Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | NIDDM

Etiology pathophysiology causes of type 2 diabetes mellitus, adult onset diabetes mellitus, Maturity onset diabetes, Non insulin dependent diabetes, NIDDM 

 Type 2 Diabetes is also called as Non Insulin dependent diabetes Mellitus or Adult-onset diabetes or Maturity onset diabetes mellitus

This is most common type of diabetes affecting nearly 80% of all cases of diabetes. It is usually seen in adults. There are two mechanisms of type 2 diabetes. Either there is deficiency of insulin, or there is increase resistance of insulin. Insulin resistance means that body is unable to use available insuline.The main cause of this type of diabetes is genetic however other factors like overweight, obesity, high blood pressure, lack of exercise, overeating habits may also affect.About 80% of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight. Symptoms of type 2 diabetes incontrast to type 1 develop very slowly. There may be fatigue, weight loss, increase urination, blurred vision or delay wound healing.This type of diabetes is treated with exercise, diet control, tablets. However later, you may need insulin injections as well.

Many people with type 2 diabetes does not know that they are suffered from this silent killer disease. Generally patient is asymptomatic when it is diagnosed. Routine urine and blood examination for sugar may show high level of blood glucose.

Type 2 diabetes is more prevalent because of faulty eating habits and increasing obesity and failure to do exercise. Most of patients with diabetes type 2 are obese, and there is direct relation between obesity and developing type 2 diabetes mellitus.