If your body doesn't make insulin, or doesn't use it in the right way, then you have diabetes. That may seem like a pain sometimes. After all, you have to eat right, exercise, take your medication, and do what your doctor and parents ask you to do. The good news is that if you do, you can control your diabetes and live a long, healthy life. There are different ways to treat diabetes, depending on what kind you have.
Some people have to take insulin shots while others can take diabetes pills.
Some people treat their diabetes just by eating the right kinds of foods and taking care of themselves. Most foods contain something called carbohydrates. When you eat, your body turns the carbohydrates into glucose, which is a kind of sugar. Glucose is the fuel that runs your body, just like a car runs on gasoline. At other times you may have very little glucose in your bloodstream.