WHY D.R.E.A.M.?
 

Diabetes is a chronic, debilitating disease affecting every organ system. There are two major types of diabetes :
Type 1 and Type 2.

Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which a person's pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. Type 1 Diabetes usually strikes in childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood, but lasts a lifetime. People with Type 1 Diabetes must take multiple injections of insulin daily or continually infuse insulin through a pump just to survive.

Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which a person's body still produces insulin, but is unable to use it effectively. Type 2 is usually diagnosed in adulthood and does not always require insulin injections. However, increased obesity has led to a recent rise in cases of Type 2 diabetes in young adults.

Taking insulin does not cure any type of diabetes nor prevent the possibility of its eventual and devastating effects: kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, amputation, heart attack, stroke, and pregnancy complications.