What is Diabetes?
Diabetes Mellitus, commonly referred to as 'diabetes' is a condition where the body has difficulty dealing with glucose or 'sugar'. The word mellitus is Latin for ‘sweet’. Glucose is constantly produced by breakdown of carbohydrates in your food as well as from stores within the body. As a result, levels of glucose in the blood are high. Over many years this high blood sugar leads to the symptoms and complications of diabetes.
Diabetes is a common condition and affects as many as 2% of the population. This is 2 people in very 100. In some groups such as the elderly as many as 5 –10 in every 100 may have diabetes. It is estimated that over a million people in the United Kingdom suffer from this condition. It is highly unlikely that you do not know someone who has diabetes or has a family member with diabetes.
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