Quick Links:
 Eligibility Application
Diabetes Enrollment - Physician's Order Form
FREE METERS
Find out if you qualify
Our Services Policy
Spectrum will process ALL Medicare & Insurance Forms
FREE SHIPPING!
Read our Privacy Policy
All Transactions, Inquiries and Information will be kept completely confidential.
|
|
|
Resource Links
|
Click HERE
|
|
Type 2 Diabetes
Print this page
Type 2 diabetes was previously called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes. Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90 percent to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. It usually begins as insulin resistance, a disorder in which the cells do not use insulin properly. As the need for insulin rises, the pancreas gradually loses its ability to produce it. Type 2 diabetes is associated with older age, obesity, a family history of diabetes, a history of gestational diabetes, impaired glucose metabolism, physical inactivity, and race/ethnicity. African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians, and some Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetes and its complications. Clinically-based reports and regional studies suggest that type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents, although still rare, is being diagnosed more frequently, particularly in American Indians, African Americans, and Hispanic/Latino Americans.
Link to Gestational Diabetes
|
|
