Introduction to Diabetes Diabetes is a chronic incurable disease that occurs when blood sugars levels are high This happens because either the production of a hormone by the pancreas known as insulin is inadequate or the body's cell does not respond appropriately to insulin or both It is a serious complex condition which affects the whole body There were an estimated 422 million adults that were living with diabetes from 2014 compared to 108 million that was reported in 1980 according to the global reports from the World Health Organization Diabetes is a metabolic disease which can affect anyone irrespective of their age gender and lifestyle Types of Diabetes There are two main types of diabetes They are Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition wherein the body is unable to produce insulin because the body's immune system attacks insulin producing cells from the pancreas called the beta cells It is formerly known as juvenile diabetes Type 2 diabetes is a condition where cells cannot efficiently utilize blood sugar
