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Understanding Diabetes


The Path to Understanding Diabetes Starts Here

From symptoms and treatment, to management and medication—arm yourself with the knowledge to live well with diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes · Type 2 Diabetes ...

What Is Diabetes? - NIDDK

Diabetes occurs when your blood glucose is too high, which can lead to health problems. The main types of diabetes are type 1, type 2, and gestational.

Diabetes Basics - CDC

With diabetes, your body doesn't make enough insulin or can't use it as well as it should. When there isn't enough insulin or cells stop ...

Diabetes: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Types

Diabetes is a condition that happens when your blood sugar (glucose) is too high. It develops when your pancreas doesn't make enough insulin or any at all.

What Is Diabetes | International Federation of Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic condition that occurs when the pancreas can no longer make insulin, or the body cannot effectively use insulin.

What You Need To Know About Diabetes

Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or is not able to use insulin effectively by the cells.

Understanding Type 2 Diabetes | ADA

Although there are many similarities between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the cause of each is very different. And the treatment is usually quite different.

Diabetes - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

To understand diabetes, it's important to understand how the body normally uses glucose. How insulin works. Insulin is a hormone that comes ...

Diabetes: An Overview - WebMD

Diabetes is a lifelong disease. There's no cure but you can manage and control it. Let's understand the Symptoms, Types and Treatment ...

What is Diabetes? | American Heart Association

The American Heart Association explains Diabetes, types 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, insulin resistance and how diabetes ...

Understanding Diabetes -- Diagnosis and Treatment - WebMD

Treatment for diabetes requires keeping close watch over your blood sugar levels (and keeping them at a goal set by your doctor) with a combination of ...

Diabetes - World Health Organization (WHO)

Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the ...

Type 2 Diabetes - NIDDK

What is type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes, the most common type of diabetes, is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too ...

Understanding Diabetes - Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Healthful Eating Tips to Help Manage Diabetes · Limiting foods and drinks that are high in added sugars. · Selecting smaller portions, spread ...

Understanding Diabetes | Broward Health

Helpful Tips · Monitor Blood Sugar Levels Regularly: Keeping track of your blood sugar levels is crucial in managing diabetes. · Maintain a ...

What is Diabetes? - YouTube

This video describes what diabetes is, the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, possible complications, and ways to manage the ...

Type 2 diabetes - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

... prediabetes to type 2 diabetes. ... These technologies collect information to help us understand how our websites are being used and to make ...

Understanding Diabetes: Definition, Diagnosis and Complications

For more information on diabetes or #YaleMedicine, https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/diabetes-an-overview. More than 34 million Americans ...

Understanding Diabetes (Video) (for Parents) | Nemours KidsHealth

Diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose (say: GLOO-kose), a sugar that is the body's main source of fuel. Your body needs glucose to ...

Type 2 Diabetes| Adult-Onset Diabetes - MedlinePlus

What is type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high.