Diabetes is a long-lasting health condition, like a friend that stays with you for life. It’s not like a short-term illness that you can take medicine for once and then forget about. Instead, it’s something you’ll need to manage every day.

Imagine it like this: Your body has a special job of keeping the amount of sugar in your blood just right, like a chef who balances the ingredients in a recipe. In diabetes, this balance is a little off. Your body might not have enough of the special helper (insulin) or your cells might not use it well. So, the sugar in your blood can get too high.