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title: "A lifelong (chronic) disease: Type 2 Diabetes"  
description: "Type 2 Diabetes is a lifelong (chronic) disease in which there is a high level of sugar (glucose)in the blood."  
author: "Himanshi Gupta"  
published: 2023-08-17  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2400/a-lifelong-chronic-disease-type-2-diabetes  
category: "medical"  
tags: ["In type 2 diabetes", "there are primarily two problems: the pancreas doesnot produce enough insulin and cells respond poorly to insulin and take in less sugar."]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# A lifelong (chronic) disease: Type 2 Diabetes

![A lifelong chronic disease Type 2 Diabetes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4f9996be-bed1-452f-b461-afb72eb1dfe5/images/9fe0ac44-c4a4-4f24-9628-4eea9cd6e6c9.jpeg) Type 2 Diabetes is lifelong (chronic) disease in which there is a high level of sugar(glucose) in the blood. ![A lifelong chronic disease Type 2 Diabetes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4f9996be-bed1-452f-b461-afb72eb1dfe5/images/088d7e79-5957-4a9a-9a84-80a46fdb625e.jpeg) In type 2 diabetes, there are primarily two problem arises: ![A lifelong chronic disease Type 2 Diabetes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4f9996be-bed1-452f-b461-afb72eb1dfe5/images/c61a28d7-f839-4d49-8a7b-7d50e9339513.jpeg) 1. The pancreas does not producce enough insulin- a hormone that regulates the movement of sugar into cells. ![A lifelong chronic disease Type 2 Diabetes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4f9996be-bed1-452f-b461-afb72eb1dfe5/images/3509a29a-7511-4eae-a966-61828f34fbd4.jpeg) 2. Cells respond poorly to insulin and take in less sugar. ![A lifelong chronic disease Type 2 Diabetes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4f9996be-bed1-452f-b461-afb72eb1dfe5/images/3066f943-6210-47f6-9625-f70bb104001d.jpeg) Type 2 diabetes can begin during childhood and adulthood. ![A lifelong chronic disease Type 2 Diabetes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4f9996be-bed1-452f-b461-afb72eb1dfe5/images/de61eb53-929a-4e24-8302-258680056fa0.jpeg) Symptoms: Frequent urination, increase hunger, increase thirst, blurred vision, weight issues, slow healing sores, darkened skin, fatigue ![A lifelong chronic disease Type 2 Diabetes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4f9996be-bed1-452f-b461-afb72eb1dfe5/images/f462f57f-3b00-4fab-8c56-5e3067fae5a9.jpeg) Losing weight, proper nutitional diet and excercise can help to manage the symptoms of the disease as well as to overcome this.

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