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Step-by-step explanation:
Even though people talk about having diabetes, the term actually describes a group of diseases. These conditions all relate to the body's ability to produce or use insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas that helps you remove glucose, or sugar, from your blood, and convert it into energy. When this process is disrupted, your blood sugar levels can rise.
Common Symptoms of diabetes include:
Increased thirst
Increased hunger
Frequent urination
Fatigue
Blurry Vision
Cuts or sores that are slow to heal
Mood changes or irritability
If you do not manage your diabetes and keep your blood sugar levels under control, it can lead to serious or even life-threatening complications over time.
There are several different types of diabetes.
Type 2 Diabetes
The most common form of diabetes is type 2. With type 2 diabetes, the pancreas keeps making insulin, but the body becomes resistant to it. That means the insulin gradually stops working, and glucose starts to accumulate in your bloodstream over time. With type 2 diabetes, symptoms develop slowly, often over years, so you might not start to notice a problem until the disease is quite advanced.
While genetics can be a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, age, diet, and lifestyle also play a role. You're more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you have excess weight or are not physically active. You're also more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life, although you can be diagnosed at any age.
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder, in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells in the pancreas. When enough of these cells are destroyed, the body can no longer produce insulin, and glucose starts building up in the blood. Unlike type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes can progress very rapidly. Symptoms can come on suddenly and become very severe within weeks or months.
Scientists still aren't sure what causes some people to develop type 1 diabetes, although they think genetics plays a role. You're more likely to develop type 1 diabetes if you have close family members who also have the disease. It's also more commonly diagnosed in children and young adults, although you can develop type 1 diabetes at any age. One thing they do know is that type 1 diabetes does not seem to be caused by a person's lifestyle choices.
Prediabetes
If your glucose numbers are higher than normal, you may be diagnosed with prediabetes. This means that your body is becoming resistant to insulin, and is growing less efficient at removing sugar from the blood and converting it into energy. Genetics and lifestyle, including diet and exercise, are risk factors for prediabetes. Left untreated, prediabetes can develop into type 2 diabetes.
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