Question

Mrs. Mendoza, who has had type 2 diabetes for 17 years, had a below-the-knee amputation of her gangrenous left foot. Her electronic health record indicates that she has had peripheral neuropath, diabetic retinopathy with loss of visual acuity, gastroparesis, and two previous hospitalizations for hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome. The two basic components of type 2 diabetes are _________. (select all that apply)

Answer 1

The correct answer is - Type 2 diabetes mellitus has major components: insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion.

Step-by-step explanation:

In type 2 diabetes there are two major components that play an important role to cause this that are Insulin resistance in which insulin could not bind with the specific receptors that result in less effective at stimulating glucose uptake.

The other major component is impaired insulin secretion in which an increased amount of insulin is required that there is not enough insulin to prevent the breakdown of fats and production of ketones.