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How long does type 2 take to develop?

Tweetypie

Tweetypie

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I am interested to know how long it takes to become diabetic. I was diagnosed Dec 2011 and my HBA1C was 9%. Is it likely I was diabetic a few years prior to that or can it happen over a period of months?
 
Type 2 diabetes can take years to develop. It is likely that people only get diagnosed because they attend the surgery on another matter and get a random blood test done. I think the figures say there are 3 million type 2 diabetics in the UK and another few hundred thousand undiagnosed as yet.

Is it likely you were a diabetic a few years prior to diagnosis? Almost certainly.
 
I just got this from another place.

"Diabetes is a common life-long health condition. There are 3.2 million people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK and an estimated 630,000 people who have the condition, but don’t know it."
 
I was diagnosed January this year with HbA1c of 7% (53). I have annual routine tests as part of my surgery "care for over 60's". In January 2013 my levels were spot on normal, so mine developed at some point within the 12 months prior to diagnosis. My diagnosis was a complete shock as I had no symptoms and still haven't any symptoms, and feel fit as a fiddle.
 
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As 'Squire Fullwood' rightly says, Type 2 diabetes will generally take some time to develop, usually anything from a year to several years, making the progression a slow process. For this reason many Type 2's are shocked when at a routen medical examination they are found to be diabetic, as many will have not been aware that their diabetic condition was slowly developing in the background.
At one time Type 2 diabetes was traditionally associated with the older person (usually over 40 year of age) but these days it is slowly encroaching into the younger teenagers, and I know of someone as young a 6 years old having been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
Generally it has become worsened by a seditary lifestyle with little exercise and poor diet (too much JUNK foods, salt, fats & Refined Sugars) and for these reasons it is therefore so important that a Type 2 follows a revised sensible diet together with simple exercise.
 
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