When glucose levels are lowered the beta cells begin to function again. Glucose toxicity can temporarily shut down insulin production from the beta cell. Patients may also go into remission when prior to treatment they were glucose toxic. An environmental insult such as weight gain can bring back the symptomatic glucose intolerance. Over time the disease process reasserts itself and continued destruction of the beta cells ensues. The beta cells have been damaged and the underlying genetic factors contributing to the person’s susceptibility to diabetes remain intact. We talk of remission and not a cure because it isn’t permanent. However, over the past decade the incidence of type2 diabetes has been increasing in adolescents and the young adult population.Īccording to recent research, type 2 diabetes cannot be cured, but individuals can have glucose levels that return to non-diabetes range, (complete remission) or pre-diabetes glucose level (partial remission) The primary means by which people with type 2 diabetes achieve remission is by losing significant amounts of weight. Certain ethnic and racial groups also have higher risk for type 2 diabetes, including black, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, Asian American and Pacific Islander. Type 2 diabetes is more likely to occur in people who are over the age of 40, overweight, or have a family history in diabetes. When glucose builds up in the blood instead of going into cells, the body’s cells can’t function properly. Because of these two problems, there isn’t enough insulin to move the glucose from the blood into the cells. Type 2 diabetes (formerly known as adult-onset or non-insulin-dependent diabetes) can be a life-long, chronic disease in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or the cells in out body doesn’t respond to insulin correctly.
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