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Zenodo
2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15388691 |
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- <p>Diabetes, often referred as ‘sugar’ or diabetes mellitus in scientific terms, is one of the most common lifestyle disorders. In this disorder the sugar level in our blood becomes higher than normal i.e. more than 126 mg/dl in fasting blood sugar/glucose and 6.5% in HbA1c. In this disorder, the production of a hormone called insulin starts decreasing or even if it is produced, the cells of the body do not utilize it. Insulin is a hormone produced by β cells in the pancreas gland of our body. When we eat food, it gets broken into glucose, which enters our bloodstream utilized by cells for energy.<span> </span>Insulin moves from the pancreas and attaches outside the cells of vital organ where it acts as a key that unlocks the doors of the cells and facilitates the entry of glucose, or sugar, from the blood into the cells, providing them energy and enabling our body to function smoothly. However, in diabetic patients, the body does not produce enough insulin or if present the cells become resistant and does not respond to it properly. In both the cases sugar remains in the bloodstream, leading to excessive sugar levels and leads to diabetes and started affecting the different body organs. If untreated can create worse conditions like diabetic retinopathy (blindness), diabetic neuropathy (numbness and amputation of lower limb), diabetic nephropathy (Kidney failure), cardiovascular disease (heart disease) etc.</p>