Diabetes is a long-lasting condition that causes an individual's blood glucose (sugar) level to turn out to be excessively high.
There are two principle kinds of diabetes type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is definitely more normal than type 1. In the UK, around 90% of all grown-ups with diabetes have type 2.
There are 4.7 million individuals living with diabetes in the UK. That is more than one out of 15 individuals in the UK who has diabetes (analyzed or undiscovered).
This figure has almost trebled since 1996, when there were 1.4 million. By 2025, it is assessed that 5 million individuals will have diabetes in the UK.