Type 2 Diabetes
1. Which disease have you chosen?
I have chosen Type 2 Diabetes for my PDH lifestyle and communicable diseases assignment.
2.Is this a lifestyle, genetic and communicable disease? How do you come to this conclusion?
Diabetes type 2 is both a lifestyle and genetic disease.
• Lifestyle-
Diabetes type 2 is a Lifestyle disease because we can get it from not looking after ourselves. Many people in our society are becoming more and more obese and fat because they are not doing what’s right for them. The risk factor of getting diabetes type 2 when someone is overweight, has a high blood pressure, has a poor diet or has an ‘apple shape’ body where there is more weight around the waist area is phenomenally high.
• Genetic-
There is a strong genetic link associated with diabetes type 2.A person has a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes if there is a family history of diabetes. Also, people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait descent are at increased risk of getting type 2 diabetes. Other ethnic backgrounds associated with a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes include Melanesians, Polynesians, Chinese and those from the Indian sub-continent.
3. Describe the signs and symptoms of this disease.
Usually the diabetic doesn’t get any symptoms and most of the signs are thought of as things people get when they are older. But if you do get any symptoms or signs they could be:
• Un-expecting weight loss
• Being excessively thirsty
• Passing more urine
• Felling tired and lethargic
• Always feeling hungry (even after eating)
• Having cuts that heal slowly
• Itching
• Having skin infections
• Blurred vision
• Mood swings
• Gradually putting on weight
• Headaches
• Feeling dizzy
• Leg cramps
• Having a dry mouth
• Impotency
• Numbness and tingling in the feet
• Frequent yeast infections
• Random skin changes on the neck, armpit and groin.
4. How do people get this disease?
Diabetes type 2 is caused by a process called insulin
I have chosen Type 2 Diabetes for my PDH lifestyle and communicable diseases assignment.
2.Is this a lifestyle, genetic and communicable disease? How do you come to this conclusion?
Diabetes type 2 is both a lifestyle and genetic disease.
• Lifestyle-
Diabetes type 2 is a Lifestyle disease because we can get it from not looking after ourselves. Many people in our society are becoming more and more obese and fat because they are not doing what’s right for them. The risk factor of getting diabetes type 2 when someone is overweight, has a high blood pressure, has a poor diet or has an ‘apple shape’ body where there is more weight around the waist area is phenomenally high.
• Genetic-
There is a strong genetic link associated with diabetes type 2.A person has a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes if there is a family history of diabetes. Also, people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait descent are at increased risk of getting type 2 diabetes. Other ethnic backgrounds associated with a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes include Melanesians, Polynesians, Chinese and those from the Indian sub-continent.
3. Describe the signs and symptoms of this disease.
Usually the diabetic doesn’t get any symptoms and most of the signs are thought of as things people get when they are older. But if you do get any symptoms or signs they could be:
• Un-expecting weight loss
• Being excessively thirsty
• Passing more urine
• Felling tired and lethargic
• Always feeling hungry (even after eating)
• Having cuts that heal slowly
• Itching
• Having skin infections
• Blurred vision
• Mood swings
• Gradually putting on weight
• Headaches
• Feeling dizzy
• Leg cramps
• Having a dry mouth
• Impotency
• Numbness and tingling in the feet
• Frequent yeast infections
• Random skin changes on the neck, armpit and groin.
4. How do people get this disease?
Diabetes type 2 is caused by a process called insulin