Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the body fails to produce insulin. Insulin is the hormone that is made in the pancreas and allows glucose (or what we commonly call SUGAR) to pass into the body’s cells to become energy for muscles and tissues.
For a clearer understanding, if a person has diabetes, their body will not absorb the glucose properly, and therefore the glucose will keep circulating in the blood, damaging the tissues over time. This process causes health complications and may continue to such a degree that it becomes lethal.
There are 3 types of diabetes:
1. Type 1 diabetes
2. Type 2 diabetes
3. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
