Diabetes type 2 Mellitus, also know as non-insulin dependent diabetes is an affection which generally installs at maturity after the age of 45. Until a few years there were not so many cases of obese children but now, as the number of obese children is increasing it is possible for diabetes type 2 to install more precocious as this disease is also caused by obesity.

The pancreas cells are responsible for producing insulin. Insulin makes sure that the level of glucose in blood remains constant. When insulin is not enough or it is inefficient, diabetes type 2 installs. There are two possibilities: one, the pancreatic cells are not producing enough insulin and so the level of glucose in blood remains high and two, the body cells are resistant to insulin and so the pancreas will produce more and more insulin to correct the high level of glucose in blood but as this thing is not possible the level of insulin in blood will be high too.

Most of the diabetes type 2 cases do not present any symptoms at all. In some cases increased thirst, appetite and urination might occur along with blurred vision, fatigue, infections, and erectile dysfunctions.

Diagnosing diabetes is made after the doctor consults the results of the patient's blood test and after the presence of the symptoms. The doctor will be interested in finding out how high it is the level of glucose in blood and this is why he will ask for a blood test.

If the patient has a family history of diabetes type 2 then there is a possibility for him to develop this affection too. In order to prevent diabetes, the patient has to adopt and active lifestyle, to make exercises, to keep a healthy diet, and to monitor the body weight.

In case diabetes has already installed before taking medication the patient will be advised to talk to a nutritionist and to adopt a certain diet. If this diet fails to keep the glucose level in blood under control, then the patient will have to take medication (metformin or gliclazide tablets). These tablets might help the patient produce more insulin if he produces inefficient amounts; might help the cells be more receptive to insulin or might even reduce the glucose rate of absorption from food. In the worse case, if diet and tablets are not efficient, insulin will be administered by injections.