Introduction: Diabetes is a group of metabolic disease in which there are high blood sugars for a prolonged period, if untreated leads to many life-threatening complications. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough insulin or the cells of the body not responding properly to insulin.

Defnition: Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose which leads over time to serious damage to heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidney and nerves.

Incidence:

• IDF Global Diabetes Atlas provides estimated and projected prevalence rate of diabetes around the world. Its most recent data from 2021 shows that China has the largest number of adults with diabetes aged 20-79 years followed by India and Pakistan.

•463 million people globally are diagnosed with diabetes. In that 88 million are from south east Asia, out of that 88 million, 77 million are from India.

• The most affected rate in India is the economically and epidemiologically advanced states that is Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Kerala is the diabetic capital of India.

•In Telangana 26% above 30 years are diagnosed and are at high risk. Total 8% of the people of whole Telangana are diabetics.

• The incidence of diabetes has been increasing signifcantly on a global level. According to the latest statistics issued by the International Diabetes Federation, the number of adult diabetes cases reached 463 million worldwide in 2019, and it is anticipated to rise to 700 million cases by 2045. With the growing prevalence of diabetes, the economic cost has become burden some. The total cost of US diagnosed diabetes in 2017 was estimated by the American Diabetes Association to be $327 billion, with an average individual expense of $16,752 er year. These fgures demonstrate the signifcance of diabetes and encourage scientists and researchers to develop innovative solutions to make the lives of diabetics easier.