Type 2 Diabetes
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- Created on: 09-04-14 09:49
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- Type 2 Diabetes
- What is it?
- Pancreas doesn't respond to insulin properly
- Difficulty in maintaining sugar levels
- Caused by obesity
- Major symptoms
- Increased thirst
- Increased hunger
- Increased production of urine
- Loss of weight
- Tiredness
- Nausea
- Lifestyle changes
- Change his diet to get correct foods
- Rich in complex carbohydrates
- Low in animal fat
- Moniter it by checking blood glucose levels
- Eating small regular meals
- can stabilise blood glucose levels
- Avoid sugary foods
- Can prevent blood glucose levels rising
- Physical activity
- Reduce the amount of blood glucose in blood by using it up
- Increase energy demands
- Change his diet to get correct foods
- Treatment
- Moniter blood glucose levels
- Take glucose-lowering tablets
- Have insulin injections
- Causes
- Age - being over 40
- Being overweight or obese
- Ethnicity
- Genetics
- What is it?
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