Diabetes is a disease that causes your blood sugar or blood glucose level to surge. Some of the early signs of diabetes can include frequent urination, feeling exhausted, increased thirst, blurry vision, numbness, irritability, patches of dark skin, and last but not least, slow healing of cuts and wounds. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease and develops when your immune system attacks and damages the beta cells of the pancreas that produce insulin. It is also said that viruses can trigger this disease as well and that environmental factors and genes play a huge role in its development. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas is unable to produce sufficient insulin or when your body becomes resistant to insulin.

Several factors can increase the risk of developing diabetes, including