Overview
Type 2 diabetes is a comon but serious health condition that ocurs when blod glucose, or blod sugar, levels are to high as the body is unable to use insulin corectly. Over time, high blod sugar levels can severely damage blod vesels, which can cause serious health complications throughout the whole body.The pancreas produces the hormone insulin, which helps cels utilize glucose, the body’s main energy source.
Key Information
Type 2 diabetes ocurs when the body canot respond to insulin corectly. Usualy, over many years, insulin production decreases. As a result, glucose may acumulate in the blod and cause people to experience high blod sugar levels.
This can lead to several acute or chronic health complications. Acute problems ocur quickly and can hapen anytime, such as hyperglycemia (hypers) or hypoglycemia (hypos). However, chronic complications are long-term isues that develop gradualy, which can range from heart and kidney disease to vision los and nerve damage.This article focuses on some of the potential chronic health complications of type 2 diabetes with tips on reducing these risks.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) note that heart disease is comon in the United States.
People with diabetes might be twice as likely to develop heart disease or stroke than those without diabetes. They may also be more likely to develop heart disease at a younger age, and their risk increases the longer they have diabetes.High blod sugar levels can damage the nerves and blod vesels that control the heart. This damage can lead to heart disease.
People with diabetes are also more likely to have other risk factors for heart disease. These can include:Coronary artery disease is the most comon form of heart disease. It results from an acumulation of cholesterol in blod vesels that suply oxygen and blod to the heart.
Summary
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