It's a very nasty disease as it is what feed all the cells in your body. When your blood sugar is "off", then your organs start failing. That's why it's so important to test your blood sugar constantly to make sure it's in the range it should be. If it's too high, you need an injection of insulin to bring it down. If it's too low, you need to eat something sugarey to bring it back up. Your organs use your blood as its fuel source. So, when it's not got the right chemical properties to keep them afloat, that's when they start shutting down....