Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus and complication

Diabetes

Diabetes develops when your body can’t make or properly use a natural hormone.  This hormone, called mellitus is made in your pancreas. It helps your body’s cells take in sugar from your bloodstream.

Diabetes Mellitus :

A group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both.

20.8 million in US ( 7% of population) under the diabetes problem.

Consists of 3 types:

                1) Type 1 diabetes

                2) Type 2 diabetes

                3) Gestational diabetes

Complications :

Stroke

Heart attack

Kidney disease

Eye Disease

Nerve Damage