Type 2 Diabetes


 Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes 

     The symptoms for type 2 diabetes can develop over the course of several years, and can be mild to the point where you may not notice them. There are a lot of people with type 2 diabetes that may not display any symptoms at all until the disease worsens. Some of the most common symptoms of type 2 diabetes are as followed:

  • increased thirst and urination
  • increased hunger
  • blurred vision
  • sores that due not heal
  • unexplained weight loss
  • feeling tired
  • loosing feeling in feet (Basu, 2017)
Please click on the video for a brief overview on symptoms of type 2 diabetes. 




Disability Impacts Development

     According to the CDC (2017) ,the number of youth from ages 10 to 19 living with type 2 diabetes is 67 per 100,000. Type 2 diabetes can effect almost every organ in a child's body including blood vessels, nerves, kidneys, and eyes. the long term complications of type 2 diabetes develops over the years; which may be sever and even life threatening (Mayo Clinic, 2023).






Disability Impacts Cognitive Skills

Type 2 diabetes has the ability to impact your brains function. The brain is the body's command center, and it controls how you feel, learn, and remember. The brain uses sugar in your blood for energy; needing about half of the sugar in your entire body to function properly. When blood sugars drop below normal range, it throws your brain off balance.  Unbalanced blood sugar levels cause damage to your nerves and blood vessels which leads to problems such as:

  • memory
  • learning
  • mood swings
  • weight gain
  • hormonal changes
  • or other serious problems like Alzheimer's disease (CDC, 2022) 
Overtime, high blood sugar can cause damage to blood vessels in the brain. When the brain receives too little blood, brain cells can die. This is called brain atrophy and can eventually can lead  to vascular dementia (CDC, 2022).

Disability Impacts Emotion

Having type 2 diabetes can be hard to manage physically. In a lot of cases, having this disease can have a negative impact psychologically as well. It can be difficult for a person to accept the fact they have to take medications throughout their lives resulting in poor diabetes self-management. The negative impact on the emotions of a person with type 2 diabetes can lead to:

  • depression
  • poor eating habits
  • fear of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) (Kalra, Jena, Yeravdekar, 2018)
Researches also noted that patients with type 2 diabetes suffer from high levels of emotional stress which causes:
  • functional impairment
  • lack of exercise
  • poor diet
  • improper usage of medication 
  • poor sugar regulation (Kalra, Jena, Yeravdekar, 2018)

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022a, May 21). The effects of diabetes on the brain. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/features/diabetes-and-your-brain.html

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. (2022, March 31). Type 2 diabetes in children. Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-2-diabetes-in-children/symptoms-causes/syc-20355318

R;, K. S. B. (2018b). Emotional and psychological needs of people with diabetes. Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30294583/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2017, May). Type 2 diabetes - NIDDK. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/what-is-diabetes/type-2-diabetes


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