All about Diabetes

Diabetes is a medical condition characterised by the body’s inability to produce enough insulin to process blood glucose, or if the produced insulin does not react normally to blood glucose. Insulin is produced in the body by pancreas. Insulin is required to process the sugar in blood, known as glucose, for producing energy. If there is inadequate amount of insulin in the blood, or if the glucose is not processed into body cells, the glucose would stay in the blood leading to rise in blood sugar level. Of diabetes, there are three main types, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational. The type 1 form of diabetes occurs when pancreas are unable to produce insulin in the body. Anyone with type 1 diabetes must take insulin on a daily basis. Everyone suffering from type 1 diabetes must take insulin in some other form to enable processing of excess sugar in their bodies. The type 1 diabetes is not very common as less than ten per cent of people suffer from it. Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which pancreas does not produce the required oxygen for the body, or the body is unable to process the insulin present in it properly. Diabetes is a disease of the adults and actually there is a type known as adult-onset diabetes, but some children also suffer from it. All diabetics need to be on insulin injections or oral medications for treating diabetes. Lifestyle modifications are also an important part of diabetes. The type 2 form of diabetes is found in close to 90 per cent of all cases of the disease. It is one of the closely linked factors to obesity and related problems caused by abnormal body weight. It is important that the symptoms of , especially the blood sugar level, are kept under control and within the normal range. This is important because if left at their high levels for too long, these symptoms can aggravate to much more serious conditions. Some of the diseases that can result due to uncontrolled diabetes are kidney disease, damage to nerves and blindness. The diabetics need to evaluate the kind of the disease they are suffering from and follow a lifestyle and treatment plan. The doctors are very particular about informing and instructing their patients to keep the blood sugar level in control. This is because of the risk of the condition aggravating and leading to further much more serious complications.