📘 Type 2 diabetes

🚧 What is type 2 diabetes and how does it differ from type 1? 🚧 Why does your body become insulin resistant? 🚧 Can type 2 diabetes progress to type 1? 🚧 Is type 2 diabetes reversible or curable? 🚧 What does it mean that you still produce insulin? 🚧 How does type 2 diabetes progress over time? 🚧 Why is it called non-insulin-dependent diabetes? 🚧 At what age does type 2 diabetes most commonly occur? 🚧 What does beta cell exhaustion over time mean? 🚧 How common is type 2 diabetes?

🚧 What are the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes? 🚧 How does obesity influence diabetes development? 🚧 Is type 2 diabetes hereditary in your family? 🚧 What role does sedentary lifestyle play in diabetes development? 🚧 How does age affect type 2 diabetes risk? 🚧 Does ethnicity influence predisposition to diabetes? 🚧 What foods increase the risk of type 2 diabetes? 🚧 Can chronic stress trigger type 2 diabetes? 🚧 Do smoking and alcohol influence diabetes development? 🚧 What medications can increase diabetes risk?

🚧 What is prediabetes and how do you recognize it? 🚧 Can you prevent progression from prediabetes to diabetes? 🚧 What blood glucose values indicate prediabetes? 🚧 How long can you remain in the prediabetes stage? 🚧 What lifestyle changes prevent diabetes? 🚧 Are there medications for diabetes prevention? 🚧 How often should you test if you have prediabetes? 🚧 Can children have prediabetes? 🚧 What diet prevents prediabetes progression? 🚧 How much physical activity prevents type 2 diabetes?

🚧 What symptoms led to your diabetes diagnosis? 🚧 What tests confirm type 2 diabetes? 🚧 Why did you have no symptoms until diagnosis? 🚧 What does the glucose tolerance test mean? 🚧 At what blood glucose value is the diagnosis made? 🚧 What other tests do you do at diagnosis? 🚧 Why does the doctor also check kidney function? 🚧 Should you do genetic tests for diabetes? 🚧 How are complications evaluated at diagnosis? 🚧 What specialists should you consult after diagnosis?

🚧 How often do you measure your blood glucose at home? 🚧 What are the target values for your blood glucose? 🚧 When is the best time to measure blood glucose? 🚧 What does postprandial blood glucose mean? 🚧 Why does morning blood glucose differ from evening? 🚧 How do you correctly use the glucometer? 🚧 What factors can influence the measurement result? 🚧 Should you keep a blood glucose log? 🚧 What do you do when blood glucose is very high? 🚧 Is it worth using a glucose sensor?

🚧 What does glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) show? 🚧 How often do you repeat the HbA1c test? 🚧 What is your HbA1c target? 🚧 Why doesn't HbA1c match your blood glucose readings? 🚧 What factors can alter HbA1c result? 🚧 What is fructosamine and when is it tested? 🚧 What other tests do you do periodically in diabetes? 🚧 How do you interpret test results? 🚧 Why does the doctor also monitor lipids? 🚧 When do you do tests for complications?

🚧 What diet is recommended for type 2 diabetes? 🚧 Should you count carbohydrates at each meal? 🚧 What is the glycemic index and how do you use it? 🚧 Can you eat fruit if you have type 2 diabetes? 🚧 What are the best protein sources? 🚧 What fats are healthy if you have diabetes? 🚧 How many meals per day should you have? 🚧 How do you manage food cravings? 🚧 Can you consume alcohol with type 2 diabetes? 🚧 What artificial sweeteners can you use?

🚧 How much exercise should you do weekly? 🚧 What type of exercises are most beneficial? 🚧 How do you safely start an exercise program? 🚧 Why does blood glucose decrease after physical exercise? 🚧 When should you not exercise? 🚧 How do you combine aerobic with strength exercises? 🚧 What do you do if blood glucose drops too much during exercise? 🚧 Is it better to exercise in the morning or evening? 🚧 How do you adapt your medication for exercise? 🚧 What benefits does daily walking have?

🚧 What is metformin and how does it work? 🚧 What are the side effects of metformin? 🚧 What are sulfonylureas and when do you take them? 🚧 How do DPP-4 inhibitors work? 🚧 What benefits do gliflozins (SGLT-2 inhibitors) have? 🚧 When are glitazones used? 🚧 What are combination medications? 🚧 How do you know if the medication is working? 🚧 What do you do if you have adverse effects? 🚧 Can you stop medications if blood glucose is good?

🚧 What are GLP-1 agonists and how do they help? 🚧 How do you learn to give subcutaneous injections? 🚧 Why are some medications injected weekly? 🚧 What are the additional benefits of GLP-1? 🚧 Can injectable medications replace insulin? 🚧 What side effects do GLP-1 agonists have? 🚧 How do you store injectable medications? 🚧 Why do you lose weight with some injectable medications? 🚧 When is it worth switching to injectable medications? 🚧 Are injectable medications covered by insurance?

🚧 When does insulin become necessary in type 2 diabetes? 🚧 Does it mean diabetes has worsened if you take insulin? 🚧 What insulin regimens are used in type 2? 🚧 Can you combine insulin with pills? 🚧 Why do you need insulin even though you still produce it? 🚧 How do you learn to dose your insulin? 🚧 Is insulin temporary or permanent? 🚧 What type of insulin is right for you? 🚧 How do you avoid weight gain with insulin? 🚧 Can you return to pills after insulin?

🚧 Why is weight loss important? 🚧 How much do you need to lose for benefits? 🚧 What diet works best? 🚧 How do you avoid the yo-yo effect after weight loss? 🚧 Why is it hard to lose weight with diabetes? 🚧 What medications help with weight loss? 🚧 When is bariatric surgery recommended? 🚧 How do you maintain weight after losing it? 🚧 What do you do when you plateau with weight? 🚧 Is diet or exercise more important?

🚧 What is hypoglycemia and how do you recognize it? 🚧 How do you quickly treat hypoglycemia? 🚧 Why do you have hypoglycemia if you don't take insulin? 🚧 What is hyperosmolar syndrome? 🚧 Can you have ketoacidosis in type 2 diabetes? 🚧 How do you manage diabetes when you're sick? 🚧 What emergency medications do you keep at home? 🚧 When do you go to emergency for blood glucose? 🚧 How do you prevent acute complications? 🚧 What suggests to your family that you have an emergency?

🚧 When do chronic complications start to appear? 🚧 Can you prevent or stop complications? 🚧 What is neuropathy and how do you recognize it? 🚧 How do you protect your eyes from retinopathy? 🚧 What tests show kidney damage? 🚧 Why does heart attack risk increase in diabetes? 🚧 How do you care for your feet to prevent ulcers? 🚧 What skin problems occur in diabetes? 🚧 Why do you have more frequent infections? 🚧 How does diabetes affect sexual life?

🚧 What blood pressure should you have? 🚧 What are the target values for cholesterol? 🚧 Why do you take statins even if cholesterol is normal? 🚧 How do you control elevated triglycerides? 🚧 Is it mandatory to take aspirin? 🚧 How do you quit smoking with diabetes? 🚧 What amount of alcohol is safe? 🚧 How do you manage chronic stress? 🚧 Why does sleep affect blood glucose? 🚧 What supplements are useful in diabetes?

🚧 How often do you go for diabetes checkups? 🚧 What do you discuss with the doctor at each visit? 🚧 When should treatment be changed? 🚧 How do you know the treatment is no longer working? 🚧 What specialists do you consult periodically? 🚧 How do you communicate about adverse effects? 🚧 What do you do if you can't afford medications? 🚧 When do you ask for a second medical opinion? 🚧 How do you get involved in treatment decisions? 🚧 What support programs are available?