Adult diabetes / adult onset diabetesAdult diabetes or Adult onset diabetes is a critical metabolic disorder that affects many millions of people worldwide. It normally affects older people at about age forty (40). However, in ethnic minority population like African American, African Caribbean and South Asian the age of affliction is reduced to about age twenty five (25). This disease is considered to be a lifestyle disease and is affecting more and more people. It is a lifestyle disease because people’s lifestyle significantly increases the risk of developing the disease. Actually one in twenty people is suffering from this disease, knowingly or unknowingly. For more information read page on diabetes risk factors. Some of the symptoms of mild and can easily be misdiagnosed as normal everyday illnesses. Maybe that’s why so many people are living with the disease undiagnosed. When the signs are apparent it is important to seek the advice of your health care professional. If you would like to know these signs read the page on diabetic symptoms. These terms for diabetes basically represent the same disease. The term adult diabetes was coined because it affects many adults. The term adult onset diabetes is because the onset is normally in later life (as before age above forty and twenty five for ethnic minority groups). These terms have been changed and are now considered to be diabetes type 2 or type 2 diabetes. For more information read the page on type 2 diabetes. In the early stages the treatment may be the same as for pre diabetes. This will include diet and exercise. For more information read pre diabetes treatment. If caught and treated early diabetes could be reversed. If the disease remain untreated it could lead to further diabetic complications like amputation, kidney failure, strokes etc. For more information on
adult diabetes / adult onset diabetes see diabetes type 2 pages
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