Diabetes Tips and Tricks
 
“The Answered Pacient” and Jane Hanson investigates the different types of diabetes and how they are diagnosed.
She also tells you about one of the symptoms of this disease as well as it may affect your body.

What is diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels, that result from defects in insulin secretion, or action, or both. Diabetes mellitus, commonly referred to as diabetes (as it will be in this article) was first identified as a disease associated with “sweet urine,” and excessive muscle loss in the ancient world. Elevated levels of blood glucose (hyperglycemia) lead to spillage of glucose into the urine, hence the term sweet …