What is Diabetes all about?

"If you have diabetes, your risk of a heart attack is the same as someone who has already had a heart attack. Both women and men with diabetes are at risk. You may not even have the typical signs of a heart attack."
This quote means that if you have diabetes it is a serious issue and you must take care of yourself. When not taking care of yourself it can result to a heart attack even is you show no signs of one.

"Type 1 Diabetes" by VeriMed Healthcare Network is about causes, risks, and symptoms of diabetes. When you are type 1 diabetic you are insulin- dependent, because your pancreas had stopped working. Insulin is a very important part of being a diabetic, because it is what keeps you stable and controls your blood sugar levels. .Symptoms may be noticed when your blood sugar is high or low. Symptoms normally appear when your blood sugar falls below 70 mg/dL. There are tests such as; Fasting blood glucose level, Oral glucose tolerance, and Ketone testing. When testing your blood sugar it should be 100-180 mg/dL for kids under 6 yearls old, 90-180 mg/dL for kids 6-12 years old, and 90-130 mg/dL for kids 13-19 years old.

Network, VeriMed Healthcare. Pub Med Health. March 2011 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001350/>.