Type 2 Diabetes: A Case Study

Diabetes is becoming very common place. More and more people are being diagnosed e of what diabetes is, who is susseptable or at greater risk of developing and why this very serious condition even occurs. In the year 2014, 29.1 million people or 9.3% of the U.S. population had diabetes. Another 8.1 million people or 27.8% are undiagnosed(NDEP, 2014

p.1).

Diabetes occurs when blood sugar or glucose levels become high(NDEP, 2014). The body either does not make enough insulin to control levels or not able to use the isulin that is made. Diabetes isipidus is a disorder of ADH-Antidiuretic Hormone receptors. These receptors are not able to secrete ADH properly. In order to control this, hormone replacement is used for treatment

In type 2 diabetes, there are more warning signs before becoming diagnosed with the actual label of becoming a diabetic. Most people have "prediabetes" (ADA, 2014. 4). This means that the acutal blood glucose levfels are higher than normal but low enough to not be diagnosed as having actual diabetes. To help prevent the condition from changing into diabetes individual's can lower their body weight 7% which in turn can decrease ones chances by 58%. Exercising five days a week for at least 30 minutes and watching caloric and sugar intake all will significantly help fight of diabetes (ADA, 2014. p. 5).

Those who are at risk tend to be minorty groups. This can be in part due to lower social econmical reasons associated with poor diet. 50 % of black women, hispanic men and

Hispaninc women will develop typ 2 diabetes in their lifetime (NDEP, 2014 p. 2). In older adults it is more prevelent than younger individuals because younger adults tend to not have as many symptons or able to manage with out it physically wearing them out. As one