DIABETES is a chronic disease in which there is an alteration in the utilization of sugars due to partial or total deficiency of the hormone insulin or does not fulfill this function. Insulin allows sugar to enter cells to be used as an energy source if little or malfunctions, sugars accumulate in the blood, producing what is called hyperglycemia (levels above the normal sugar -glucose in the blood). (more…)
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