Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease, and happens to be the most popular type of diabetes. In fact, 95% of people with diabetes have type 2 (ADA). This specific type of diabetes is not one people tend to live with for their whole life. It was formally called adult-onset diabetes because it tends to start affecting people over the age of 40 (ADA).
Unlike people with Type 1 diabetes, people with Type 2 do produce insulin. In a cell, there is a special protein, called a receptor, that binds to insulin.The pancreas is responsible for producing insulin. The insulin must bind to the cell in order for glucose to then be moved in and metabolized. In addition to being used to metabolize glucose, insulin also inhibits the release of glucose and other substances from the liver and helps make protein in the body …show more content…
This is called insulin resistance. Other times, their bodies do not produce enough insulin. Both of these factors cause the same problem. The glucose cannot properly enter the cell, causing it to build up in the bloodstream (WebMD). Diabetes is an accelerating disease. In the beginning, the pancreas will create enough insulin to fix these problems, but over time, it will stop making enough, or it will make it too slowly. Scientist do not know why the pancreas stops working. Some believe that the system that tells the pancreas to make more insulin is broken, others think that the pancreas, after years of over producing it, will simply burn out (ADA)
Anyone can get Type 2 Diabetes. However, it most commonly occurs within specific age and ethnic groups. It mostly occurs in people who are African American, Latino, Native American, Asian America, or Pacific Islanders (WebMD). It also mostly occurs in people over the age of 40, people who have low HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol, which is the "good" cholestoral, or high triglycerides, and in people who are obese or don’t
Unlike people with Type 1 diabetes, people with Type 2 do produce insulin. In a cell, there is a special protein, called a receptor, that binds to insulin.The pancreas is responsible for producing insulin. The insulin must bind to the cell in order for glucose to then be moved in and metabolized. In addition to being used to metabolize glucose, insulin also inhibits the release of glucose and other substances from the liver and helps make protein in the body …show more content…
This is called insulin resistance. Other times, their bodies do not produce enough insulin. Both of these factors cause the same problem. The glucose cannot properly enter the cell, causing it to build up in the bloodstream (WebMD). Diabetes is an accelerating disease. In the beginning, the pancreas will create enough insulin to fix these problems, but over time, it will stop making enough, or it will make it too slowly. Scientist do not know why the pancreas stops working. Some believe that the system that tells the pancreas to make more insulin is broken, others think that the pancreas, after years of over producing it, will simply burn out (ADA)
Anyone can get Type 2 Diabetes. However, it most commonly occurs within specific age and ethnic groups. It mostly occurs in people who are African American, Latino, Native American, Asian America, or Pacific Islanders (WebMD). It also mostly occurs in people over the age of 40, people who have low HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol, which is the "good" cholestoral, or high triglycerides, and in people who are obese or don’t