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Diabetes raises early death risk

Younger people with Type 2 diabetes are three times more likely to die early than those of the same age without the disease, a study suggests.

A study of 264,000 patients in the journal of Diabetic Medicine found those with the disease were twice as likely to die early than those without. Patients with Type 2 diabetes aged 35 to 54 were three times as likely to die early as non-sufferers of the same age. Type 2 Diabetes tends develop in later life and is linked to obesity and diet. Charity Diabetes UK said the results of the study published in the journal Diabetic Medicine were "shocking".

It develops when the body can still make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is produced does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).


Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed at a much earlier age and occurs when the body cannot make any insulin at all.

Type 2 diabetes is treated with lifestyle changes such as a healthier diet, weight loss and increased physical activity.

But the condition is progressive and tablets and/or insulin may also be required to achieve normal blood glucose levels.Both types lead to associated conditions such as heart disease, strokes, kidney failure, nerve damage leading to amputations and blindness.Some view Type 2 diabetes as a milder form of the disease because patients do not necessarily have to have insulin injections

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4966174.stm