Psychoneuroimmune implications of type 2 diabetes

New experimental data and recently published health-related quality-of-life surveys indicate that individuals afflicted with type 2 diabetes experience a lower quality of life and have diminished happiness and feelings of well-being. These emotional and psychologic consequences of type 2 diabetes finger altered psychoneuroimmunity as a previously unappreciated complication of type 2 diabetes. This review article discusses recent data detailing the impact of type 2 diabetes on the host psychoneuroimmune response.