Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus commonly called as diabetes is a disease of metabolic disorder when the blood sugar levels tend to remain high either because insufficient insulin is produce in pancreas or because the cells not responding to the insulin produced. Insulin the hormone produced in the pancreas which a large gland behind the stomach.

Diabetes occurs in several forms but the most important

Type 1 diabetes or Insulin Dependent diabetes mellitus or “juvenile diabetes
Type 2 diabetes or Non-Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus or insulin resistant

Diabetes Mellitus statistics

·         382 million people have diabetes worldwide. Types 2 makes about 90 % cases.

·         Diabetes resulted in 1.5 million death in world per year.

·         It is 8^th leading cause of death in world.

·         Diabetes Mellitus is a major health problem in Australia.

·         4% of Australians have diabetes (that is around 1 million people)

·         280 Australians develop diabetes every day

·         1 in 20 pregnancies are affects by diabetes

·         3 in 5 of people with diabetes also have cardiovascular diseases