Paavo
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 Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: What is diabetes? |
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The food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes sugar to build up in your blood. Diabetes can cause serious health problems like heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations.
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