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Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar. The hormone insulin moves sugar from the blood into your cells to be stored or used for energy. With diabetes. Your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t effectively use the insulin it does make.

There are a few different types of diabetes:

Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease. The immune system attacks attacks and destroys cells in the pancreas, where insulin is made. It’s unclear what causes this attack . About 10 percent of people with diabetes have this type.
Type II diabetes occurs when your body becomes resistant to insulin, and sugar builds up in your blood.
Prediabetes occurs when your blood sugar is higher than normal, but it’s not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar during pregnancy . Insulin blocking hormones produced by the placenta cause this type of diabetes.

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