{"id":30286,"date":"2023-01-07T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aide-diabete-guineebissau.ch\/what-is-diabetes\/"},"modified":"2023-05-28T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T09:06:02","slug":"what-is-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aide-diabete-guineebissau.ch\/en\/what-is-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"What is diabetes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30286\" class=\"elementor elementor-30286 elementor-29548\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a2abf68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a2abf68\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\t \r\n\r\n\t\r\n \r\n  \r\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a71a61f\" data-id=\"a71a61f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55665b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gva-heading-block\" data-id=\"55665b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gva-heading-block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gva-element-gva-heading-block gva-element\">   <div class=\"align-left style-1 widget gsc-heading box-align-left auto-responsive\">\r\n      <div class=\"content-inner\">\r\n         \r\n                  \r\n         <div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"tagline\">The disease<\/span><\/div>  \r\n         \r\n                     <h2 class=\"title\">\r\n               <span>Learning about diabetes<\/span>\r\n            <\/h2>\r\n                  \r\n         \r\n         \r\n      <\/div>\r\n   <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dadfced elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dadfced\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of high levels of glucose in the blood (hyperglycemia) due to an alteration in the quantity or function of insulin. <\/p>\n<p>Insulin is the hormone produced by the pancreas that allows glucose to enter cells and its consequent use as an energy source. When this mechanism is impaired, glucose builds up in the blood. In the long term, high blood sugar can lead to the development of certain complications, including eye, kidney, nerve, heart, and blood vessel complications.<\/p>\n<p>In the presence of diabetes, one or more of the following phenomena occur:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Body resistance to the action of insulin;<\/li>\n<li>A decrease or absence of insulin production<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: International Diabetes Federation<\/p>\n<p>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/idf.org\/aboutdiabetes\/what-is-diabetes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is diabetes (idf.org)<\/a>\n          <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is diabetes Some scientific facts about diabetes The disease Learning about diabetes Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of high levels of glucose in the blood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30286","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AAPDGB I What is diabetes I Diabetes in Guinea-Bissau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood (hyperglycemia). 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