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Type 2 diabetes mellitus or diabetes mellitus non-insulin-dependentis a metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) due to cellular resistance to the actions of insulin, combined with an inadequate secretion of insulin by the pancreas.
A patient may have more insulin resistance, while another may have a greater defect in the secretion of the hormone and the symptoms can be severe or mild.
Type 2 diabetes is more common in diabetes mellitus and the difference with Diabetes mellitus type 1 is that patients do not require administration of exogenous insulin for survival, however, about 30% or more of patients with type 2 diabetes will benefit from therapy with Anti-insulin to the blood glucose level.
