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Diabetes is a very common disease in our life. It is caused by an imbalance of the body sugar. The sugar might be high or low. Both levels of imbalance can be harmful for health. It is very important that we keep our body sugar level balanced. Diabetes can cause so many other diseases like heart diseases, obesity and blood pressure which can prove to be very costly for your health.

We must have a clear and basic idea about the nature of diabetes and things related to it. This can be mighty helpful for us to know as much as we can about diabetes. I will help you to get a basic idea about this disease.

Diabetes is a physical condition that is caused by improper production and use of insulin in our body. Insulin is a hormone produced in pancreas. It helps to convert sugar into energy. When insulin does not act properly and sugar is not converted to energy, it accumulates in blood and causes so many harmful diseases which might be fatal.
Diabetes can also be earned as a hereditary curse. If both parents have diabetes then the successor is highly likely to have it.

One with diabetes will exhibit symptoms like extreme hunger, frequent urination, blurred vision, excessive thirst, tiredness and irritability. Along with all these things you might feel stressed without any valid reasons. Do not hesitate to pay a visit to your doctor if you face all these symptoms. If you can detect diabetes in early stages, you can easily avoid other disease caused by it.

Diabetes can be of two types. In one type, the insulin producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed and there is a lack of insulin in the body. This might happen as a result of the chemicals that we take in along with our foods. And the other type is where there is an excessive production of insulin and the producer cells are exhausted and die prematurely. As a result obesity is caused.

There is another type of diabetes that is found to occur in pregnant women. Later this gestational diabetes can turn into the 2nd type of diabetes. There are chances that the new born baby will also have this diabetes from birth.

Diabetes can happen to any person irrespective of their sex and age.
The blood sugar level of a diabetes victim should be within 70-130 before meal and within 180 after 1-2 hours of meal.

To avoid diabetes, involve yourself in more physical activities and exercises. Try to avoid foods that contain high level of sugar, fat or carbohydrates. The same goes to the diabetes patients as they are strictly advised to keep the blood sugar level under control.

Listen to your doctors health advises and follow a strict routine and lead a healthy life.