WHAT IS DIABETES?

Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high.
Glucose is your body’s main source of energy. Your body can make glucose, but glucose also comes from the food you eat.

What is the role of Insulin in Diabetes?

• Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that helps glucose get into your cells to be used for energy.
• If you have diabetes, your body doesn’t make enough—or any—insulin or doesn’t use insulin properly.
• Glucose then stays in your blood and doesn’t reach your cells.

Types of Diabetes Mellitus

Healthy Human Being	Type 1 Diabetes	Type  2 Diabetes
Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that helps glucose get into your cells to be used for energy.	If you have type 1 diabetes, your body makes little or no insulin. Your immune system attacks and destroys the cells in your pancreas that make insulin. People with type 1 diabetes need to take insulin every day to stay alive	If you have type 1 diabetes, your body doesn’t use insulin properly. The pancreas may be making insulin but it is not making enough insulin to keep your blood glucose level in the normal range. You can develop type 2 diabetes at any age, even during childhood.