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Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body either does not make enough insulin or makes defective insulin. The disease leads to high blood sugar levels which may cause life-threatening compilations...
...URINE When the body cannot make enough insulin and blood-sugar levels get too high, it begins to break down fat, forming ketones. These compounds spill out into the urine, signaling too little insulin at work...
...PANCREAS RELEASES INSULIN Rising levels of glucose in the blood trigger the pancreas to secrete insulin into the bloodstream...
...CELLS RECEIVE ENERGY The insulin "key" must fit into the cell's insulin-receptor "lock" for glucose to get inside the cells...
...Type 2 diabetes, faulty insulin-receptors prevent the key from opening the cell. At other times the insulin does not work properly or the pancreas does not produce enough of it. Either way, glucose cannot enter the cells and builds up in the blood. Eventually, this can damage small capillaries...