Diabetes Type 2 Essay

One of the disease that I most seen at work is Type 2 Diabetes. According to the CDC more than 30 million Americans have diabetes and 90% to 95% of them have type 2 diabetes (Diabetes Home, 2017). Diabetes Type 2 is due to increasing inability of cells to respond to insulin and decreased production of insulin by the beta cells. Risk factors include overweight individuals, older adults greater than 55 years of age. Diabetes type 2 is also higher in African Americans, Hispanic American and Native Americans (VanMeter, K. C., & Hubert, R. J, 2014, p. 409). Other risk factors include, smoker, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia are signs of Diabetes Type 2. Other symptoms include sores that heal slowly, and more infections than usual, are some of the symptoms. Often symptoms don’t develop right away, and are usually seen at an older age, but recently children, teens and young adults are developing Diabetes type 2. …show more content…
According to the CDC prevalence varied significantly by education level, “12.6% of adults with less than a high school education has diagnoses of Diabetes versus 9.5% of those with a high school education, and 7.2% of those with more than a high school education” (Diabetes Home, 2017). Therefore, education should be implemented when a person is prone to Diabetes. Knowing the risk factors, signs and symptoms of diabetes, and getting tested often are important steps to prevent Diabetes. Likewise, Healthy eating and exercise is helpful in controlling blood glucose levels in the presences of an insulin deficit. Consequently, people that are at risk of getting diagnoses with Diabetes should start by exercising and keeping a healthy