Diabetes - My late father notes ( Part 1 )

This morning I have found my father short notes about Diabetes. He has died, died because of diabetes, about 6 month before he graduate from medical schools. ( he takes medical diploma ). That time I about 13 years old and my sister 10 years old. He has been diabetic since 10 years before he dies. So I hope with his notes, we can get to know about diabetes. May God bless my father…

The Notes ( Part 1 )

Diabetes is one of the eldest disease known. In the 17th Century, diabetes was known as “the pissing evil” because affected people passed abnormally large of quantities of urine.

Diabetes is a condition where there is an abnormally high level of sugar in the blood. The arises because the body lacks a hormone called INSULIN which is needed to convert Sugar or also known as Glucose into energy. Insulin is a hormone which comes from a gland called the Pancreas.

In a normal person, insulin helps the blood glucose to enter the body cells and be turned into ENERGY. In a person who has diabetes or the person also known as DIABETIC the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the insulin that is produces fails to act normally.

As a results, glucose or sugar cannot enter the body cells. Instead it collects in the blood giving rise to high blood sugar level and then spills over into the URINE. Without Insulin, the body’s cells become starved of sugar, despite the high level in the blood, and thus the body lacks energy.