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DIABETES AND CARDIOVASULAR DISEASES Diabetes is a disease in which the level of sugar in blood is increased over a longer period of time. The sugar disease causes serious health problems that basically arise from damaging to small and large blood vessels and nerves. Few organs suffer in this process, that is, heart, eyes and kidneys, and problems with circulation occur. Depending on the age when diabetes appeared for the first time and the reasons that caused the occurrence of the disease, there is a separation of Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes occurs at younger people and an insulin treatment is needed from the very beginning, while type 2 diabetes occurs at older population. If You already have diagnosis that You suffer from sugar disease, it is necessary, in cooperation with Your doctor, to make a plan how to best deal with the disease. HOW TO LIVE WITH DIABETES 1. Inform Yourself about Your disease! 2. Collect enough information about the sugar disease and the complications that arise from it in order to deal with it more easily 3. Learn ! 4. Learn to recognize the symptoms yourself, of the organs affected from diabetes so you can timely ask for doctor’s assistance. 5. The values you need to know and control on regular basis 6. -HbA1C - glycated hemoglobin indicates the average value of sugar in blood over the past two to three months. The values