Journal of Diabetes Medication & Care

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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease. It is characterized by high levels of sugar in the blood. Type 2 diabetes is additionally called type 2 DM and type II diabetes. That is because it used to start almost always in middle- and late-adulthood. However, more and more children and teenagers are developing this condition. Type 2 diabetes is far more common than type 1 diabetes and is basically a special disease. But it shares with type 1 diabetes high blood glucose levels, and therefore the complications of high blood glucose. During digestion, food is weakened into basic components. Carbohydrates are weakened into simple sugars, primarily glucose. Glucose may be a critically important source of energy for the body's cells. To provide energy to the cells, glucose must leave the blood and obtain inside the cells. Insulin traveling in the blood signals the cells to take up glucose. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas. The pancreas is an organ in the abdomen. When levels of glucose within the blood rise (for example, after a meal), the pancreas produces more insulin. Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body's cells resist the traditional effect of insulin, which is to drive glucose within the blood into the within of the cells. This condition is called insulin resistance. As a result, glucose starts to build up in the blood. In people with insulin resistance, the pancreas "sees" the blood glucose level rising. The pancreas responds by making extra insulin to take care of a traditional blood glucose. Over time, the body's insulin resistance gets worse. In response the pancreas makes more and more insulin. Finally, the pancreas gets "exhausted". It cannot keep up with the demand for more and more insulin. It pops out. As a result, blood sugar levels start to rise. 

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