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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way your body metabolizes sugar (glucose), your body's main source of fuel. With type 2 diabetes, keeping your blood glucose level under control may help you reduce and even prevent serious complications.

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is more commonly known as diabetic nerve pain. It is a condition characterized by painful symptoms like burning, stabbing or shooting pain in the feet and legs or hands and arms.

High blood pressure (HBP) or hypertension (HTN) is a chronic condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated. Hypertension increases the risk for strokes, heart disease and kidney disease. Both diet and lifestyle changes as well as medicines can improve blood pressure control and decrease the risk of associated health complications.

The medical term for high blood cholesterol and triglycerides is lipid disorder. Simply put, it is a disorder that occurs when you have too many fatty substances in your blood. These substances include cholesterol and triglycerides, and increase your risk for atherosclerosis, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and other serious problems.

Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is a painful blistering rash that can appear anywhere on the body. Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Once a person has had chickenpox, the virus can live, but remain inactive in nerve roots within the body. If it becomes active again, usually later in life, the virus can cause Shingles.