Living with Diabetes Diabetes is a condition that affects
everyone from children right up to adults. It is referred as a
chronic condition since a person who has it can go through many
changes in their lives as it can affect their entire body. Over
time, diabetes can cause blindness, stroke, and amputations
among other things. There are two types of diabetes; Juvenile or
Type 1 diabetes and adult-onset diabetes also known as Type 2
diabetes. The more common form of diabetes is Type 2 and those
who have this type of diabetes are faced many difficulties and
complications to their liver, muscle and even fat cells. In the
case of Type 1 diabetics, they are required to use insulin to be
able to combat the effects of diabetes. A simple blood sugar
test can determine if you have diabetes or not. The doctor
usually checks the level of your glucose to determine if you are
diabetic. There are also telltale signs that one is diabetic as
well. The symptoms of diabetes include an increase in thirst;
feeling tired all the