Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a group of chronic metabolic disorder characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels because the body does not produce enough insulin or deficiency of insulin.
Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by the beta cells of the Islets of Langerhans which located in the pancreas, controls the amount of sugar in the blood and it is needed to turn sugar and to process carbohydrates, fat, and protein into energy. Insulin lowers the blood glucose level.
The World Health Organization recognizes two idiopathic forms types of diabetes mellitus; type 1 {Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes} and type 2 {Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes}. Diabetes can occur temporarily during pregnancy, these kind of diabetes known as Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).
The most easily to recognized symptoms of diabetes mellitus are secondary to hyperglycemia (blood glucose level high than normal), glycosuria (increased urinary frequency and volume), and ketoacidosis (KA). Diabetes Mellitus can cause many complications, include cardiovascular disease (doubled risk), chronic renal failure, retinal damage (which can lead to blindness), nerve damage (of several kinds), and microvascular damage, which may cause impotence and poor healing.
The more tightly a person with diabetes is able to control the levels of sugar in the blood, the less likely it is that these complications will develop or become worse. Commonly, Diabetes mellitus cases are cause by Genetic issues, Environmental factors, Chemical, and Other (Congenital absence of the pancreas, Pancreatectomy, Wolfram syndrome, Chromosomal disorders).
posted by Ocha at
2/02/2008
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