Abstract

A REVIEW ON ACCESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING PROPER EDUCATION ABOUT COMPLICATION FACED BY DIABETES PATIENTS

Wilma Mary Thomson* and Aswathi T.

ABSTRACT

Diabetes is a disease in which the blood glucose also known as blood sugar, is too high. Glucose is a source which is obtained from the food that we eat. Insulin is a hormone that helps the glucose get into the cells to give them energy. Type 1 diabetes is defined as a condition when our body does not make insulin. While type 2 diabetes, the more common type, when the body does not make or use insulin well. Without enough insulin, the glucose stays in the blood.

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