This profile helps the Diabetic patient and the Physician to control this dreaded disease better and prevent the long list of complications which affect practically every organ of the body. Since there is no cure for Diabetes, proper and timely control is the only answer. This profile must be taken by the Diabetics 3 to 4 times a year.

Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas to control blood sugar. Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin, resistance to insulin, or both. There are three major types of diabetes:

1. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in childhood. The body makes little or no insulin. Daily injections of insulin are needed. The exact cause is unknown.
2. Type 2 diabetes is most common. Occurs in adulthood, but young people are increasingly being affected. The pancreas does not make enough insulin to keep blood glucose levels normal, often because the body does not respond well to insulin. Many people with type 2 diabetes do not know they have it, although it is a serious condition. Type 2 diabetes is becoming more common due to increasing obesity and failure to exercise.
3. Gestational diabetes is high blood glucose that develops at any time during pregnancy in a woman who does not have diabetes. Women who have gestational diabetes are at high risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in life.