Diabetes Type 2

What is type 2 diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose is your main source of energy. It comes from the foods you eat. A hormone called insulin helps the glucose get into your cells to give them energy. If you have diabetes, your body doesn't make enough insulin or doesn't use insulin well. The glucose then stays in your blood and not enough goes into your cells.

Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause health problems. But you can take steps to manage your diabetes and try to prevent these health problems.

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  1. Diabetes Type 2 (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose is your main source of ...
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  2. Type 2 diabetes 
    Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong (chronic) disease in which there is a high level of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes.
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  3. Type 2 diabetes 
    Type 2 diabetes is a disorder characterized by abnormally high blood sugar levels. In this form of diabetes, the body stops using and making insulin properly. ...
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  4. Diabetes 
    ... the failure to make enough insulin is unknown. Type 2 diabetes is more common. It most often occurs in ... being diagnosed with this disease. Some people with type 2 diabetes do not know they have it. With type ...
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  5. Type 2 diabetes - self-care 
    Type 2 diabetes is a life-long (chronic) disease. If you have type 2 diabetes, the insulin your body normally makes has trouble ... level can get too high. Most people with type 2 diabetes are overweight when they're diagnosed. The changes ...
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  6. Diabetes type 2 - meal planning 
    When you have type 2 diabetes , taking time to plan your meals goes a long way toward controlling your blood sugar and weight. ... range by maintaining a healthy weight. People with type 2 diabetes are often overweight or obese. Losing even 10 ...
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  7. Type 2 diabetes - what to ask your doctor 
    Type 2 diabetes , once diagnosed, is a lifelong disease that causes a high level of sugar (glucose) in your ... chap 216. Riddle MC, Ahmann AJ. Therapeutics of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In: Melmed S, Auchus RJ, Goldfine AB, Koenig ...
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  8. Diabetes in Children and Teens (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... the blood. Now younger people are also getting type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult-onset diabetes. But ... children and teens, due to more obesity. With Type 2 diabetes, the body does not make or use insulin ...
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  9. How to Prevent Diabetes (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is type 2 diabetes? If you have diabetes, your blood sugar levels are too high. With type 2 diabetes, this happens because your body does not make ...
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  10. Diabetes and Pregnancy (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... But it does increase your risk for developing type 2 diabetes later on. Your child is also at risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Most women get a test to check for ...
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