Definition of glucose:
It is the simplest type of sugar, and the body's cells use it as a source of energy.
Definition of insulin:
It is a hormone secreted by the beta cells in the pancreas, which is responsible for bringing sugar into the cells to produce energy.
Definition of diabetes:
It is a chronic disease that affects the way the body's cells receive glucose or the amount of insulin secreted by the pancreas, leading to an abnormal rise or fall in blood sugar levels.
Pre-diabetes:
It is a condition that affects people before they develop type 2 diabetes, where the blood sugar level is higher than normal but not high enough to diagnose diabetes. Its early detection and treatment helps restore the normal sugar level and prevent type 2 diabetes.
Types of diabetes:
It is a lack of insulin secretion or no secretion at all due to damage to the beta cells in the pancreas, which makes the patient need to obtain insulin from an external source for life.
It is the body's resistance to the effects of insulin, or the beta cells do not produce enough of it.
It is any change in blood sugar that was first diagnosed during pregnancy, whether it continues until after birth or not.
Other types caused by certain conditions:
Some special types of diabetes occur for several reasons, such as: monogenic diabetes, pancreatic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, some medications (such as: cortisone compounds and some medications used to treat AIDS), and diabetes is also associated with some syndromes (such as: Down, Klinefelter, and Turner syndrome).
Although knowing the type helps determine the appropriate treatment, it has become difficult to determine the type of diabetes in some people, as the old classification (which states that the first type only affects children and the second only affects adults) is not accurate.
