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Diabetes Is A Disease

There are many invisible killers that are alive today. These invisible killers involve bacteria, diseases and some have still not been determined. In today's society, many are faced with diseases and problems that they are unavailable to explain. Unfortunately there are numerous amounts of people who have a disease but are unaware that they possess it. One of these is diseases is called diabetes, in which there are more than 20 million people who have it, and nearly one in three are unaware of having it. Diabetes is a disease that is commonly found in today's world and affects many people including all races in all parts of the world.
There are four types of diabetes, each having a distinct difference from the other. Each stage produces complications to the body that are similar but different in the way that they perform. There are many factors that cause the development of diabetes but some are still not found. Our world today are uneducated about reasons, causes and how diabetes happens to them. People need to be aware of diabetes, how the disease works and how it is able to be contained only to a point before other major complications develop and how these complications are inevitable.
The disease called Diabetes is medically known as Diabetes Mellitus. It is the defect of insulin production in the body. Blood glucose or sugar levels in the blood stream become extremely elevated. When this happens there is only one reason it can be explained, it happens because the body is not properly generating insulin. Insulin is a hormone that converts glucose into energy. It does this after extracting the glucose from the blood and then inserting it into cells. Cells use the created energy to function and reproduce properly. The pancreas is the organ in the body that releases insulin into the blood. If the pancreas is defective or working slowly, then the blood glucose levels in a person are going to be high causing one's cells to fail. It is unhealthy...