Diabetes is a disease that, when caught, leads to excessive urination and increased thirst.There are two kinds of diabetes; diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus. These grouping is like when you say that there are several kinds of fever; typhoid fever, yellow fever, malaria fever etcetera
Diabetes mellitus is the most popular and dangerous kind of diabetes. This is why when you hear people call the word diabetes; they are usually referring to it. In this site, I shall be doing the same (calling diabetes mellitus just “diabetes”). It is the type of diabetes that occurs when the body is unable to secrete adequate quantity of insulin. It also occurs when the body tissues are insensitive or resistant to it. Insulin is a hormone which kelps on the conversion of blood sugar to energy.
Diabetes insipidus, on the other hand, is a diseased cause by the inability of the kidney to concentrate urine. This is caused by the deficiency of vasopressin in the body or the insensitivity of the kidney to it. It can also be induced by drugs. Vasopressin is a hormone produced in the thyroid gland. It helps the kidney to concentrate urine.
Both diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus can be treated.
