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Type II Diabetes: Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
The term diabetes refers to higher than normal levels of
sugar, or glucose, in the blood. Type II diabetes, also known as
insulin-dependent diabetes, was commonly referred to as adult
onset diabetes until recently when the name no longer accurately
describes the population with this disease.
Type II diabetes, in the past, was relegated to the adult
population. However, in the new era of ever rising cases of
childhood obesity and heart disease, the term adult onset
diabetes is quickly becoming a misnomer. The number of children
that are presenting to doctors with this disease is rising at
epidemic rates.
Unlike Type I diabetes, where there is little to no insulin
being produced by the beta cells of the pancreas, in Type II
diabetes there is plenty of insulin. The problem lies in the fact
that the cells of the body no longer respond to the insulin. The
normal response is to cause gates in the cell membranes to open
and letting the sugar in from the blood stream. Since this is not
occurring, the sugar levels in the blood remain extremely high
and the cells are deprived of the necessary energy that they
would normally derive from the sugar.
Additionally, as Type II diabetes is sometimes not diagnosed
for many years, the pancreas will sometimes stop producing
insulin all together since the body sees no need to make
something that can't be used.
Many professionals are prescribing changes in diet and
increased activity levels as the medicine needed to help reverse
some of the non-responsiveness of the cells to insulin. Making
lifestyle changes can dramatically improve the overall health of
the patient as well. To augment adjustments in nutrition and
exercise, doctors can also prescribe diabetes medication which
assists to increase the responsiveness of the cells to the
insulin that the body may still be producing.
If left untreated, Type II diabetes can eventually decrease
the quality of life and life span of the patient.
Rachel Dayer runs and operates http://www.mustask.com, a health
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