Insulin is a hormone that is central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and...
Monday, 28 February 2011
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Diabetes Mellitus type 2
Signs and symptomsThe classical symptoms of diabetes are polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst), polyphagia (increased hunger), fatigue and weight loss.
CauseType 2 diabetes is due to a combination of lifestyle...
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Diabetes Mellitus type 1 causes and risk factors
Causes and risk factorsEvidence so far indicate that the development of diabetes type I is induced by more or less a combination of genetic susceptibility, a diabetogenic trigger and exposure to a driving antigen. Many risk factors...
Friday, 25 February 2011
Diabetes Mellitus type 1
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Universal blue circle symbol for diabetes.[1]
Diabetes mellitus type 1 (Type 1 diabetes, IDDM, or, obsoletely, juvenile diabetes) is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose. The classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination),...
Thursday, 24 February 2011
diabetes Mellitus Treatment 2
Hypoglycemia or hypoglycæmia (not to be confused with Hyperglycemia) is the medical term for a state produced by a lower than normal level of blood glucose. The term literally means "under-sweet blood" (Gr. υπογλυκαιμία, from hypo-,...
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes mellitus, often simply referred to as diabetes—is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin...
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