See Also: type II diabetes(medicine)
type 2 diabetes(medicine)
Type 2 Diabetes(health)
Type 1 Diabetes(health)
diabetes, type 2(medicine)
diabetes, type 1(medicine)
Diabetes, type 2(health)
Diabetes, type 1(health)
type 1 diabetes(medicine)
type I diabetes(medicine)

Diabetes, type 2 (health)


One of the two major types of diabetes, the type in which the beta cells of the pancreas produce insulin but the body is unable to use it effectively because the cells of the body are resistant to the action of insulin. Although this type of diabetes may not carry the same risk of death from ketoacidosis, it otherwise involves many of the same risks of complications as does type 1 diabetes (in which there is a lack of insulin).