What is Diabeties

Help us raise awareness...

Help us STOP DIABETES.

JOIN.

SHARE. ACT. LEARN. GIVE.

Definitions of diabetes on the Web:

a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Diabetes mellitus ( or ; or )—often simply referred to as diabetes—is a condition in which a person has a high blood sugar (glucose) level as a result of the body either not producing enough insulin, or because body cells do not properly respond to the insulin that is produced. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes

Diabetes is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1952 by the American Diabetes Association. A monthly publication, Diabetes publishes original research about the physiology and pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_(journal)

The inability of the body to produce, or the inability to metabolize, the human hormone insulin; Diabetes insipidus, usually a disorder of the pituitary gland, leading to a form of type II diabetes
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diabetes

diabetic - of or relating to or causing diabetes

diabetic - someone who has diabetes

diabetic - suffering from diabetes
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

an abnormal state of health marked by insulin deficiency and the urine and blood contain excess sugar
www.fi.edu/learn/heart/enrichment/glossary.html

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of the pancreas being unable to produce sufficient insulin (a hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism) to maintain a healthy level of blood sugar. ...
www.yourgenome.org/glossary/

A condition where the pancreas produces insufficient or no insulin, a hormone which controls sugar levels in the blood. Without insulin, the blood cannot absorb sugar into cells for energy and into liver and fat cells for storage.
www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/glossary/

Caused primarily by the destruction of islet cells that produce insulin in human bodies. Pre-clinical research is now exploring the possibility of pig islets transplanted into a patient to control blood sugar levels.
www.xeno.cpha.ca/english/glossary/glossary.htm

Diabetes represents a greater risk factor in CVD for women than for men (Laurence and Weinhouse, 1997; Canadian Women's Health Network, 2001). The higher prevalence of diabetes in Aboriginal women than in Aboriginal men compounds their risk of CVD.
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/pubs/women-femmes/explor7cs1-eng.php

a disease which causes a high glucose level and can cause kidney failure - this develops in about 20% of all patients with diabetes.
www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/glossary.php

a disease causing an inability to regulate the level of sugar (glucose) in the blood
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/First_Aid/Appendix_A:_Glossary

chronic illness causing high blood sugar levels; often treated with the drug insulin.
www.cbdmp.org/glossary.htm

Find definitions of diabetes in: Czech Dutch English French German Korean Portuguese Slovak Spanish all languages

Diabetes is one of the deadliest among the silent killer disease.

REDUCE YOUR RISK.

You can reduce your risk of Heart Disease and Stroke by

lowering your Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure, and Cholesterol.

Most of us came to know about it because someone we know is afflicted by it.

Parents
Siblings
Relatives
Friends and friends of friends and/or
Someone we love dearly

Diabetes is also one of the degenerative diseases, a disease that is killing the body inch by inch, millimeter by millimeter. It is also classified under syndrome x.