Presents the definitions and descriptions of the different types of diabetes. Type I as the insulin-dependent diabetes and the adult-onset diabetes; Type II as the noninsulin-dependent diabetes and the youth-onset dia...
Why Diabetes mellitus Type I is related to ketoacidosis? How this complication is produced and what are the metabolic consequences? Jim is a 44-year-old with high blood glucose levels but normal insulin levels. a. What type of diabetes does Jim have? b. Explain your ...
A fourth, related condition isprediabetes.Prediabetes presents when blood sugar levels are high but not high enough to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. More than one in three American adults – around 96 million – have prediabetes, and more than 80 percent don’t know it. Diabetes can ...
If you have a weakened immune system, you will be more susceptible to acquiring an infection that causes esophagitis. This is most often seen in people that haveacquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), an organ transplant, or in people who've had chemotherapy. While you are at an increased ...
2.how to diagnose diabetes?3.what are the symptoms of diabetes?4.how to keep blood glucose levels on target?5.Guidelines for the patient on what to eat and drink/what should the patient eat?6.how to look after the patient who has high blood pressure/hypertension?7.what would you do ...
Care guide for Type 1 Diabetes in Children. Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.
Care guide for Type 2 Diabetes in Children. Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.
Type 3 diabetes (T3D) is a term that some experts are suggesting for Alzheimer’s that’s a result of diabetes affecting yourbrain. For a long time, scientists believed insulin didn’t impact your brain. But over the past 20 years, more and more studies have shown that the opposite is...
Once you've had GD in one pregnancy, you're more likely to have it again. You're also more likely to develop Type II Diabetes as you age, since most women with GD have the risk factors (overweight, high BMI, advanced age). Return to Top of What is Gestational Diabetes ...
Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of the pancreas that occurs when the pancreas does not produce adequate insulin or respond to insulin. Learn about the role of insulin and glucagon, the differences between the three types of diabetes mellitus, and what causes diabetes mellitus. ...