07/02/2022
KNOW THE FOLLOWING THAT DOESN'T BE worrisome for DIABETES
CAUSE - MECHANISM OF DISEASE
1) Genetic factors.
- Environmental factors: is a group of factors that can intervene to reduce the incidence of disease. Those factors are:
- Lifestyle changes: reduced physical activity; Change the diet in the direction of increasing starch, reducing fiber causing excess energy.
- Food quality: eat a lot of fast-absorbing carbohydrates (refined sugars, cakes, candies...), saturated fats, trans fats...
- Psychological stress.
- Life expectancy is increasing, the risk of disease is higher: This is a factor that cannot be interfered with.
2) Pathogenesis
- Impaired beta-cell function and insulin resistance:
- Overweight, obesity, physical inactivity, are common features in people with type 2 diabetes with insulin resistance. Hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance is also seen in people with pre-diabetes, essential hypertension, people with metabolic syndrome, etc.
- People with type 2 diabetes, besides insulin resistance, also have insulin deficiency - especially when the fasting plasma glucose is above 10.0 mmol/L.
- Complications of type 2 diabetes are associated with the process of arising and development of the disease. Therefore, at the time of clinical diagnosis, the physician had to look for complications of the disease.