Facts About Diabetes
Overview
Diabetes occurs when your body does not properly process food as energy. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t respond to insulin or doesn’t produce any insulin at all. Insulin is a critical hormone that gets glucose (sugar that is used as energy) to the cells in your body. This causes sugars to build up in your blood, which puts you at risk of dangerous complications.
Basics
- Diabetes: Answers from Diabetes Expert Dr. Rita Kalyani
- Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar)
- Hypoglycemia: Nocturnal
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Diabetic Nephropathy (Kidney Disease)
- Gestational Diabetes
- Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
- Foot Ulcers
- Diabetes: What You Need to Know as You Age
- Diabetic Retinopathy
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