Diabetes is, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), "a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas does not secrete enough insulin or when the body fails to use the insulin it produces effectively. Insulin is a hormone that regulates the concentration of glucose in the blood. A common effect of uncontrolled diabetes is hyperglycaemia (i.e., high blood glucose), which, over time, severely damages many organs and systems of the body,…
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Diabetes is, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), "a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas does not secrete enough insulin or when the body fails to use the insulin it produces effectively. Insulin is a hormone that regulates the concentration of glucose in the blood. A common effect of uncontrolled diabetes is hyperglycaemia (i.e., high blood glucose), which, over time, severely damages many organs and systems of the body,…