More than 37 million Americans have diabetes (about 1 in 10), and approximately 90-
95% of them have type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes most often develops in people over age 45,
but more and more children, teens, and young adults are also developing it (cdc.gov, 2022). With
Type 2 Diabetes cells in your body become resistant to insulin which then leads to blood sugar to
rise. High blood sugar levels in the body can damage organs and can even be deadly.
It is important to get your annual physical and lab draws to make sure you are free of any
health problems. Symptoms that might happen if you have Type 2 Diabetes are polyuria, thirsty,
blurry vision, hungry often, losing weight without trying, and having numbness or tingling in
hands and feet. Risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes include obesity, family history, 45 years and
older, physically active less than 3 days a week, and prediabetic.
Defining the Patient and Substantiating the Relevance
Maria, who is my mother, is 64 years old and lives at home with her family. She is
Hispanic, 5 feet tall, and 158 lbs. Maria was diagnosed as prediabetic in 2019 after her a1c levels
were high for more than 3 visits. She tried to exercise more often and eat healthier foods, but it
wasn’t enough, and Maria was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in 2021. Since then, she has been
incorporating more exercise in her day like 45 minutes of power walking and she cut out eating
bread/tortillas. Maria has been able to maintain her sugar levels without insulin by doing this.
Maria has many risk factors that led to her diagnosis like obesity, ethnicity, age, and
being prediabetic. Latinos and African Americans are more prone to Diabetes Type II due to
biological, clinical, social, and health system factors. Over their lifetime, US adults overall have
a 40% chance of developing type 2 diabetes. But if you’re a Hispanic or Lati
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