Diabetes and Prediabetes

Southeast Utah Health Department wants you to know!
That early detection and treatment of diabetes can decrease the risk of developing complications from diabetes.
Diabetes is a disease that affects how your body uses blood glucose. Glucose is another name for sugar. If you have diabetes, no matter what type, it means you have too much glucose in your blood. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, our bodies then use it for energy. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes glucose to build up in your blood. Too much glucose can lead to serious health problems.
Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. There is no cure for diabetes BUT You CAN control diabetes. You CAN be healthy.