Type 2 diabetes in adults

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Avatar f tn In other words, some people with LADA may be overweight or obese. LADA occurs in people age 20 and older. LADA is often mistaken for type 2 diabetes, mainly in people who are overweight or obese. People with LADA can use oral medication, though within between 3-15 years after diabetes diagnosis, they will need to inject insulin.
Avatar f tn This statement in the above post needs clarification - "As far as weight is concerned more and more evidence points to "non-inherited and medicinally induced" diabetes being caused by overweight/obesity." Should read, "As far as weight is concerned more and more evidence points to the onset of diabetes caused by overweight/obesity, but not for those who inherited the gene, or are medicinally induced.
Avatar f tn There is actually a Type 1 Forum, but it is erroneously called "Juvenile Diabetes". Many adults have Type 1 as well, either diagnosed when they were children or late onset. Sally is absolutely right, a Type 1, unlike a Type 2, no longer produces their own insulin, or produces a very small amount. We need insulin to live; a short time without insulin would drive numbers high enough to develop DKA which is a life threatening emergency.
Avatar f tn Yes and a person much older say 50 or more can be dx'd with type one. Type 1 isn't just for kids anymore. There is type 1 type 2 type 1.
5274485 tn?1385860167 Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults is STRONGLY similar to both Types One & Two Diabetes. Contrary to the usual beliefs, some people carrying Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults (LADA) DO have family history of Type 2 Diabetes. Family's History of Type 1 may be also there for some LADA people. Furthermore, some people having LADA ARE overweight or obese (mildly to moderately).
Avatar n tn There are 3 types of diabetes, Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational. Then I say there is type 4. The family members that care for and help support the children and adults with diabetes. We are all here to help each other. If we do not know the answer we ill try to get it for you or point you in the right direction. Please do not hesitate to ask your questions and feel welcome.
Avatar n tn Some people are able to control Type 2 diabetes with losing and maintaining healthy weight, lowering carb intake and regular exercise. Some are not, and need medication. It is impossible to answer your question because every diabetic is different and it would depend on how high your numbers were to begin with and what you ate and did. Serious consequences (complications) from diabetes don't occur in 24 hours, they occur over time spent at high numbers.
5274485 tn?1385860167 Latent Autoimmune Diabetes is an extremely urgent condition. Like Type 2 Diabetes, people with LADA do represent with insulin resistance. However, the condition is autoimmune, like Type 1. People with Latent Autoimmune carry the exact same complication risk as those with Type 2-stroke, heart attacks and heart disease. Contrary to popular beliefs, some people who have LADA ARE overweight or obese. Furthermore, some people do carry family history of diabetes, regardless of the actual type.
Avatar f tn My three year old son drinks a lot, uses the restroom quite frequently, and says he's really tired a lot here recently. What is a normal blood sugar for someone his age? And could he possibly have diabetes? He has a family history of both type 1 & 2 diabetes on both sides. He isn't losing any weight and plays as normal.
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Avatar n tn The sedentary life-style and increase in obesity has led to this increase in both children and adults. Nearly one third of the 16 millions Americans with Type 2 diabetes do not know that they have it. There are approximately 16 million more Americans with "pre-Type 2". With lifestyle changes such as weight loss and exercise, some people with Type 2 diabetes can restore their normal blood sugars, requiring no medications.
Avatar n tn I am not a physician, but a mom of a type one and the daughter of a type 2. In a type one diabetic commonly called Juvenile diabetes( because it usually is diagnoses in children , but I know people that were in they 30's and 40's and were diagnosed) is when the body stop s producing insulin. Type 2 diabetics your body still produces insulin, but cannot use it properly use the insulin without help of medication.
14386166 tn?1434268142 Hello everyone..I have been Type 2 Diabetic for 19 months now and I am on a few Medications such as..Humalog 50-25 units 3 times per day and Byetta 10 unitis 2 times per day and Metformin 2 times per day and Atrovastatin once per day..when I was diagnosed I weighed 120kg now I weigh 154kg, I have been in Terrible pain over the past year..
Avatar m tn i was diagnosed Diabetes type 2 in december 2010..I want to know that if someone is diabetic,how much he will live ???
Avatar n tn Yes, it is very common for people, particularly adults to get misdiagnosed with type 2 when they actually have type 1. This is even more likely when it is considered that type 1 in adults may not develop so quickly as it does in children, so it may take a while before blood sugars go from high to dangerously high.
7791326 tn?1396488062 I was diagnosed with type 2 a few years later and then in 2008 had a miscarriage at about 10 weeks. I got pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby boy in 2011, but not without having trouble controlling my sugar. I suffer from food addiction which is part of the trouble. Last October I had a miscarriage again at only 5 weeks. I am now 6week 1day and am terrified of a miscarriage. I just have such a difficult time controlling my food/Carb intake and therefore my sugars.