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Type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease, which means that it can get worse over time. That's why most patients eventually need medicines, usually more than one, and sometimes insulin.
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When you have type 2 diabetes, high levels of sugar build up in your blood. This can lead to serious health complications. That's why controlling your blood sugar is key to managing diabetes. Keeping your blood sugar under control lowers your risk
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By Nancy Klobassa, R.N., and Peggy Moreland, R.N.

Patients often ask whether they can drink alcohol. Most people with diabetes are aware of how different foods affect their blood glucose, but aren't sure if alcohol and diabetes is safe.
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There are many myths about diabetes that make it difficult for people to believe some of the hard facts – such as diabetes is a serious and potentially deadly disease.  These myths can create a picture of diabetes that is not accurate and full of stereotypes and stigma.
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Many people with type 2 diabetes never show any signs. But some people do show symptoms, which are caused by high blood sugar. The most common symptoms of type 2 diabetes are:
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A condition in which the body needs extra insulin to maintain normal blood sugar levels. Along with abnormal insulin secretion, it is a hallmark of Type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease, which means that you have it for life. Although there’s no cure, you and your doctor can work together to control your blood sugar, which can help reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes complications.
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Learn how prediabetes leads to type 2 diabetes and how fat plays a role.

Most people mistakenly associate all diabetes with a lack of insulin, the hormone produced by the pancreas that clears sugar (glucose) and fat out of the bloodstream and moves it into the cells after meals. Type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes, is characterized by the inability of the pancreas to make enough insulin. But in prediabetes, which often leads to type 2 diabetes, the problem is not too little insulin but the resistance of cells to the hormone's effects.
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If you have pre-diabetes, you’re at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes. It means that your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be called diabetes.
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By Nancy Klobassa, R.N., and Peggy Moreland, R.N.

Insulin dramatically increases the life expectancy of persons with type 1 diabetes. Those with type 2 diabetes have also benefited from modern insulins. However, about a third of patients with type 2 diabetes are unwilling to take insulin.
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