Question

Digestion, Urinary, and Endocrine systems are each connected to Diabetes in how a person manages there food intake, regulating blood sugar levels, and the body's way to remove excess sugar through the urine. Type II Diabetes Mellitus is a growing problem for the American population and can be directly related to weight gain and obesity.

Diabetes Mellitus diagnoses need to meet certain criteria:

• Fasting plasma glucose >= 126 mg/dL; OR
• Symptoms (polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss); AND
• Random plasma glucose >= 200 mg/dL; OR
• A1C >= 6.5%

For your discussion post:

• Discuss if a person should take action before or after the clinical criteria of Type II Diabetes Mellitus is met?
• What other factors can lead to Type II Diabetes Mellitus?
• Describe three changes patients can make to prevent or address Type II Diabetes Mellitus?

Answer 1

Type2 diabetes by far ,the most prevalent type of diabetes. It occurs in people over 35years of age and 80 to 90%are overweight at the time of diagnosis. However, because of the epidemic of childhood obesity, type 2 is now being seen in children. Prevalence of type 2diabetes increases with age, with about half of the people diagnosed being older than 55.In the past, type2 diabetes was known as adult onset diabetes. This term is no longer considered appropriate because the disease is now being seen in an increasing number in children. ,adolescent and young adults. Unfortunately, the clinical manifestation appear so gradually that an individual may blame the symptoms on another cause, such as lack of sleep or increasing age ,and before the person knows it, he or she may complications.

The most powerful risk factor is believed to be obesity, specifically abdominal and visceral adiposity. Also genetic mutations that lead to insulin resistance and a higher risk for obesity have been found in many people with type 2 diabetes. It is likely that multiple genes are involved in this complex multifactorial disorder.

Three changes which patients can make to prevent or address Type2 Diabetes mellitus are

• Increase level of exercise because physical activity reduces the risk of diabetes.
• Maintain healthy weight because obesity increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
• If overweight, it is very important to lose weight and get on a regular excecise program to reduce the risk of diabetes.