Diabetes mellitus type 2 or type 2 diabetes (formerly called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), or adult-onset diabetes) is a disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose in the context of insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. While it is often initially managed by increasing exercise and dietary modification, medications are typically needed as the disease progresses. There are an estimated 23.6 million people...
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Diabetes mellitus type 2
Medicine
Risk Factors:
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Black
- Hispanic
- Asian American
- Personal History of Gestational Diabetes
- Old age
- Family History of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Central obesity
Symptoms:
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- Physical exercise
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Anti-diabetic drug
- Diabetic diet
- Physical examination
- Smoking cessation