ʻO ka maʻi diabetes Type 2 kahi maʻi i hōʻike ʻia e kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka glucose (= kō) i ke koko. ʻO ke kikoʻī, hana ʻia ke kuhi ke kō ke kō (= glycemia) ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,26 g / l (7 mmol / l) ma hope o ka wikiwiki o 8 mau hola, a ʻo kēia i loko o ʻelua aniani i hana ʻokoʻa ʻia.

ʻAʻole like me ka maʻi diabetes 1, e kū ana i ka wā kamaliʻi a i ʻole ke ʻōpio, hoʻomaka maʻamau ka maʻi diabetes 2 ma hope o ka makahiki 40. Pili ʻia i kekahi mau mea like like.

• ʻAʻole hūnā ke kino i ka nui o ka insulin, ka hormone i hana ʻia e ka pancreas e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke kō i ke kō ma hope o ka pāʻina ʻana.
• ʻAʻole maʻalahi ke kino i ka insulin, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi: ʻōlelo mākou i ke kūpaʻa o ka insulin.
• Hana ke akepaʻa i ka nui o ke kō, e kōkua ana e hoʻāla i nā pae kō kō.

ʻAno 2 diabetes, e like me ke koko kiʻekiʻe, he weliweli nā maʻi no ka mea hāmau lākou ... ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia nā ʻōuli a hiki i ka hopena ʻana o ka pilikia, ma hope o nā makahiki he nui. No laila paʻakikī e hoʻomaopopo he "maʻi" ʻoe a he mea nui e ukali pono i kāu lāʻau.

E aʻo e like me ka hiki e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻis e hoʻomaopopo ai i nā pilikia, ke kumu o ka mālama ʻana a ʻike i nā hana e hana ai i ka mālama ʻana i kāu maʻi.