Diabetes Milletus
Republic of the Philippines
Northern Samar Colleges
Catarman, Northern Samar
Diabetes Mellitus:
A transcending threat to Filipinos.
Prepared by:
Maceriano, Gian Cesar G.
PTCP Regular Section
I- Introduction
What Is Diabetes? Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus. Diabetes comes from Greek, and it means a "siphon". Aretus the Cappadocian, a Greek physician during the second century A.D., named the condition diabainein. He described patients who were passing too much water (polyuria) - like a siphon. The word became "diabetes" from the English adoption of the Medieval Latin diabetes. In 1675, Thomas Willis added mellitus to the term, although it is commonly referred to simply as diabetes. Mel in Latin means "honey"; the urine and blood of people with diabetes has excess glucose, and glucose is sweet like honey. Diabetes mellitus could literally mean "siphoning off sweet water".
It is a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body 's cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both. Patients with high blood sugar will typically experience polyuria (frequent urination); they will become increasingly thirsty (polydipsia) and hungry (polyphagia).
There are three types of diabetes:
1)Type 1 Diabetes The body does not produce insulin. Some people may refer to this type as insulin-dependent diabetes, juvenile diabetes, or early-onset diabetes. People usually develop type 1 diabetes before their 40th year, often in early adulthood or teenage years.
2) Type 2 Diabetes The body does not produce enough insulin for proper function, or the cells in the body do not react to insulin (insulin resistance).
3) Gestational Diabetes This type affects females during pregnancy. Some women have very high levels of glucose in their blood, and their bodies are unable to produce
Northern Samar Colleges
Catarman, Northern Samar
Diabetes Mellitus:
A transcending threat to Filipinos.
Prepared by:
Maceriano, Gian Cesar G.
PTCP Regular Section
I- Introduction
What Is Diabetes? Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus. Diabetes comes from Greek, and it means a "siphon". Aretus the Cappadocian, a Greek physician during the second century A.D., named the condition diabainein. He described patients who were passing too much water (polyuria) - like a siphon. The word became "diabetes" from the English adoption of the Medieval Latin diabetes. In 1675, Thomas Willis added mellitus to the term, although it is commonly referred to simply as diabetes. Mel in Latin means "honey"; the urine and blood of people with diabetes has excess glucose, and glucose is sweet like honey. Diabetes mellitus could literally mean "siphoning off sweet water".
It is a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body 's cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both. Patients with high blood sugar will typically experience polyuria (frequent urination); they will become increasingly thirsty (polydipsia) and hungry (polyphagia).
There are three types of diabetes:
1)Type 1 Diabetes The body does not produce insulin. Some people may refer to this type as insulin-dependent diabetes, juvenile diabetes, or early-onset diabetes. People usually develop type 1 diabetes before their 40th year, often in early adulthood or teenage years.
2) Type 2 Diabetes The body does not produce enough insulin for proper function, or the cells in the body do not react to insulin (insulin resistance).
3) Gestational Diabetes This type affects females during pregnancy. Some women have very high levels of glucose in their blood, and their bodies are unable to produce
References: 1. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/diabetes/ 2. http://www.bworldonline.com/weekender/content.php?id=68524 3. http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/blood_sugar.html 4. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/diabetes/CAM-and-diabetes.htm 5. http://www.squidoo.com/balancebloodsugar 6. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.176.6958&rep=rep1&type=pdf 7. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diabetes-management/DA00008/NSECTIONGROUP=2