Understanding Type 2 Diabetes What it means
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Most of the food you eat is turned into glucose (sugar) for your body to use for energy. Your pancreas (an organ near your stomach) makes a hormone called insulin to help this glucose get into your cells.
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When you have Type 2 diabetes, the cells in your body can’t use insulin the way they should. Because of this, glucose can’t get into your cells, so it builds up in your blood. If your blood glucose level on an empty stomach is high (126 mg/dL or higher on 2 separate tests) or if you have an A1C score of 6.5 or higher, you have diabetes. With Type 2 diabetes, the common treatment is healthy eating and exercise. You may also need to take oral agents (diabetes pills), inject insulin or do both.
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Even though there is no cure, you can control your diabetes!
Complications of diabetes Over time diabetes can cause serious, long-term health problems. It can damage your eyes, kidneys, nerves, feet, gums, heart and blood vessels. But this doesn’t have to happen. Taking care of yourself and controlling your blood glucose can help prevent or at least reduce these problems.
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