Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that adversely affects the body’s ability to manufacture and use insulin, a hormone necessary for the conversion of food into energy. There are two major types of diabetes mellitus: type 1 diabetes mellitus, an autoimmune disease which develops in childhood or adolescence; and type 2 diabetes mellitus, a disease of insulin resistance which usually develops in adulthood.
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