As the disease of diabetes affects an exorbitant number of people-over twenty-four million-and the pool of people in a pre-diabetic state continues to grow, it is important to understand the diabetes disease and its implications. Diabetes compromises an individual’s overall health,as it is a systemic disease that can impair function in any organ, tissue, and cell in the body due to elevated blood glucose levels. People can have either type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetics do not produce insulin, while type 2 diabetics are resistant to insulin.

Due to lack of insulin absorption, diabetics may experience an increased need to drink, eat, and urinate as the body is deprived of essential nutrients. In addition, the kidneys try to flush out the overabundance of glucose, which becomes toxic in the blood and results in dehydration. Other diabetes disease symptoms may present as blurred vision, recurring infections, or …