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Type 2 diabetes used to be known as non-insulin dependent diabetes or adult onset diabetes. Those affected domake their own insulin, but it is either not in a sufficient amount to meet their needs or their body has becomeresistant to its effects. At the time of diagnosis, people with type 2 diabetes will frequently have both high glucoselevels and high insulin levels, but they may not have any symptoms. It generally occurs later in life, in those who are obese, sedentary, and over 45 years of age.

Factors associated with diabetes include:

• Obesity
• Lack of exercise
• Family history of diabetes
• Pre-diabetes
• Ethnicity: African-American, Hispanic-American, Native American, Asian-American, Pacific Islander
• Gestational diabetes during pregnancy or baby weighing more than 9 pounds

• Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain (especially in children)
• Blurred vision
• Slow-healing infections
• Numbness, tingling, and pain in the feet
• Erectile dysfunction in men
• Absence of menstruation in women
• Rapid breathing (acute)
• Decreased consciousness, coma (acute)

Symptoms of impending hypoglycemia:

Temporary hypoglycemia in the diabetic may be caused by the accidental injection of too much insulin, not eatingenough or waiting too long to eat, exercising strenuously, or by the swings in glucose levels seen with “brittle”diabetes. Hypoglycemia needs to be addressed as soon as it is noticed as it can rapidly progress tounconsciousness. Symptoms include:

• Sudden severe hunger
• Headache
• Anxiety, confusion
• Sweating
• Trembling, weakness
• Double vision
• Convulsions
• Coma