Child health · UKMLA & AKT
Diabetes mellitus type 2
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test. Below are the key points to recognise diabetes mellitus type 2 — the full SA Note notes add investigations, management, complications and 10 practice questions.
Key high-yield points
- Rising incidence driven by obesity epidemic; peaks during puberty (physiological insulin resistance from growth hormone surges)
- Disproportionately affects South Asian, Black African-Caribbean, and East Asian children
- Mechanism: insulin resistance → compensatory hyperinsulinaemia → beta cell exhaustion → relative insulin deficiency (no autoimmune destruction)
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