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Today is AMERICA DIABETES DAY #what do you know about DIABETES# DID YOU KNOW Diabetes milletus commonly known as DIABETES is a METABOLIC DISEASE that cause HIGH BLOOD SUGAR#

DID YOU KNOW The hormone insulin moves sugar from the blood into your cells to be stored or used for energy. With diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't effectively use insulin it does make

#DID YOU KNOW #There are different types of diabetes 1.TYPE1 DIABETES which is an auto immune disease, where cells in the pancreas where insulin is made is destroyed 2.TYPE 2 DIABETES :Occurs when your body becomes resistant to insulin and sugar builds up

Interestingly #Did you know that PREDIABETES Occurs when your blood sugar is higher than normal but it is not high enough for diagnosis of type 2 diagnosis GESTATIONAL DIABETES is high blood sugar during pregnancy

What are the symptoms # TYPE 1DIABETES 1.Extreme hunger 2.Increase thirst 3.frequent urination 4.blurry vision TYPE2 DIABETES 1.Sores slow to heal 2. Blurry vision 3.Increase thirst

DID YOU KNOW GESTATIONAL DIABETES has no symptoms but can be detected through a blood sugar test or oral glucose tolerance that usually performed between 24th and 28th week of gestation

Did you know A rare condition Diabetes insipidus is not related to diabetes milletus although it has similar name. It has a different condition in which your kidney remove too much fluid from the body

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