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What is Diabetics
Diabetes is a disease in which blood
glucose levels are above normal. People with diabetes have problems
alter food to energy. Food is broken down into a sugar called
glucose, which is carried by the blood to cells throughout the body.
Cells use insulin, a hormone made in the pancreas, to help them
convert blood glucose into energy.
Due the pancreas not making enough
insulin or the cells in the muscles, liver, and fat do not use
insulin properly, or both people have diabetes. So that amount of
glucose in the blood increases while the cells are starved of
energy. Over the years, high blood glucose, also called
hyperglycemia, damages nerves and blood vessels, which can lead to
complications such as heart disease and stroke, kidney disease,
blindness, nerve problems, gum infections, and amputation.
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Diabetes is a serious health
condition that affects women in all life stages. It is also
unique to women because it can impact on the health of both
a mother and her unborn children. |
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