The document explains how glucose provides energy for the body after being broken down from food, with insulin acting as the key to allow glucose into cells. For those with diabetes, the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, so glucose builds up in the bloodstream instead of entering cells, depriving the body of energy and causing symptoms like increased urination, thirst, and slow healing. Diabetes treatment aims to replace the missing insulin.

1. First you eat the food

2. Your body makes it into glucose

3. Glucose gives you energy

4. But glucose needs a key

5. A place called the pancreas makes
the key the key is called insulin

6. When you eat, the pancreas makes
keys for the glucose to get into the
cells and gives your body energy

7. When there is too much glucose
some go on holiday to the liver or
the muscles, stored glucose in the
liver is called glycogen

8. When the body starts to run low the
holiday making glucose pick up their
keys and go to work

9. But I Have diabetes, what does this
mean

10. The pancreas cannot make keys

11. The glucose is locked out of the
cells!

12. Your body makes energy from fat
instead so you might lose weight

13. Your blood gets to much glucose
and your body doesnt get enough
energy!

14. Your liver works hard to kick the
glucose out because there is too
much and this is bad

15. This can make you wee more

16. You might get more thirsty!

17. You might even get an itchy bottom
because glucose helps bacteria to
grow

18. Your cuts might take longer to get
better because of glucose in the
blood

19. Don't worry there is something to
help