About Diabetes Mellitus
ABOUT DIABETES MELLITUS
Diabetes mellitus (or diabetes) is a chronic, lifelong condition that affects your body's ability to use the energy found in food. There are three major types of diabetes: types 1 diabetes , type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes.
All types of diabetes mellitus have something in common. Normally, your body breaks down the sugars and carbohydrates you eat into a special sugar called glucose. Glucose fuels the cells in your body.
But the cells need insulin, a hormone, in your bloodstream in order to take in the glucose and use it for energy. With diabetes mellitus, either your body doesn't make enough insulin, it can't use the insulin it does produce, or a combination of both.
Since the cells can't take in the glucose, it builds up in your blood.
High levels of blood glucose can damage the tiny blood vessels in your kidneys, heart, eyes, or nervous system. That's why diabetes -especially if left untreated -- can eventually cause heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and nerve damage to nerves in the feet. TYPES OF DIABETES MELLITUS
There
are three main types of diabetes mellitus:
Type
1 Diabetes Mellitus results from the body's failure to produce enough insulin.
This form was previously referred to as
"insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus"
(IDDM) or "juvenile diabetes". The cause is unknown. TYPES OF DIABETES MELLITUS
Type
2 Diabetes Mellitus begins with insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to respond to insulin properly. As the disease progresses a lack of insulin may also develop. This form was previously referred to as non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
(NIDDM) or "adult-onset diabetes". The primary cause is excessive body weight and not enough exercise.
TYPES OF DIABETES MELLITUS
Gestational diabetes, is the third main form and occurs when pregnant women without a previous history of diabetes develop a high blood glucose level.
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Diabetes mellitus (or diabetes) is a chronic, lifelong condition that affects your body's ability to use the energy found in food. There are three major types of diabetes: types 1 diabetes , type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes.
All types of diabetes mellitus have something in common. Normally, your body breaks down the sugars and carbohydrates you eat into a special sugar called glucose. Glucose fuels the cells in your body.
But the cells need insulin, a hormone, in your bloodstream in order to take in the glucose and use it for energy. With diabetes mellitus, either your body doesn't make enough insulin, it can't use the insulin it does produce, or a combination of both.
Since the cells can't take in the glucose, it builds up in your blood.
High levels of blood glucose can damage the tiny blood vessels in your kidneys, heart, eyes, or nervous system. That's why diabetes -especially if left untreated -- can eventually cause heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and nerve damage to nerves in the feet. TYPES OF DIABETES MELLITUS
There
are three main types of diabetes mellitus:
Type
1 Diabetes Mellitus results from the body's failure to produce enough insulin.
This form was previously referred to as
"insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus"
(IDDM) or "juvenile diabetes". The cause is unknown. TYPES OF DIABETES MELLITUS
Type
2 Diabetes Mellitus begins with insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to respond to insulin properly. As the disease progresses a lack of insulin may also develop. This form was previously referred to as non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
(NIDDM) or "adult-onset diabetes". The primary cause is excessive body weight and not enough exercise.
TYPES OF DIABETES MELLITUS
Gestational diabetes, is the third main form and occurs when pregnant women without a previous history of diabetes develop a high blood glucose level.
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