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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global health issue affecting children, adolescents, and adults. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 180 million people worldwide currently have type II DM. Diabetes mellitus is a common pathological condition of the present times, with a higher prevalence rate in developing countries. India is included among the countries with the highest prevalence of diabetes.1 Diabetes is a disease that is strongly associated with both microvascular and macrovascular complications, including retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy (microvascular) and ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease (macrovascular), resulting in organ and tissue damage in approximately one third to one half of people with diabetes.1