Hearing your physician tell you that you have diabetes mellitus can be disheartening. This diagnosis usually leads people into a bit of a panic because most people know that diabetes can be serious and life altering. Rest easy; diabetes mellitus treatment can be incorporated into your life without drastically changing life as you know it.

Treatment options vary depending on the type of diabetes you have been diagnosed with. The two main types of diabetes mellitus are type I and type II.

Type I diabetes is caused when the pancreas does not manufacture enough insulin for the body to use to absorb consumed sugars. The body needs the insulin hormone to properly absorb sugar. When this does not happen, the symptoms of diabetes begin and health begins to deteriorate. Type I diabetes typically requires insulin injections for treatment.

Type II diabetes occurs when the body is unable to properly absorb …