Treasure Magazine
Diabetes mellitus commonly known as diabetes is a chronic lifelong condition that affects the body ’ s ability to use the energy food in food . There are three major types of diabetes ; type 1 diabetes , type2 diabetes and gestational diabetes .
All the types of diabetes mellitus have something in common . Normally your body breaks down the sugars and the carbohydrates you eat with simple sugar called glucose ( dextrose blood sugar ). This Glucose fuels the blood in the body and it ’ s absorbed by insulin which is present in the blood cells . So in the case of diabetes mellitus it ’ s either the body doesn ’ t make enough insulin or it cannot use the insulin it produces or a combination of both . Since the cells can ’ t take in the glucose it builds up in your blood it results in increase in your fasting blood sugar ( FBS ) and random blood Sugar ( RBS ) above normal . High levels of blood glucose can damage the tiny blood vessels in your kidneys , heart , eyes or nervous system . That ’ s why diabetes especially if left untreated can eventually cause heart disease , stroke , kidney disease , blindness and nerve damage to nerves in the feet .
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