type 2 diabetes
Chronic blood sugar
Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic condition in which the body becomes resistant to insulin or doesn't produce enough of it, causing elevated blood sugar levels.
Unlike type 1 diabetes, it typically develops in adulthood and is often linked to lifestyle factors like diet and exercise: He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at fifty.
Also written as type 2 diabetes mellitus or abbreviated T2D. (Capitalized Type 2 Diabetes appears at the beginning of sentences or in formal medical contexts.)
- silent killerAsymptomatic lethal condition
- insulin resistanceReduced cellular hormone sensitivity
- hyperglycemiaAbnormally high blood glucose
- antidiabeticMedication treating high blood sugar
- carb countingMonitoring starch intake numerically
obesity · metabolic syndrome · islets of Langerhans · insulin therapy · metformin · blood sugar control · postprandial glucose · sugar crash · HbA1c · adiposity · weight loss · lifestyle changes · insulin · pancreas · chronic inflammation · diet · thirst · monitor
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