Diabetes is a common disease in Rhea’s family. Her grandfather died of this disease and her...

Diabetes is a common disease in Rhea’s family. Her grandfather died of this disease and her dad was also recently diagnosed as a diabetic. Not only is Rhea a hypochondriac but she has truly been having symptoms of the disease (or so she thinks). She has been experiencing increased urination, frequent thirst, her urine tested confirmed her belief with the presence of sugar in her urine. The test resulted showed that Rhea has a deficiency in Insulin…..what type of diabetes does this mean she is suffering from?

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She is suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Type 2 diabetes is multifactorial . It is mainly due to decreased insulin synthesis. But it can be also due to insulin resistance and increase liver glucose production.

Type 2 diabetes can be hereditary in nature.

I have provided you a list of all the causes of diabetes mellitus

Sydney Mullin answered 1 year ago

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