Feb 29 2008
Diabetes - Must Know Facts About Diabetes
Diabetes is a word derivative of ‘diabenein’ which means ’straddling’ in Greek. Diabenein lead to the term diabetes for its siphoning effect, in which diabetics are urged to pass urine often.
Diabetes Mellitus or diabetes is a metabolic disorder of pancreas. The pancreas is located exactly below the rib cage towards right. Because of this metabolic disorder, insulin is either not produced or is not converted by the body. Diabetes because of inadequacy or absence of insulin is categorized as Type-1 diabetes and this can attack at a very young age and is commonly well known as juvenile diabetes. The attack of Type-2 diabetes is in the advanced ages of forty plus. Type-2 diabetes is distinguished by the body’s inability to use insulin.