New NHS England programme to improve type 2 diabetes care for people under 40
The condition is known to have more severe and acute consequences in people under 40 and, without the right treatment and support, it can lead to serious complications that include kidney failure and heart disease. You can read the news piece here on the Diabetes UK website.
The initiative, called ‘T2Day: Type 2 Diabetes in the Young’, will be offered to roughly 140,000 people aged 18-39 in England living with type 2 diabetes.
The risk factors for type 2 diabetes are multiple and complex. They include ethnicity, social deprivation, family history, living with overweight or obesity and high blood pressure.
Type 2 diabetes has until recently been quite rare in those aged under 40, but the condition is known to have more severe and acute consequences in people under 40 and, without the right treatment and support, it can lead to serious complications that include kidney failure and heart disease.
Diabetes UK have a web page on 'type 2 diabetes and young adults' that provides information and signposting for people under 40 who are effected by, or worried about, type 2 diabetes.
