HTHSCI 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Insulin Resistance, Blood Sugar, Hyperglycemia
10 Apr 2018
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Hth sci 2h03 pharmacology of the endocrine system 2: drugs for the management of. Perfect storm of obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and an agin. Canadian practice guidelines address lifestyle modifications: increasing physical activity, c) smoking cessation, and d) stre. Evidence demonstrates an ability to prevent/delay type 2. Drastic lifestyle changes are not a cure; however, they sensitivity and enable people to come off their medications (re early to start modifying lifestyle! May also be a secondary condition caused by other drugs/hea cancer, or sterioid use) An insulin secretory defect that is not auto-immune-m. An increase in glucose production by the liver (leaky live. Clinical considerations: as type 2 diabetes progresses, will be required. May or may not have symptoms or complications. Symptoms are more subtle: lethargy, decrease in eye sight. Gradual onset - often, it is brewing in the background for 10-15 years bef an onset of diabetes, and even then, it make take an addition 10 years to be diagnosed.
