Eventually, insulin resistance causes glucose to build up in your blood. You have prediabetes when your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be considered diabetes. An A1c between 5.7% and 6.4% means you haveprediabetes. You may not have any symptoms, but pred...
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Sometimes referred to as a "lifestyle disease", the incidence of this form of diabetes continues to grow - and not just in adults, but more and more commonly in children and teens too. What causes even more concern is that many peopl...
Causes What Causes Type 2 Diabetes? Doctors don’t know exactly why some people get type 2 diabetes and others don’t. But it’s clear thatseveral things raise your oddsof getting it: Ethnicity/race.Certain ethnic groups are more likely to develop type 2 than others, including African Ameri...
Type 2 diabetes used to be known as maturity-onset, or non-insulin-dependent diabetes. It develops mainly in people older than the age of 40 (but can also occur in younger people). In the UK about one in 20 people aged over 65 and around one in five people aged over 85 have diabete...
Type 1 diabetesoften presents with more severe symptoms and more rapid onset. Type 2 diabetes may develop slowly over time. Risk factors: The causes and risk factors include: While the exact causes of type 1 diabetes are not fully understood, it is believed to be caused by a combination of...
Type 1 diabetesoften presents with more severe symptoms and more rapid onset. Type 2 diabetes may develop slowly over time. Risk factors: The causes and risk factors include: While the exact causes of type 1 diabetes are not fully understood, it is believed to be caused by a combination of...
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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease. It is characterized by high levels of sugar in the blood. Type 2 diabetes is also called type 2 diabetes mellitus and adult-onset diabetes. That's because it used to start almost always in middle and late adulthood. However, more and more children ...
What are the causes of type 2 diabetes? The two main causes of type 2 diabetes are carrying excess weight -- especially in your belly -- and not getting enough exercise.