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Diabetes is a disease that happens when your blood sugar level is too high. An estimated 30 million people in the United States are living with diabetes. About 1 in 4 people living with diabetes don’t know they have it. Diabetes disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities and other diverse groups.

What is diabetes?

Diabetes is a disease that happens when the level of glucose in your blood (blood sugar) is too high. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that helps move sugar out of your blood and into your cells for energy. If you have diabetes, your body doesn't make or use insulin well. Symptoms of diabetes include:

  • Increased thirst and urination
  • Increased hunger
  • Fatigue
  • Blurred vision
  • Sores that do not heal
  • Unexplained weight loss
  • Numbness or tingling in the feet or hands

There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2.

Type 1 diabetes happens when your body does not make insulin because your immune system attacks and destroys the cells that make insulin. Although it can appear at any age, type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults. You are at higher risk for type 1 diabetes if you have a parent, brother, or sister with type 1 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes happens when your body does not make or use insulin well. It is usually diagnosed in adults. Some factors that put you at higher risk for type 2 diabetes include:

  • Being overweight or obese
  • Being 45 years or older
  • Not being physically active
  • Having a family history of diabetes
  • Ever having gestational diabetes

Who is affected by diabetes?

Over 1 in 10 adults in the United States are living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Racial and ethnic minorities and other diverse groups have a high burden of diabetes and diabetes-related complications. For example, American Indian/Alaska Native adults are almost three times more likely than non-Hispanic white adults to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes products cleared or approved by the FDA

People living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes use glucose meters and test strips to monitor their blood sugar every day. The results help you determine your daily adjustments in treatment, know if you have high or low levels of glucose, and understand how your diet and exercise change your glucose levels.

People living with type 1 diabetes need to give themselves insulin shots every day to stay alive and healthy. They can also receive small, steady doses of insulin throughout the day using an insulin pump or an automated insulin dosing device.

Many people with type 2 diabetes may need to take diabetes medications. These may include pills, insulin, or other injectable medications.

Diabetes and clinical trials

The FDA encourages diverse participation in clinical trials. If you think a clinical trial may be right for you, talk to your health care provider. You can also search for clinical trials in your area at www.ClinicalTrials.gov.

For more information on health equity, visit www.fda.gov/healthequity.

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We hope that you find these translations useful. While the agency has attempted to obtain translations that are as faithful as possible to the English version, we recognize that the translated versions may not be as precise, clear, or complete as the English version. The official versions of these materials are the English versions.

الوثائق الموجودة  أدناه متوفرة بعدة لغات أجنبية. وتقدم إدارة الغذاء والدواء تلك الترجمات كخدمة لجمهور دولي واسع. ونأمل أن تجدوا هذه الترجمات مفيدة. وفي الوقت الذي حاولت فيه الإدارة الحصول على ترجمات أقرب ما يمكن للنسخة الإنجليزية، فقد تبين لنا أن النسخ المترجمة ربما لا تكون بنفس الدقة أو الوضوح أو الكمال مثل النسخة الإنجليزية، ومن ثم فإن النسخة الرسمية من هذه الوثائق هي النسخة الإنجليزية.

ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏗᎪᏪᎳᏅᎢ ᎡᎳᏗᏢ ᎨᏒ ᏗᏛᏅᎢᏍᏔᏅ ᎾᎿᎢ ᎢᎸᏍᎩ ᏙᏱᏗᏢ ᏂᏓᏳᎶᏒ ᏗᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ. FDA ᏓᎵᏍᎪᎸᏗ ᎯᎠᏃ ᏗᏁᏢᏔᏅᎯ ᎯᎢᎾᎢ ᎢᏯᏓᏛᏁᏗ ᎾᎢ ᎠᏯᏖᎾ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏍᏆᏂᏱ ᏚᎾᏙᏢᏒᎢ ᎤᎾᏛᏓᏍᏗ. ᎤᏚᎩ ᎣᎬᎭ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᏣᏩᏛᏗ ᎯᎠᏃ ᏗᏁᏢᏔᏅᎯ ᏗᎨᎬᏙᏗ. ᎠᏏᏉ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎦᏘᏯ ᎦᎵ ᎤᏁᎵᏔᏅ ᏧᏁᏍᏗ ᏗᏁᏢᏔᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎯᎾᎢ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᎬᏩᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎩᎵᏏ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᎢ, ᎣᏦᎵᎩ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎠᏁᏢᏔᏅᎢ ᏂᏚᏓᎴᏒᎢ ᏰᎵᏊ ᏞᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎧᎵ ᏗᏙᎵᎩ, ᎤᎵᎦᎵᏴᏓ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏆᏛᏃᏅ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎩᎵᏏ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᎢ. ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏓᏂᎸᏨᎢ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᎢ ᎯᎠᏃ ᏗᎪᏪᎳᏅᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎩᎵᏏ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᎢ.

下列文件可用若干种文字阅读。美国食品药物监督管理局是为方便国际各界而提供这些译文的；希望它们对您有帮助。本局的心愿是力图让文件译文尽可能忠实于英文原文，但我们也知道译文会有不如原文精确、明晰的情况，甚至会有漏译的地方。因此，英文版是这些文件的正式文本。

以下文件有幾種外語版本。美國食品及藥物管理局將這些翻譯作為一種服務提供給廣大的國際讀者。我們希望您覺得這些翻譯有用。儘管該機構已試圖獲得盡可能忠實於英文版本的翻譯，但我們認識到翻譯版本可能不如英文版本準確，清晰或完整。這些文件的正式版本為英文版本。

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Díí naaltsos wóyah gi sinilígíí di kwíí shį́į́h Bíla’ashdla’ii Ałtah Dóóne’é nilį́į go Bizaad ał ąą’á daa t’ée go bee’ áta’ ná háne’ go Ał tah Ádóóne’é  kéyah t’áá’ náá hwís t’áa ńt’éé’ bá‘ ádeil yaa kojí FDA Da’ íníísh dóó. Kót’áó baa hane’ígíí bee’ áta’ ná háne’ go bó hó née dzą́ą́ go hane’ chii díłįł nii dzin t’áá’ daats’í nił ákó t’é. Kódóó Da’íníshígíí t’áá’ áyisíí Bilagáanaa bizaad bee ha’oo dzíí’ gi nízhóní go, k’éz don go, bik’izh doo txįł ígi’ át’áó nát’ą́ą’ bee’ ata’ ná hóóne’ doo nii dzin Ałtah Diné’é’ bizaad łah góó shį́į́ t’áá’ áaní t’áá nani tł‘ah  ał tah Diné’é bizaad bee’ Bilagáanaa bizaad dę́ę́’ bee’ ata’ ná ho jil ne’ go ła’ saad bá’á daa din go da. Bilagáanaa bizaad jí’ áyisíí bó hól níh ílįį́ go bee ha’oo dzíí’jí  dooléł hane’ yíníł ta’ go hazhó’ó bik’i’ di díí txįł.

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