what's your opinion on type 2 (genetic)diabetes?

Answer 1

Type II diabetes differs from type I diabetes in that type I is due to a person's immune system attacking the cells in the pancreas that make insulin (beta cells in the islets of langerhans) whereas type II diabetes is caused by insulin resistance in the target tissues. Insulin works by causing the cells of the body (liver, muscle, fat, etc) to take up circulating glucose, the form of sugar the body utilizes most for energy.

Type II diabetes, or insulin resistance, can occur in adults or children, but most typically begins in adults leading people to call it "adult-onset". It is usually best treated by drugs that sensitize the cells to circulating insulin and thus allow for increased uptake of glucose. Occasionally these patients will also require supplemental insulin to keep their blood sugar under control.

The major risk factor for diabetes in the U.S. is obesity and simply losing weight can reverse diabetes or markedly reduce the amount of medicine someone takes to keep glucose levels under control.

Diabetes causes complications of blindness due to retinal disease, peripheral neuropathy (loss of sensation in the hands and feet), wound healing difficulty, and a variety of other complications. In critically ill patients, high circulating glucose levels have been associated with increased mortality.

Anyone with type II diabetes should aim for a circulating blood sugar level of 80-120. They should regularly check their sugar and see either an internal medicine, family medicine, or endocrine specialist to help control their diabetes. Myself, I'm a surgeon and fortunately only have to treat it in my patients who have it as an existing diagnosis. It can be a very difficult disease to manage sometimes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

First of all, we cannot deny that yes, specific genes have to exist in a person to develop Type 2, but that doesn't mean a person should through caution to the wind and become obese because they think they will get Type 2 due to genetics. It usually can be prevented.

In 80%(!) of Type 2 cases, diabetes is triggered by an unhealthy lifestyle. Period. To tell people otherwise does take the blame off them, but gives them no incentive to improve their health, or stop this epidemic. Think about it-genetics can't change in a population over 50 years, but lifestyle CAN. Insulin resistance (the cause of Type 2) is directly linked to obesity. In fact, many Type 2's can get off meds if they loose the weight and make the proper changes.

There is a RARE form of Type 2 that is genetic, called MODY (Maturity Onset Diabetes of Youth). It occurs in young and thin people, and runs in families. It is autosomal dominant inherited, meaning the chance of passing it on is 50%.

Also, SECONDARY diabetes due to causes such as Cystic Fibrosis, is NOT Type 2 diabetes, and has nothing to with lifestyle or Type 2 genetics. In Cystic Fibrosis, the pancreatic ducts become clogged with mucous, blocking insulin secretion.

Answer 5

No opinion necessary.Type 2 is even more genetic than type 1.If you have type 2, your children and grandchildren have a more than normal chance of getting it too.
Yes, being overweight is part of the problem but it is NOT the cause.These are old wives tales.You may weight 800+ lbs and not get diabetes unless you are predisposed to it.
There are many people with type 2 that are at a normal weight.
For those of you [ in the US ] not reading _Diabetes Forecast_ or any other magazine about diabetes, you are not keeping up with medical science.
Always check the copyright date on any publication.
We learn nothing by having "opinions" or spreading notions.We have the ability to know.

Answer 6

My opinion is that this is not fun to have diabetes but at present the treatment options have never been better. The metabolic derangements of type 2 diabetes typically begin a decade before the gluocse elevates and the diagnosis is made. Treatment may return the glucose to 'normal' but a diabetic's risk remains elevated. The risk is of premature (less than age 55 for men and less than age 65 for women) cardiovascular disease (think stroke and heart attack). I hope that this is a general question and that you do not have diabetes but if you do take heart as it is now possible to give people a glucose which approximates that of a nondiabetic. As always I wish you the very best of health and may God bless. jermd

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I think it's only partly caused by genetics. Today we eat so much junk food loaded with white sugar and flour. A hundred years ago people did not eat the large amounts of sugar and other refined foods that we have now. Heart disease and diabetes was not as common.

Answer 9

I feel very bad for the people who get it genetically...especially if their healthy. But if they get it when their overweight, then I don't feel as sorry for them...because their really doing it to them self.

Sources:
I have a friend who is diabetic genetically and a father that is diabetic because he's overweight.

Answer 10

I think you might be confused a bit. Type 2 is adult-onset and is often caused by being overweight. (Yes it can have other causes, but that's the main one, especially in the U.S.) Type 1 is juvenile diabetes, which is often genetic in cause.