Plz 50 ! which is the correct definition of diabetes? a. a substance in the joints that causes painful swelling and stiffness. b. a disease that prevents the body from converting food into energy. c. a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the level of glucose in the blood. d. a chronic disease characterized by pain, inflammation, swelling, and stiffness of the joints.

a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine.

Hun, your answer would be C- A hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the level of glucose in the blood.

If you want you can write the definition I gave you up top for extra credit, and to show your teacher you know what it means and how it is caused. Here ill give you an answer on how it is caused.

Type 1 diabetes is caused by the immune system destroying the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. This causes diabetes by leaving the body without enough insulin to function normally.

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