Shift work and the Chronic Condition of Glucose in the Body: A Mini-Review Manuscript

Abstract

Diabetes type II is caused by many different factors that can affect you for a lifetime and had no cure. The lack of insulin secretion and the increase cellular resistance to insulin is a result in hyperglycemia and metabolic problems. This disease is found in adults forty-five or older, but now it is affecting younger generation today. In order for this disease to occur other than lack of insulin you could have a diabetic family history, obesity, race, and hypertension. This chronic disease has affected half of a million people and still on the rise. This chronic disease should not go unattended and it better to seek medical care immediately and learn how to self-manage diabetes type II. Having the support of your community, work, family, and encouragement of diabetes regimen are important. This disease occurs more in African- American, Hispanic -American, Native- Americans, Asian-American, and Pacific Islanders. People with Diabetes type II should consider doing a low carb diet and exercising more often. Diabetes type II is a lifelong chronic disease in which there is no cure and have a high level of glucose in the blood. Diabetes type II used to be known as non-insulin dependent diabetes because treatment was not needed for insulin. All of this changed when about thirty percent of people with this disease required insulin injections. Diabetes type II was also called adult-onset diabetes when it affected older people in their forties, but today it is showing up in younger people who are overweight and not exercising. Diabetes type II is associated with high blood pressure. Diabetes type II account for ninety to ninety-five percent of diabetes cases, which insulin resistance where the body’s cell fail to respond to insulin. Over a time period the pancreas may reduce the amount of insulin it produces. Being overweight is one of the main causes of diabetes type II. Exercise use glucose and make cells more sensitive to insulin, but having little to no exercise is another risk factor for this disease. Someone in your family or a sibling that have this disease can put you at risk of developing it.