There are many chronic diseases diabetes can make much worse. Diabetes related diseases usually occur when diabetes is not controlled effectively.

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic condition that causes blood glucose to increase to dangerous and even deadly levels because the insulin hormone is not being produced or used properly. The pancreas organ produces the insulin hormone in the body. The insulin hormone helps the cells in the body properly absorb and metabolize blood sugar.

Type I diabetes mellitus occurs when the pancreas does not make a sufficient amount of the insulin hormone. Type II diabetes occurs when the cells in the body become resistant to the insulin hormone. In both cases, the result is the same. Blood sugar increases when insulin is not available and this leads to high sugar levels in the cells. It also causes sugar to spill into the urine because the kidneys are attempting to …