What is diabetes? and the three types of diabetes.?

Also, if my essay topic is what is diabetes, how i can start with my introduction.

A disease in which the body does not properly control the amount of sugar in the blood. As a result, the level of sugar in the blood is too high. This disease occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin or does not use it properly.

The three major types of diabetes are:

Type 1 diabetes (previously known as insulin-dependent diabetes)
Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease where the body's immune system destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. This type of diabetes, also known as juvenile-onset diabetes, accounts for 10-15% of all people with the disease. It can appear at any age, although commonly under 40, and is triggered by environmental factors such as viruses, diet or chemicals in people genetically predisposed. People with type 1 diabetes must inject themselves with insulin several times a day and follow a careful diet and exercise plan.

Type 2 diabetes (previously known as non-insulin dependent diabetes)
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, affecting 85-90% of all people with the disease. This type of diabetes, also known as late-onset diabetes, is characterised by insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. The disease is strongly genetic in origin but lifestyle factors such as excess weight, inactivity, high blood pressure and poor diet are major risk factors for its development. Symptoms may not show for many years and, by the time they appear, significant problems may have developed. People with type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to suffer cardiovascular disease. Type 2 diabetes may be treated by dietary changes, exercise and/or tablets. Insulin injections may later be required.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
GDM, or carbohydrate intolerance, is first diagnosed during pregnancy through an oral glucose tolerance test. Between 5.5 and 8.8% of pregnant women develop GDM in Australia. Risk factors for GDM include a family history of diabetes, increasing maternal age, obesity and being a member of a community or ethnic group with a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. While the carbohydrate intolerance usually returns to normal after the birth, the mother has a significant risk of developing permanent diabetes while the baby is more likely to develop obesity and impaired glucose tolerance and/or diabetes later in life. Self-care and dietary changes are essential in treatment.


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Diabetes is cause by your pancreas not producing enough insulin to keep glucose levels down. The three types are glucose intolerant where you have some problem keep your glucose level down. Then there is type 2 where you need to take medication in pill form or control your diet with a low carb diet. The worse type is type 1 where your pancreas produces no insulin so it needs to be inject it into the blood stream. This is just the very basics About 1 in 10 people have some form of the disease and many do not know it.That may help you with a open statement.

There is a story where a mountain was very proud of its size and kept boasting about it.A rat started to gnaw at the foot of the mountain.the soil of the mountain began to loosen up.it knew that if this thing continued it can crumble one day.
Diabetes can affect the body in a similar fashion that the rat did with the mountain.
All systems in the body can get affected if diabetes is not kept under control.
the various types of diabetes are
1)type 1 or the insulin dependent diabetes,
2)type 2 or the non insulin dependent diabetes,
3)diabetes caused due to various other conditions or drugs,
4)gestational diabetes(diabetes detected for the 1st time during pregnancy).
may be this way you can begin ur essay.