What is type 2 diabetes? What is the clinical manifestation of type 2 diabetes?

The original name of type 2 diabetes is adult-onset diabetes, which occurs after 35 to 40 years old, accounting for more than 90% of diabetic patients.

What is type 2 diabetes? What is the clinical manifestation of type 2 diabetes?

In patients with type 2 diabetes, the ability to produce insulin is not completely lost. In some patients, insulin is even excessive, but the effect of insulin is poor. Therefore, insulin in patients is relatively lacking and can be stimulated by certain oral drugs. Insulin secretion. But in the later period there are still some patients who need insulin therapy.

Clinical manifestation
Some patients with type 2 diabetes are mainly insulin resistant, patients are obese, insulin resistance, insulin sensitivity is decreased, blood insulin is increased to compensate for insulin resistance, but insulin secretion is still relatively insufficient compared with patients with high blood sugar. The early symptoms of these patients are not obvious, only mild fatigue, thirst, and large blood vessel and microvascular complications often occur before the diagnosis is made. Dietary therapy and oral hypoglycemic agents are more effective. Another part of the patients is mainly caused by insulin secretion defects, and clinically need to supplement exogenous insulin.