Diabetes

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ulin helps glucose from the foods you eat to get all parts of your body and be used for energy. Because your body no longer makes insulin, you need to take insulin in shots (Treatment 1). Most of the time type one diabetes is diagnosed when you are a child but there are exceptions (Type 1 Diabetes). Type two diabetes is the most common form, about 90 percent of diabetes is this type. In this type your body makes enough insulin, but you’re body is just not able to use it properly. After a few years of this kind of diabetes you will probably need insulin shots because all of your insulin went to waste. In gestational diabetes you need to have excellent diabetes control. This means you need to have normal blood glucose for at least 3 months prior to conception and throughout pregnancy. You and your baby will need special care for about three months after delivery. To control the three types of diabetes it is important to follow the directions that your doctor gives to you.
Type one diabetes is caused by the destruction of the body’s insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Your body makes no insulin, so you must have daily insulin injections to metabolize the glucose you digest. The symptoms of type one diabetes are weakness and tiredness, increased urination, frequent urination, ...