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O sladkorni bolezni tipa 2
V Evropi ima sladkorno bolezen približno 60 milijonov ljudi. Razširjenost sladkorne bolezni v Evropi narašča v vseh starostnih skupinah večinoma zaradi porasta števila ljudi s prekomerno telesno težo in debelostjo ter zaradi nezdrave prehrane in pomanjkanja fizične aktivnosti.1
Pričakujemo, da bo do leta 2045 imela sladkorno bolezen ena izmed devetih oseb. Sladkorna bolezen tipa 2 je najpogostejša oblika sladkorne bolezni, saj predstavlja 90 odstotkov vseh primerov.2
Sladkorna bolezen je kronična bolezen, pri kateri telo ne zmore proizvajati inzulina oziroma ne more učinkovito uporabiti inzulina, ki ga proizvaja, kar vodi v povišanje vrednosti glukoze (sladkorja) v krvi (znano tudi kot hiperglikemija).2
Nekateri zgodnji simptomi sladkorne bolezni tipa 2 vključujejo spremembe parametrov, ko se vrednosti gibljejo izven normalnega območja, kot sta hipoglikemija in hiperglikemija.3
Kadar so vrednosti glukoze dolgo časa povišane, lahko to povzroči zaplete pri drugih organih in delih telesa, npr. naslednje: 2
Srčno-žilna bolezen
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Ledvična bolezen
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Očesna bolezen
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Diabetično stopalo
Številni ljudje v zgodnjih fazah sladkorne bolezni tipa 2 ne kažejo nobenih simptomov.4 Če ste v dvomih, se o svojih morebitnih pomislekih pogovorite s svojim zdravnikom. Dobra novica je, da lahko sprejmete ukrepe za preprečevanje ali zamik pri razvoju zapletov zaradi sladkorne bolezni tipa 2.
Medtem preverite seznam simptomov in se prepričajte, da ste seznanjeni s potencialnimi znaki sladkorne bolezni tipa 2.
Okrajšave:
- T2D: sladkorna bolezen tipa 2; CVD: srčno-žilna bolezen; CKD: kronična ledvična bolezen
Viri:
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