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Actually, ketoacidosis could occur also in Type 2 Diabetes. It's not common, but it's a possibility and should not be not omitted.
In Type 2 Diabetes the insulin secretion is available but insufficient to meet the glucose needs. However, generally, can prevent sustained hyperglycemic states that could lead to ketoacidosis.
When DKA occurs in patients ...
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I want to add a supplementary answer which provides a useful infographic produced by the British Medical Journal and based on the diabetes guideline issued by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
The guide shows the advisable combinations of oral medication in type 2 diabetes (there are a few possible combinations) and when to ...
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American Diabetes Association has a comprehensive list of complications of diabetes type 1 and 2 (most complications can occur in both types). Here are some complications that are quite typical, but not all are specific for diabetes:
Acanthosis nigricans
Diabetic dermopathy
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
Eruptive xanthomatosis
Diabetic retinopathy
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The Mayo Clinic page shows only some antidiabetic drugs; they just didn't mentioned few more as you did.
A combination therapy for diabetes type 2 (UpToDate) is a combination of at least 2 oral antidiabetic drugs, or a combination of one or more oral antidiabetic drugs with insulin. The term is used when the therapy is planned as combined and not when it ...
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Conditions listed in the Shrimp list are direct complications of diabetes type 2. For example, "coronary artery disease" results from 2 pathological processes in diabetes type 2 (hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia).
Coronary artery disease can result in congestive heart failure, but this is now a complication of coronary heart disease, not diabetes 2.
Angina ...
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