Sugar and Diabetes Diabetes is the one of the most common diseases worldwide. It has a long course and stays with the patient almost all through his/her life, although many diabetic patients have prolonged symptom free periods but complete cure in most cases remains elusive. One good thing about it is if kept in control, symptom free periods can be long & patients life remains absolutely normal. To begin with diabetes, few terms need to be understood. Diabetes - When we say Diabetes, we intend to say Diabetes Mellitus . There's another disease called Diabetes Insipidus which has a different cause and a different pathology. Diabetes Mellitus is disease where your body (blood and urine) sugar levels get deranged (hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia) due to lack of an hormone named Insulin. Insulin also has other functions hence diabetes can present with a variety of symptoms and signs .
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