Introduction
Most foods we consume are converted into glucose, a form of sugar. Our body uses glucose as an energy source for our cells to function properly, muscles and entire body. For us to absorb glucose, we need a hormone called insulin that is produced in the pancreas (organ in the abdomen near the stomach).
Definition
When a person has diabetes, your pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the body can not use it properly and without insulin, glucose can not enter our cells, so glucose stays in the blood and filtered through the kidneys. The elevated levels of glucose in the blood causes progressive and irreversible damage in many parts of the body.
Millions of people have diabetes mellitus, commonly called diabetes. Diabetes is a serious, chronic disease caused by problems with insulin production.
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