When your body is not able to produce sufficient insulin to counter the sugar levels in your bloodstream, you are at risk for diabetes. This disease is likely to stick with you for life, but catching it early and making some changes in your (diet and exercise) combined with medication can reduce your chances of having to live with diabetes.

Gestational diabetes affects a small percentage of pregnant women. Women with this condition experience elevated blood sugar levels for the first time during their pregnancy, which drops back to its regular levels after delivery. However, this increase in glucose levels is not good for the baby and the mother faces the risk of developing diabetes.

Diabetes (or diabetes mellitus) is a kind of metabolic disease that occurs if there is insufficient production of insulin in the body or if your body does not respond to the insulin produced. This typically gives rise to high blood sugar and other related diseases. Diabetes can be categorized as Type 1 or insulin dependent juvenile diabetes, Type 2 or non-insulin dependent adult diabetes and Gestational diabetes which can occur during pregnancy due to high level of blood glucose.

Diabetes can create chaos with lives of the patients as well as their family members. However, with proper management and care, those with diabetes can live normal active lives. Managing diabetes is not difficult, you will have to make a commitment for life to follow the routine you set for yourself.