Your body can't use it for energy, and some of the sugar passes out of your body unused in urine. Type 1 diabetes develops most often in children and young adults. It is treated with insulin. Type 2 diabetes is much more common and usually develops in older adults. Type 2 diabetes is treated with diet, exercise, pills or insulin.
Some women develop diabetes during pregnancy.
Although this type of diabetes goes away after pregnancy, women who have had it may develop type 2 diabetes later in life. Over time, high blood sugar levels can damage your eyes, blood vessels, nerves and kidneys. Damage to your blood vessels increases your risk of heart attack and stroke. Ketoacidosis occurs when you don't have enough insulin in your blood and your body starts breaking down fats for energy instead of using blood sugar. This process leaves behind wastes called ketones.