{"id":2938,"date":"2026-02-05T16:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellion-pt.wellion.wpenginepowered.com\/2026\/02\/05\/definition-of-diabetes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:29:03","slug":"definition-of-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellion-pt.giefing.net\/en\/2026\/02\/05\/definition-of-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Diabetes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"text-justify\">Diabetes can affect anyone<\/h2>\n<h3>increased blood sugar level due to insufficient insulin production \/ insulin resistance<\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-justify\"><strong>Diabetes mellitus<\/strong>\u00a0is deduced from the Greek word Diabetes (\u201egoing through\u201c) and the Latin word mellitus (\u201esweet like honey\u201c) what points out the\u00a0<strong>main symptoms of diabetes<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 sugar in the urine.<\/p>\n<p>Characteristic for diabetes mellitus are<strong>\u00a0elevated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellion.at\/en\/diabetes\/target-range-of-blood-glucoes-values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blood glucose levels<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which are caused by a\u00a0<strong>reduced or missing insulin production<\/strong>. If somebody suffers from\u00a0<strong>insulin resistance<\/strong>\u00a0(which is common especially at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellion.at\/en\/diabetes\/types-of-diabetes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diabetes type 2<\/a>) the body contains enough insulin but is unable to use it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellion.at\/en\/diabetes\/nutrition-and-diabetes\/carbohydrates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carbohydrates<\/a><\/strong>, taken in with food, are converted into glucose in the body. This glucose is the body&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>most important energy source<\/strong>\u00a0for normal metabolic processes. On the one hand, it circulates freely in the bloodstream and is thus available to the body&#8217;s cells at all times. On the other hand, if it is not immediately needed, glucose is\u00a0<strong>stored\u00a0<\/strong>in the liver and skeletal muscles in the form of\u00a0<strong>glycogen<\/strong>, where it can be released again at any time.<\/p>\n<p>The hormone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellion.at\/en\/diabetes\/therapy-of-diabetes\/insulin\">insulin<\/a>which is produced in the beta-cells of the\u00a0<strong>pancreas\u00a0<\/strong>and released into the blood circulation is the key substance for this process. It enables transport of glucose into the muscle, fat and liver cells and additionally regulates the release of glucose through the liver. This way<strong>\u00a0insulin regulates blood glucose levels<\/strong>. There is no alternate hormone which is able to do this job.<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0<strong>diabetes\u00a0<\/strong>has manifested the lack of insulin is the reason that the body is\u00a0<strong>no longer able to metabolize carbohydrates<\/strong>\u00a0from the food. The body lacks energy and starts catabolising fatty acids. The resulting components \u2013\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellion.at\/en\/diabetes\/ketoacidosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ketones<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 lead to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellion.at\/en\/diabetes\/ketoacidosis\">hyperacidity of the body<\/a>\u00a0if the lack of insulin is not treated immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Diabetes is diagnosed through blood tests (fasting blood glucose, HbA1c or glucose tolerance), with defined threshold values confirming the diagnosis measurement. The limit of fasting glucose is 110 mg\/dl for people without diabetes and not above 140 mg\/dl two hours after a meal (if using capillary blood from the fingertip). The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellion.at\/en\/diabetes\/therapy-of-diabetes\">method of treatment<\/a>\u00a0depends on grade and type of the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetes can affect anyone increased blood sugar level due to insufficient insulin production \/ insulin resistance Diabetes mellitus\u00a0is deduced from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"kategorie":[],"class_list":["post-2938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Diabetes? - Wellion Portugal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Diabetes? 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