A 75-year-old patient is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and asks why it developed late in life. What is the nurse's best response?
1. "This disease is inevitable since everyone over 70 years will develop diabetes."
2. "The pancreas becomes hardened and unable to produce insulin with aging."
3. "The body loses the ability to digest carbohydrates as a normal part of aging."
4. "The body gradually reduces the production of insulin as a normal part of aging."
4. "The body gradually reduces the production of insulin as a normal part of aging."
Explanation: 1. The development of diabetes is not inevitable with aging. Everyone does not develop the disease.
2. Diabetes is not caused by a hardening of the pancreas. The body tissues become less receptive to insulin in the cells.
3. The body does not lose the ability to digest carbohydrates with aging.
4. With aging, the body gradually reduces the production of insulin.
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