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Diabetes-is a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the

hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of

carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood.

Types of diabetes:

 Type 1 diabetes-When you are affected
with Type 1 diabetes, your pancreas

does not produce insulin. Type 1
diabetes, once called juvenile
diabetes, is often diagnosed in

children or teens. However, it can also
occur in adults.

 Type 2 diabetes-Type 2 diabetes

occurs when the body does not
produce enough insulin, or when the
cells are unable to use insulin

properly, which is called insulin
resistance. Type 2 diabetes is

commonly called “adult-onset
diabetes” since it is diagnosed later in
life, generally after the age of 45.