Understanding Type 2 Diabetes: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

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Type 2 diabetes

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
The causes and risk factors....................................................................................................................2
How is it diagnosed?..............................................................................................................................3
FPG test.............................................................................................................................................3
OGTT test...........................................................................................................................................3
Treatment options.................................................................................................................................3
Prevention of type 2 diabetes through nutrition...................................................................................4
Nursing assessment...............................................................................................................................4
Nursing intervention..............................................................................................................................4
Client education....................................................................................................................................5
Adherence.............................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Type 2 diabetes is defined as the health disease which causes blood glucose level
to rise higher than normal. It is one of the most common forms of diabetes where the
human body system does not use insulin properly (Nolan, Damm, & Prentki, 2011). The
objective of this report is to analyse the type 2 diabetes, identify their causes and risks
factors and prevention methods for this health issue. Individuals with type 2 diabetes
make insulin but their cells do not utilize it as well as they should and it present when
consumers take unhealthy foods and exceed the level of sugar. In which the build-up
glucose in the human blood does not move through cells which may cause few health
risks such as cardiovascular disease, obesity and many more.
The causes and risk factors
Type 2 diabetes is one of the common health issues which is growing rapidly and it
occurs in both Youngers and adults. Such kind of problem also increases the rate of
obesity due to the use of unhealthy foods and lack of exercise (ADVANCE Collaborative
Group, 2008). It is observed that type 2 diabetes make insulin or consumers are not able
to produce enough insulin which is happened due to environment and genetics factors
like overweight, inactive, and many more. There are numbers of risks factors associated
with the type 2 diabetes which are following:
 Overweight
 Fat distribution
 Inactivity
 Family history
 Pre-diabetes
 Areas of the darkened skin mainly in the armpits and neck
 Bad communication between the cells in the body system
Blindness and kidney failure both are very common of type 2 diabetes problem and
mainly, adults are more likely to be diagnosed with this health infection because they
use the unhealthy foods like fast foods rather than healthy nutrition.