagnosed during pregnancy. After the child is born, most mothers are tested for type II diabetes. African Americans and Hispanics have an increased risk of having diabetes because they are the two ethnicities with the highest chance(Cheng, 2007). Anyone overweight or obese has a critical risk of diabetes due to all the glucose not being used as energy in the body. People with low HDL cholesterol levels should also be tested. After reaching the age of 45, people should be tested every 3 years for diabetes because the body becomes less active(Standards of medical care,