People with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure or eye damage. Type 2 diabetes was also used to be known as maturity onset, or Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes. With Type 2 diabetes, the illness and diabetes symptoms tend to develop rather gradually (over weeks or months).
People with type 2 diabetes often develop the disease after the age of 45, but are not aware they have diabetes until severe diabetes symptoms occur, or until they are treated for one of its serious diabetes complications.
These the symptoms of type 2 diabetes:
- Eye damage
- Frequent urination
- Feeling worn-out
- Having an incurable sore throat
- Feet pain
The symptoms above may look very similar to other illnesses. They do resemble other medical conditions. However, when the glucose level in one's blood are not that high, these symptoms may not show up at all.
In people with Type 2 diabetes, the diabetes symptoms and signs will not be so obvious. Because of the nature of these early Type 2 diabetes symptoms being somewhat obscure, many diabetics are unaware of the disease or its progression inside their bodies.
Type 2 diabetes is known to be one of the most common forms of diabetes today. It is also one of the deadliest diseases in the world. Sufferers of type 2 diabetes are also very likely to develop cardiovascular disease.
Many people with pre-diabetes develop type 2 diabetes within 10 years, according to a research done by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. If type 2 diabetes is properly treated from the early stages of the disease, the risk of any long-term complications is greatly reduced.
Even though type 2 diabetes can be inherited to one's children, the inheritance factor is not the only factor that a person is contracted with the disease. Other factor, such as obesity, also helps to contribute to type 2 diabetes.
Specific treatment for type 2 diabetes will be determined by your doctor based on age, overall health conditions, and your medical histories such as your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or medical therapies.
People with type 2 diabetes have to control their blood sugar levels. This is no easy task. By regularly engaging in physical activities, eating proper healthy diets, as well as decreasing their body weight, type 2 diabetes can be controlled and suppressed.
