Type 2 diabetes remission: How does it work?
- Author:
Faridah binti Mohd Zin
1
;
Mohd Shahriman bin Ahmad Fuat
2
;
Zainab binti Mat Yudin
3
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: diabetes mellitus; remission; therapeutic lifestyle change; metabolic syndrome
- From:Malaysian Family Physician 2021;16(1):124-128
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
- Abstract: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (Type 2 DM) is a chronic disease which rise is closely linked to the obesity epidemic and which requires long-term medical attention to limit the development of its wideranged complications. Many of these complications arise from the combination of resistance to insulin action, inadequate insulin secretion, and excessive or inappropriate glucagon secretion. The increasing evidence of its remission state has been discussed in the literature. Here we report on a patient with metabolic syndrome who underwent a structured therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) therapy which eventually led to remission of Type 2 DM.
- Full text:2.2020my0121.pdf
