Learn more about diabetes now. Maybe you have diabetes, a family member or a close friend. Diabetes is a disease in which the body doesn't produce or cannot use Insulin the right way.
Insulin is much needed hormone in the body who check the rate of sugar.
60 – 100mg/dl (Before taking any food for the day, hence this value is called Fasting Blood Glucose)
There are some types of diabetes. Five classes of diabetes are known, these are: Type I Diabetes, Type II Diabetes, Diabetes Insipidus and Bronze Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes.
Type I Diabetes: It's caused by failure of the pancreas to produce the Insulin. Type I diabetes is not common, it accounts for less than 10% of all cases.
Type 2 Diabetes: Accounting for more than 80% of all diabetic
people. It is found in adults and the elderly.
Gestational diabetes: This type of diabetes occurs when pregnent and disappears after delivery, within
2-3weeks.
An approximated 3% of all pregnancies are accompanied by gestational diabetes and nearly half of these patients are prone to developing permanent diabetes later in life.
