Fact: All types of diabetes - type 1, type 2 and gestational (diabetes that occurs during pregnancy) - are serious. Even if you don't have to take insulin or medication, your blood sugar levels still need to be managed. Poorly-controlled diabetes can lead to serious health problems, such as heart disease, nerve damage, kidney failure and blindness.
Myth: I have diabetes, but I don't have the serious kind.
Fact: All types of diabetes - type 1, type 2 and gestational (diabetes that occurs during pregnancy) - are serious. Even if you don't have to take insulin or medication, your blood sugar levels still need to be managed. Poorly-controlled diabetes can lead to serious health problems, such as heart disease, nerve damage, kidney failure and blindness.
