1. Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
The most common form of Diabetes…
By Rachael Scully

2. Process of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

3. Causes
 Life style, the way you eat and your weight
 genetics

4. Transmitted
 Through genes
 Not communicable

5. Who Gets It?
 Equal in women & men
 Usually over 40 years old
 Hispanics, African Americans, Native Americans,
Asians/Pacific Islanders more than non-Hispanic
whites

6. Etiology
 Long-term disease
 Frequent urination
 Increased thirst and hunger
 Best treatment-blood tests sent to a lab
 Chronic disease
 Affects blood (high glucose levels)
 Pancreas
 Body does not receive insulin it needs

7. Prognosis & Treatment
 Can sometimes be prevented
 Get to a healthy weight
 Limit fast foods & sugary sodas
 Get active
 Keep blood sugars at a normal level
 Home blood sugar tests
 A1C tests
 Cardiovascular workouts

8. Terminal or Not
 Other diseases can develop from
having Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
 They may or may not be terminal
 They include: heart & blood vessel
disease, nerve damage, kidney
damage, eye & foot damage, skin
and mouth conditions, Alzheimer’s
disease and hearing problems

9. Works Cited
 www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifer=4546
 www.diabetes.org/diabestes-basics/type-2/
 www.emedicinehealth.com/diabetes/article_em.html
 www.emedicine.medscape.com/article/766143-overview
 www.kidshealth.org/teens/diabetes_conditions/growth/prev
ention.html
 www.mayoclinic.com/health/type-2-
diabetes/DS00585/DSECTION=complications
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/diabetes_mellitus