Type 2 diabetes
More than 90% of diabetic patients have type 2 diabetes. Patients often have no symptoms in the early stages of the disease, and usually become aware of diabetes only when they have been suffering from the disease for a long time, causing changes in their bodies or developing complications.
This type of diabetes is hereditary, and patients are usually older than 40 years old and often have the external characteristics of obesity.
Patients with type 2 diabetes often suffer from poor lifestyle habits (such as alcoholism, smoking, physical inactivity, heavy diet, etc.), which cause the body to produce resistance to insulin or a decrease in insulin secretion. In order to control the disease, in addition to administering insulin or taking medication, it is also necessary to change lifestyle habits.
Gestational diabetes
About 5% of women experience temporary symptoms of diabetes during pregnancy due to hormonal changes in the body that make the cells resistant to insulin, but the disease usually disappears after delivery.
It is important to note that if gestational diabetes is not properly treated during pregnancy, it can indirectly cause the fetus to become hyperglycemic, increasing the chance of congenital malformations, stillbirths, and megaloblastic fetuses.
