Getting Acquainted with Diabetes

What Those with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Should Know? : -

It is possible that you had subtle symptoms of diabetes for years and did not know that you had the disease. Weight gain, increased thirst, and fatigue may have been building up over a number of years. Because the disease has been present for a long time, you may have some complications at the time a diagnosis in made. These might include hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease, vascular disease (small Blood vessel disease), or kidney disease. Your physician will treat these problems along with your diabetes. It is important to treat such complications as early as possible because a combination of high blood pressure, diabetes, and kidney disease is a triple threat to your good health. You'll learn why in Chapter 10.
Many people, however, do not have any complications and can take actions recommended by their physicians concerning diet, exercise, medication in the form of pills instead of insulin injection, and good mental health. If you have non-insulin-dependent diabetes, it is possible that your diabetes may reverse itself and that your blood sugar levels may return to normal and stay that way, particularly if you maintain good diet and exercise habits.
Good diet, ideal weight, adequate exercise, adequate insulin availability, and a stable mental attitude are the keys to treatment for diabetes.