The definition of diabetes is a group of diseases that produces too much sugar in the blood or too high blood glucose. Their are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes (ADA,2016). 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year. Type 2 diabetes is most often develop in middle-aged and older adults but can appear in young people (ADA, 2016). in this section of health stressor it will be focusing on type 2 diabetes.
Treatments
- Type 2 diabetes is treated with lifestyle changes, oral medications (pills), and insulin
- controlling meal planning
- weight loss and exercising
- some other treatments type 2 diabetic people can take is aspirin, flu shots, and dietary supplements
Diabetes Symptoms
Common symptoms of diabetes are:
- feeling very thirsty
- blurry vision
- urinating often
- feeling very hungry
- tingling pains, or numbness in the hands/feet
