About Diabetes
If you have diabetes, you are not alone. The American Diabetes Association estimates that 18.2 million people in the U.S. have diabetes and nearly 5.2 million of them don't even know they have it. The good news is that with proper care, many of the complications resulting from diabetes can be delayed and often avoided.
To help you better understand diabetes and to improve the way you deal with it, we at Support Plus Medical are constantly working on programs, tools and materials to help you and the healthcare professionals that are involved in your care. The links below provide information intended to increase your knowledge of diabetes and provide recommendations for controlling it:
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What is Diabetes:
When we eat, most of the food is broken down by our digestive system into a simple sugar called glucose. Our cells use glucose as fuel and in order for glucose to enter our cells, insulin, a hormone produced in our pancreas, must be present. When you have diabetes, your body doesn't make enough insulin, or cannot properly use the insulin that it does produce, and excess glucose builds up in your blood. This excess glucose spills from your blood into your urine and is passed out of your body without being properly used by your cells. Both the excess glucose in your blood and the lack of fuel entering your cells produce the symptoms and complications associated with diabetes. There are three main types of diabetes known as Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes.
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If you have diabetes or believe you may, please seek the advice of a physician. |
