Did you know that about 18.02 million Americans have diabetes? And about one third of them do not know that they have diabetes? (2) Diabetes is short for diabetes mellitus. Diabetes is a Greek word that means to pass throw. The Latin word mellitus means sweet. (1) Diabetes is a disorder which the body cannot use the sugar in the blood. It is a chronic disease that causes high level of sugar in the blood. (2) In normal circumstances the pancreas, a gland that produces insulin, (4) produces the hormone insulin which is a hormone that transfer the sugar from the blood into the body cells. (3 4) However, when a patient is inflicted with diabetes the pancreas produces little amount of insulin, or does not provide any insulin. Also, in some cases
