The typing of diabetes includes 2 types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2, and is not divided into stage 1 and stage 2. Stage 2 diabetes is usually defined as diabetic nephropathy stage 2 or diabetic retinopathy stage 2.
Type 2 diabetes is an elevated blood glucose level caused by a relative lack of insulin or insulin resistance, and the patient is usually obese and over 45 years old. The patient must take regular medication, combined with diet therapy, exercise therapy and self-monitoring of blood glucose to lower blood glucose smoothly.
Patients with diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy have a history of diabetes that can last for decades, and the complications indicate that the patient’s poor plain blood glucose control is serious.
Diabetic nephropathy stage 2 is a post-exercise stage of microproteinuria with symptoms that may resolve with rest, can be combined with hypertension, and can progress to a terminal uremic stage if not treated aggressively.
Diabetic retinopathy stage 2 consists of hard retinal exudate, which should be aggressively treated with glucose lowering, blood pressure lowering, antiplatelet aggregation, and vitrectomy if necessary.